Principal Corporate Affairs Potash - Jobs in Saskatoon, SK

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About BHPAt 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 PotashIn 2021, BHP approved a CA$7.5 billion investment in Jansen Stage 1 in Saskatchewan, Canada, which is aligned with their strategy of growing exposure to future facing commodities in world-class assets. The project is expected to produce 4.35 million tonnes of potash per year with initial production targeted for 2027, ramping up to full production over two years. Jansen potash project is located approximately 140 km southeast of Saskatoon. Potash opens a new front for growth and is an expandable resource that can support a century or more of operations. Potash provides BHP with greater diversification by commodity, country, and customer.PurposeBHP’s Our Requirements for Community requires all our operated assets to implement actions to better understand communities, effectively plan and implement our commitments and evaluate and measure our performance. This standard outlines the mandatory minimum performance requirements for social research and studies, including social impact and opportunity assessments; human rights impact assessments; community perception surveys; engagement activities; and complaints and grievance mechanisms. The day-to-day implementation of the requirements is managed by Corporate Affairs team members across BHP.The Principal Corporate Affairs Potash is a member of the Corporate Affairs team, and reports to the Manager Corporate Affairs Potash based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. This Principal will provide technical expertise to develop and execute Potash’s strategic stakeholder management strategies, plans and initiatives to fulfil BHP’s commitments and communicate and advocate, as required, to government stakeholders.The Principal will play a key role in representing BHP in senior-level engagement with political and public policy stakeholders. They will provide strategic insight, regulatory research and analysis, and advice regarding Western Canadian related and externally driven issues. You will protect and improve BHP’s reputation through pro-active and relationship-based engagement with relevant government and community stakeholders and communicating Potash’s long-term social, environmental, and economic objectives.Key accountabilities:

• Identifying, engaging, and managing a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Planning, tracking the delivery of and managing corporate affairs and stakeholder relations initiatives, activities, and projects that generate value and drive the achievement of project outcome
• Sourcing information, planning and conducting analyses to support evidence-based decision making in alignment with longer term business objectives
• Engaging the capabilities of the entire organization to fulfil BHP’s commitments and purpose
• Identifying and assessing risks, making risk informed decisions, using BHPs risk management framework, and building a risk aware culture to support safe and mutually beneficial performance outcomes

About the Role

• Drawing on previous experience to generate practical and realistic options, adhering to proven solutions where relevant, including applying multiple lenses and stakeholder perspectives to enhance decision making outcomes
• Aligning decisions and strategies with long term business objectives and ensuring mutual benefit for stakeholders, while supporting the achievement of functional, operational, and organizational objectives
• Engaging in regular conversations and asks probing questions to deeply understand stakeholder needs, goals and challenges
• Clearly explaining approaches and expected results, extracting, and articulating relevant insights as key inputs to decision making
• Collaborating with key decision makers across the organization to implement changes that will drive results
• Participating in industry committees, associations, and chambers, as appropriate to analysis and influence regulatory, public policy and future legislation changes
• Developing and leveraging stakeholder relationships to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes/results that align with BHP Charter Values
• Evaluating different options or points of view by explaining the validity, benefits/strengths and disadvantages/weaknesses of each
• Adapting plans to changing conditions and context, identifying, and sharing new risks and opportunities with the team
• Listening and clearly conveying information and updates, uses different communication methods to ensure others understanding the context, purpose, objectives, resources and time frame for work and tasks
• Collaborating with other external affairs function members, including communications, indigenous engagement, social investment, and compliance and ethics, among others
• Acting respectfully and fairly with all team members and stakeholders, embracing differences so that everyone feels cared for and included
• Experimenting with better ways of doing things, learning from mistakes
• Evaluates information from multiple inputs to solve the root cause of problems
• Maintaining expected standards and processes to drive quality and set the foundation for improvement
• Recognizes and removes obstacles preventing successful change and improvement

About You

• Extensive experience developing working relationships with senior government, parliamentary and industry stakeholders on complex matters, with an established professional network in these areas
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with technical staff to achieve outcomes through the sharing of expertise and technical capabilities and translating multi-disciplined, complex issues to mid- and senior-level stakeholders
• Sound communication skills including the ability to write recommendations, memos, reports, presentations, and letters, as well as present information to a range of stakeholders
• Extensive experience in the development and analysis of policy and its implications across community and industry
• Experience working within government, particularly with regulatory and legislative frameworks and approval processes, and extensive understanding of how government operates and interacts with industry
• Ability to work with a high degree of uncertainty and autonomy
• Project management and financial acumen considered an asset
• Exceptional written and verbal communications skills and ability to work collaboratively with a diverse range of people

About Our ProcessAt 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.Supporting a Diverse WorkforceThe size and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a unique BHP employee share program.At BHP, we recognize that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and we encourage applications from women and Indigenous people. 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.BHP is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Minorities/Females/Veterans/Disability.Quick Apply

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