Description:
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Rare opportunity to shape strategy and outcomes
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Apply your strong commercial acumen and influencing skills
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Significant leadership role based in Perth
We are looking for a Chief Counsel Iron Ore to lead a team providing legal support to our Iron Ore business with a strong focus on Traditional Owner engagement, Aboriginal cultural heritage, environment and tenure related matters. The work is complex and strategically important to Rio Tinto. It requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, the ability to influence, and work collaboratively with, internal and external stakeholders and strong problem-solving skills.
Leading, and working alongside, some of the industry’s best and brightest minds, you will help solve the challenges of the 21st century and write the next chapter of Rio Tinto’s story.
Reporting to the General Counsel Iron Ore you will:
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Provide outstanding leadership to a team of high calibre lawyers
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Provide strategic legal support and advice to senior leaders within Iron Ore on Traditional Owner agreement modernisation, Aboriginal cultural heritage, environment and tenure related matters
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Structure and advise on complex multi-stakeholder negotiations
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Ensure adherence to the highest standards of
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Rare opportunity to shape strategy and outcomes
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Apply your strong commercial acumen and influencing skills
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Significant leadership role based in Perth
We are looking for a Chief Counsel Iron Ore to lead a team providing legal support to our Iron Ore business with a strong focus on Traditional Owner engagement, Aboriginal cultural heritage, environment and tenure related matters. The work is complex and strategically important to Rio Tinto. It requires excellent verbal and written communication skills, the ability to influence, and work collaboratively with, internal and external stakeholders and strong problem-solving skills.
Leading, and working alongside, some of the industry’s best and brightest minds, you will help solve the challenges of the 21st century and write the next chapter of Rio Tinto’s story.
Reporting to the General Counsel Iron Ore you will:
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Provide outstanding leadership to a team of high calibre lawyers
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Provide strategic legal support and advice to senior leaders within Iron Ore on Traditional Owner agreement modernisation, Aboriginal cultural heritage, environment and tenure related matters
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Structure and advise on complex multi-stakeholder negotiations
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Ensure adherence to the highest standards of compliance in order to build and protect Rio Tinto’s reputation
What you’ll bring
You are a caring and empowering people leader with the ability to build strong and lasting relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels. You will bring:
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A commitment to personal safety, wellbeing and growth
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In-house legal leadership at a senior level within a large, matrix organisation
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Passion for developing high-performing teams and creating an inclusive and engaging culture
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Ability to prioritise and leverage the team’s expertise and insight, demonstrating effective delegation
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Proven leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to use credibility and experience to leverage debate whilst aligning to organisational and ethical values
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Excellent complex stakeholder management skills with a record in improving business outcomes
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Significant experience supporting complex negotiations
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Pragmatism, agility and resilience
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Ability to anticipate issues, and be proactive and creative, focusing on improvements and solutions
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Strong cross-cultural awareness
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A willingness to role model Rio Tinto’s values of Care, Courage and Curiosity
Previous experience in Native Title, Aboriginal cultural heritage, environment and / or tenure is favourable.
What we offer
Be recognised for your contribution, thinking and hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.
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A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
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A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto
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A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
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Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family
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Attractive share ownership plan
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Company provided insurance cover
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Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options
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Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
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Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support
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Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
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Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
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Possible domestic relocation assistance
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win and meet opportunities.
Where you’ll be working
The Iron Ore Legal Team, led by the General Counsel.
Every Voice Matters
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.
Applications close on Wednesday 9th April 2025 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)
About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 150 years and operate with knowledge built up across generations and continents. Our purpose is finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs – striving for innovation and continuous improvement to produce materials with low emissions and to the right environmental, social and governance standards. But we can’t do it on our own, so we’re focused on creating partnerships to solve problems, create win-win situations and meet opportunities.
Every Voice Matters
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.
We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable to be themselves. We want our people to feel that all voices are heard, all cultures respected and that a variety of perspectives are not only welcome – they are essential to our success. We treat each other fairly and with dignity regardless of race, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, age, sexual orientation or anything else that makes us different.