Communications Business Partner

Communications Business Partner

Why explore

• Be part of a values driven organisation where safety, care and inclusion are always the top priority
• Work in a strategic, high impact communications role partnering with senior leaders across Development, Commercial & Functions
• Flexible working arrangements available, supporting balance between work and life
• Based in Singapore, a global commercial hub for Rio Tinto

About the role

We are looking for a Communications Business Partner to play a critical role in shaping and protecting Rio Tinto’s reputation and culture, supporting the strategic priorities of Development, Commercial & Functions (DCF) and the Group more broadly.

This is a great opportunity for a strategic and commercially minded communications professional to provide trusted counsel to senior leaders and deliver purposeful, high impact communications that enable business outcomes. This role is part of the Communications - Development, Commercial & Functions team and, for the foreseeable future, will support Commercial including executive communications

Reporting to the General Manager Communications - Development, Commercial & Functions, you will work closely with the Chief Commercial Officer and senior leaders of Commercial, or other Heads of Division or Function and their leadership teams, as required. Your portfolio may evolve over time in response to business priorities.

You will be responsible for:

• Developing and delivering communications strategies aligned to Group and DCF priorities.
• Providing strategic communications counsel to senior leaders, ensuring communications are purposeful and effective.
• Strengthening and protecting the profile and reputation of supported functions or divisions.
• Identifying, managing and escalating communications and reputational risks as required.
• Supporting leadership communications, including business updates and key messages.
• Managing leader profiles and coordinating key engagements in line with Group priorities.
• Planning and delivering key events such as town halls and leadership engagements.
• Creating and overseeing high-quality communications materials, including narratives, messaging, digital content and visual assets.

About you

To be successfully considered for this role, you will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Journalism, Public Relations, Business, or a related discipline.
• 10-15+ years of relevant communications or external affairs experience, including substantial experience within mining and metals, natural resources, energy, commodities, or other complex industrial environments.
• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Proven experience providing strategic communications counsel to senior leaders.
• Strong ability to translate complex business priorities into clear, targeted communications.
• Experience managing reputational risk with sound judgement and discretion.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and influencing skills across senior and cross functional teams.
• Strong writing and content development capability across multiple channels and formats.
• Strong understanding of mining market experience.

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 competitive salary package with annual cash incentive awards for eligible employees
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions
• Access top tier family-friendly health and medical programs and pension plan
• Wellbeing benefits
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matter
• Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)

Where you will be working

You will be part of Rio Tinto’s Group Communications function, working in a collaborative and high performing environment that partners closely with senior leaders across the business to deliver meaningful outcomes. This role is based in Singapore.

(Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings prior to the stated closing date)

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

Rio Tinto does not accept unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles from recruiters or employment agencies. Rio Tinto will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee relating to unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles. Rio Tinto reserves the right to hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited CVs or candidate profiles, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Rio Tinto.” 

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 Indigenous Peoples, 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.