16 Jul 2021

Full Time Executive Assistant

for Rio Tinto – Perth

Job Description

Executive Assistant

We will give you the opportunity to elevate your career
Perfect for an individual who thrives on challenge
Become and invaluable asset to the Iron Ore Health, Safety, Environment and Community Division

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for an Executive Assistant to make valued contributions to our Iron Ore Health Safety, Environment and Community (HSEC) Division, working Monday to Friday at our Perth Central Park premises.

In this role, you will be a trusted partner to the Vice President HSEC, and will play an important role in the optimisation of work schedules, anticipating and addressing needs in advance while filtering priorities to improve effectiveness and productivity.

This is a great opportunity for a highly organized, resourceful and adaptable individual to take on a varied and challenging role where you’ll have the opportunity to positively impact the success of the executive and make a great impression on key contacts. This is a high profile role, which will most certainly satisfy your appetite for learning and enjoyment of tackling new challenges. You’ll be supported in exploring and driving new initiatives and special projects, and ultimately become an invaluable asset to the division.

What you’ll bring

As a strategic and savvy professional, you find it second nature to multitask, think on your feet and anticipate needs ahead of time. With your extensive experience, you’re able to manage complex calendars and schedules with ease, maintaining confidentiality when appropriate.

Our Vice President HSEC, is an executive with a fast paced calendar and a portfolio that is critical to the success of our business. You will need to enjoy working in this fast-paced setting and demonstrate effective communication and collaboration. Your keen eye for detail and exceptional organisational skills will see you become a highly valued team member.

Certification in business administration or similar whilst not essential, will be well-regarded.

What we offer

Discounted Health cover scheme (Medibank) for employees and their immediate family
Salary sacrifice & packaging options – rental, mortgage, super, vehicle
Paid parental leave up to 9 months
Employee discounts – banking, accommodation, motoring, retail and more
Eligible for the Rio Tinto employee share programme
A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
Learning and development opportunities to support your desired technical or leadership career path
Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers –generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium –the world’s first to be certified “responsible” –helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Where you’ll be working

You will be based at our head office located at our Perth Central Park premises, working Monday to Friday.

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.

This role is for applicants residing in or willing to permanently relocate to Western Australia. Rio Tinto offers Fly in and fly out options from Perth, our regional FIFO hubs and the opportunity to live in our residential towns where applicable.

Please note, in order to be successfully considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

Applications close on the 21st of July 2021 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)