Manager – Communities, Social Performance, and Communication - Jobs in Kitimat, BC

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Manager – Communities, Social Performance, and Communication

• Manage community commitments and opportunities across the Northwest BC region in connection with our BC Works operations, including Kitimat and watershed region
• Build enduring relationships between our operations and communities, including First Nations and other stakeholders
• Role based in Kitimat, BC

About the roleAll progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.We are looking for a Communities, Social Performance, and Communication Manager to support BC Works Operations to implement improvements to the way we work with communities, including First Nations on whose land we operate. This role will play an important part in building long-term, deep, and positive relationships with First Nations, developing solutions and initiatives that benefit communities and support BC Works’ social license to operate in the Northwest region of BC.This is a great opportunity for an engaging leader who has a strong capability of relationship-building and communication.We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.Reporting to the General Manager, Communities, Social Performance, and Communication, and working in an interesting and exciting environment within the Health, Safety, Environment and Communities function, you will be:

• Building CSP management, capacity and outcomes across our assets and communities
• Supporting BC Works operation’s strategic priorities through the implementation of long-term Community and Social Performance Plans across multiple disciplines and locations
• Building enduring community relationships and implementing processes to understand and support the management of social or cultural expectations in communities in which we operate
• Delivering strategies and programs that meet the expectations of the community, key stakeholders, our employees, and our operations, including First Nations partners
• Ensuring clear and transparent communication
• Regular travel across the region is required as part of the role

Please note: No Fly-in-fly-out arrangement. Relocation package is provided.What you’ll bring

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Demonstrated passion for building relationships, building deep community knowledge, and striving to bring benefits through proven communication, project and risk management, and social performance
• Proven ability to build positive relationships
• Qualifications in Social Science / Community Development / Community Services / Community Engagement / Communication
• A broad background ideally with experience working in mining & resources, construction, facilities, or utilities in an interfacing role
• Experience with risk identification and management
• Excellent people, teamwork, and communication skills

What we offerBe recognized for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress.

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
• Attractive share ownership plan
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
• Exclusive employee discounts
• Domestic relocation assistance

About Rio TintoEvery 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 workingRio Tinto’s BC Works is a part of the Atlantic Operations of the Aluminium product group and has been operating in British Columbia for over 65 years. With industry leading new technology and four generations of employee expertise, as well as our hydropower facility at Kemano and the Nechako Reservoir, the Kitimat smelter is one of the world’s most competitive aluminium smelters, producing aluminium with one of the lowest carbon footprints in the industry.Rio Tinto is proud to operate in BC alongside our 1,000 employees, partners, community stakeholders and First Nations, and we look forward to the next 60 years.To learn more about our Aluminium Operations, check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watchtime_continue=25&v=CTp1jkRKeBIEvery Voice MattersAt Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA2 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.Applications close: November 28, 2021(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date)Quick Apply

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