Senior Adviser People

• Make a meaningful impact by helping leaders and employees resolve complex people matters fairly, consistently and in line with policy and legislation.
• Broaden your employee relations and HR advisory expertise across regions, functions, operational hubs and a wide range of employment lifecycle matters.
• Enjoy the development opportunities that come with being part of a global organisation focused on care, courage and curiosity.

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.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Adviser People to help the HR Advisory team deliver consistent, compliant and high-quality resolution of complex employee and leader matters. In this role, you’ll provide judgement-based advice across employee relations, performance, conduct, policy interpretation, workforce changes and other employment lifecycle activities, while working with HR Analysts, People Partners, specialist People Experience teams and operational leaders.

Based at Bell Bay, this is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys navigating complex people matters and wants to strengthen advisory practice, employee experience and service delivery across a global organisation.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Superintendent People and working in a collaborative HR Advisory environment, you will be:

• Provide specialist advice on complex employee and leader matters, supporting accurate, timely and policy-aligned outcomes.
• Conduct case intake, initial assessment, issue triage and fact gathering, and resolve medium-complexity Workplace Respect matters within the relevant case framework.
• Guide leaders through disciplinary matters, workplace investigations, performance management, employee concerns and workforce transitions, including restructures, redeployment and exits.
• Interpret and apply employment legislation, enterprise agreements, HR policies, procedures and employment frameworks across regional and operational contexts.
• Manage advisory cases within agreed service levels, maintaining accurate documentation, case tracking and audit-ready records in HR systems and case management platforms.
• Partner with HR Analysts, People Partners, specialist teams and operational leaders to deliver seamless case resolution and balance employee experience, operational needs and compliance obligations.
• Identify and escalate high-risk or sensitive matters, and mitigate employee and operational risks through sound judgement, proactive advice and appropriate governance.
• Analyse recurring case themes and contribute to reporting, process simplification, knowledge updates, service quality and standardisation initiatives.

About you

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “helpful for success” item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Demonstrated experience in HR advisory, employee relations or operational HR service delivery within a complex organisation.
• Working knowledge of employment legislation, HR policies, enterprise agreements and employment frameworks, with the ability to apply them to practical people matters.
• Experience managing complex or sensitive employee cases, including performance, conduct, workplace concerns or organisational change, with professionalism and confidentiality.
• Sound judgement and problem-solving capability, with experience coaching leaders and balancing employee experience, operational needs, risk and compliance.
• Experience working with HR systems, case management platforms and service workflows, and managing multiple priorities and case volumes within agreed service standards.

Helpful for Success

• Experience with Workday, ServiceNow or comparable HR and case management platforms.
• Exposure to Workplace Respect matters, workplace investigations, audit, compliance or regulatory requirements.
• Experience identifying case trends and contributing to process simplification, knowledge management or service standardisation.

What we offer

Be recognised 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 
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto 
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program  
• Comprehensive medical benefits including subsidised private health insurance for employees and immediate family                
• Attractive share ownership plan 
• Company provided insurance cover 
• Extensive salary sacrifice & salary packaging options 
• Career development & education assistance to further your technical or leadership ambitions  
• Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical wellbeing support  
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick & cultural leave) 
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more) 
• Possible domestic relocation assistance  

Where you’ll be working

Our Bell Bay Aluminium smelter began operating in 1955 and holds a unique place in Tasmanian and Australian history as the first aluminium smelter in the Southern Hemisphere. Based approximately 50 kilometres from Launceston in Northern Tasmania, the smelter produces primary aluminium products. We have a long and proud history in Tasmania of supporting our community and are committed to building enduring relationships built on mutual respect, collaboration, and genuine partnership.    

Applications close at 11:59pm local time on 15 November 2026 (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.