Specialist Community | Residential | Moranbah

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About the Role

Reporting to the Manager Community, you will be able to provide insights into the requirements of the local community and bring advice into the Community Team with regards to key issues and community needs.

You will be a strong team player that is able to work with minimal supervision while utilising and contributing to the strengths of the team to achieve success.

Your Responsibilities:

• Successful delivery of the Community and stakeholder priorities, including social investment projects, communications, and stakeholder engagement.
• Advise Corporate Affairs leadership and Asset team on key social risks to BHP and contribute to the development of suitable strategies to prevent and mitigate risks.
• Contribute to Asset level Human Rights Risk and Opportunity Assessment processes.
• Work with partners to develop communications materials to help promote partnerships and our contribution both internally and externally.
• Contribute content and case studies for the Annual Report, Sustainability Report, and other corporate publications.
• Provide input into the Social Value Assessments, Asset and Functional five-year plan.
• Contribute to the development of social investment budgets for Coal.
• Work with potential partners to develop quality social investment projects and programs to be considered for funding.
• Regular monitoring of social investment projects to ensure achievement of outcomes to agreed timelines and budgets.
• Develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders to understand priority issues and concerns, and ensure complaints and opportunities are identified and addressed.

As a successful candidate you will possess the following:

• Demonstrated understanding and experience in areas of Sustainability, Community and Social Impact and Social Investment.
• Proven understanding of the Queensland political and economic environment, structures, and processes.
• Understanding of issues management including human rights, Indigenous Peoples, and the concept of social value.
• Proven ability to work with internal and external stakeholders to achieve against regional/community priorities.
• Proven ability to collaborate with and influence stakeholders to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Strong problem solver, with an ability to view issues holistically and develop suitable and fit for purpose solutions.
• Demonstrated strong governance, including meeting compliance requirements, following due process, and financial and administrative management.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to effectively manage priorities and projects in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Experience in community relations/development and working in regional or remote communities preferred.

This residential role to be based in Moranbah, Queensland. You will be working on Monday-Friday roster.

Application close on Sunday, 17 Mar 2024.

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

Please note as part of this recruitment process the successful applicant will need to conduct a Queensland legislated coal mine workers' health assessment.

From 1 April 2023, ResHealth will be mandatory for the completion of coal mine workers' health assessments, allowing you to submit, monitor and review the progress of your health assessment in a secure online environment.

For more information please go to the ResHealth website.

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The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms. 

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that's more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at *********@bhp.com.