Manager Heritage & Agreement Implementation
Posted on June 4, 2025 by Rio Tinto
- Perth, Australia
- N/A
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- Permanent employment which includes attractive salary, annual bonuses and a huge range of additional benefits which are designed to make your life better
- Be part of a collaborative, creative and innovative high performing team
- Key leadership opportunity based in Perth
About the role
Rio Tinto is on a journey to transform our partnerships with Traditional Owners, including evolving our participation agreements and leading best practices for Heritage Management and Agreement Implementation.
As a Manager Heritage and Agreement Implementation within the Health, Safety, Environment, and Community Team at Rio Tinto Iron Ore, you’ll have the opportunity to influence and shape change. If you're ready to contribute to a dynamic, forward-thinking team, join us in shaping the future of our Traditional Owner relationships.
This role will manage the standards, processes and approach to support leading practice heritage and agreement implementation. This includes - completing the change management to prepare the business to implement agreements once negotiated, provide leading practice approach for engagement delivery, ensure co-management becomes embedded in the business process.
You will provide expert advice on Traditional Owner and Heritage matters to internal and external stakeholders – enabling approvals and partnerships, and influencing/developing policies, systems, and processes.
Reporting to the General Manager Traditional Owner Partnerships, you will:
Complete change management to ensure that business processes change to incorporate new Traditional Owner agreements and co-management practices.
Develop and communicate engagement leading practices with consideration for Traditional Owner context, RT CSP Standard, RTIO risks/priorities, regulations, etc.
Lead Traditional Owner Agreement support, monitoring, assurance, and governance, including performance reporting
Develop and implement best practice for heritage management and delivery. This includes accountability for the implementation of the Cultural Heritage Management System and associated procedures.
Direct heritage approval strategies, including relationship management with various stakeholders including WA Government and industry bodies.
Monitor & advise on current & proposed or pending legislation, in partnership with External Affairs and Government teams
Deliver regulatory engagement for heritage approvals
Develop and maintain relationships with key external stakeholders, including DPLH and industry; key RTIO relationship owner and SME for heritage related matters (incl. government policies, artefact storage, fieldwork, relationship management)
Deliver multi-year business development plans with Traditional Owner groups.
What you will bring
A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
Respect for others and an inclusive mindset
Strong knowledge of Indigenous culture
Traditional Owner or Indigenous Peoples engagement experience
Strategic thinking and stakeholder engagements
Agreement delivery experience
Strong knowledge of Heritage – Acts/Regs, Native Titles, etc.
Ability to partner effectively to deliver outcomes
Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
Critical thinking and ability to synthesise information into clear narrative
Complex decision-making skills
Experience in Mining operations, communities, heritage, environment, approvals
Archaeology, Ethnography background
Risk and stakeholder management
If you are excited about the role and think you have what it takes but your experience doesn't align 100% we still want to hear from you. #gts
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.
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July 4, 2025
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