Senior Communications Advisor

• Opportunity to work for global company

• Our culture is inclusive, exciting and performance-driven 

• Role based in Richards Bay

• Band: I

​About the role

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future.  Our values – care, courage and curiosity – guide how we work and how we treat each other. 

We are looking for a Senior Communications Advisor to be responsible for is responsible for leading all employee engagement and internal communications across RBM, including the culture programme. The role strengthens employee connection, understanding and participation through clear, consistent and engaging communication, while managing information touchpoints across the business. It also supports the collation of content that showcases different areas of the business and develops interactive engagements beyond traditional communication channels to build a well-informed, connected and engaged workforce.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead all employee engagement and internal communications across RBM, ensuring employees receive clear, relevant and consistent information that supports understanding, connection and participation.

• Lead communications for the RBM culture programme, translating culture priorities into practical campaigns, engagements and touchpoints that help employees understand and participate in the desired culture journey.

• Lead initiatives that embed the company brand internally, helping employees understand and connect with RBM’s identity, values and priorities.

• Conceptualise and drive an employee brand ambassadorship programme that enables employees to understand, live and advocate for the RBM brand, values and employee experience in a credible and authentic way.

• Support and drive the implementation of the Employee Value Proposition in partnership with HR, ensuring messaging supports attraction, retention, pride and employee belonging.

• Oversee, optimise and manage all internal communication channels and information touchpoints across RBM to ensure information is timely, accessible, consistent, relevant and easy for employees to engage with.

• Manage the planning, content development, production and distribution of the employee newsletter, ensuring it reflects business priorities, employee stories and key updates.

• Collate content from different areas of the business and showcase operational, functional and employee stories in ways that help employees understand RBM’s priorities, progress and people.

• Spend time on the ground with operational and functional teams to understand day-to-day activities, identify communication gaps, capture moments in time and surface authentic stories that connect employees to the business and improve communication reach, particularly for frontline

*  For more detailed tasks please refer to a job description as shared by the HR

What you’ll bring

• Degree in Communications /Marketing /Journalism /Public Relations

• Certificate in DTP (Desk Top Publishing) will be an added advantage

• Digital Marketing knowledge will be an added advantage

• South African driver’s license (with own car)

• Atleast 5 -10 years’ experience in a communications role with an internal focus

• Understanding of the heavy industry will be an added advantage

• Demonstrated experience in employee communications and creative and brand work.

• Understanding of the business approach to Employee Communications within the PtO framework.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills (Copyright).

• Proficiency in iSizulu is essential

What we offer

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment

• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans

• Wellbeing benefits

Where you’ll be working

Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is a world leader in heavy mineral sands extraction and refining and is South Africa’s largest mineral sands producer. RBM produces predominantly ilmenite, rutile and zircon – materials used in everything from paint to smartphones to sunscreen.

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.

Respect and Inclusion

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 and/ or anything else that makes us different. 

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Women, the LGBTQ+ communities, people with disabilities (PWD) and people from different cultural backgrounds.  

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength.  The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our teams enhance our way of working and our ability to achieve success together