Senior Advisor Capability Development Talent Pathways

Rio Tinto; Perth; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Annual incentive bonus

Private health insurance

Share ownership plan

Salary packaging options

Education assistance

Job summary

Rio Tinto in Perth, WA, is seeking a Senior Advisor Capability Development Talent Pathways to shape early-career development across graduate, apprentice and school-based programs. The role partners with business leaders and external agencies to align pathways with workforce needs and future capability requirements.

Based in the Perth CBD, you will influence governance, implement practical pathway plans, and lead improvements across multiple pathways to strengthen workforce readiness for Iron Ore

Qualifications

• Strategy-focused capability development experience.
• Ability to translate workforce requirements into practical programs.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and continuously improve early-career development pathways and frameworks.
• Solve complex workforce capability challenges using data and insights.
• Partner with business leaders, universities, and government agencies to shape solutions.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Stakeholder partnering

Data-driven decisions

Governance

Planning

Communication

Education

Relevant tertiary qualification

Job description

Senior Advisor Capability Development Talent Pathways

• Global mining organization with an exceptional safety culture
• Permanent Perth based role located at Central Park
• Flexible working arrangements available

Where we're all welcome

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 who we are.

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities 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 team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

About the role

Capability Development is seeking expressions of interest for a Senior Advisor Capability Development Talent Pathways role within the Future Workforce team.

The role is responsible for shaping and strengthening early-career development pathways across Trade, University and Frontline pathway portfolios, including Graduate, Apprentice and School-Based programs, ensuring they align with business priorities, workforce needs and future capability requirements.

The role plays a key part in shaping early-career pathways aligned with current and future workforce needs. Working across the business and with key partners, it brings together workforce priorities, capability requirements and insights to develop the required skills and capability.

This is an opportunity to influence the future of early-career development across Iron Ore and help build pathways that strengthen workforce readiness now and into the future.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and continuously improve early-career development pathways, frameworks and solutions aligned with workforce and capability needs.
• Solve complex workforce capability challenges, connecting business priorities, workforce requirements, data and insights to develop practical solutions.
• Partner with business leaders, functional experts and external partners, including universities, RTOs and government support agencies, to shape solutions, strengthen pathways and influence outcomes.
• Translate workforce requirements into practical pathway plans, development approaches and implementation priorities.
• Establish and strengthen governance, standards and performance measures to improve pathway consistency, effectiveness and workforce outcomes.
• Use workforce data, participant insights and leading practice to identify emerging needs, risks and improvement opportunities.
• Lead and coordinate improvement initiatives, working across stakeholders and dependencies to deliver sustainable outcomes.

About You

You bring strategic thinking, strong problem-solving skills and ability to translate business workforce requirements into practical outcomes.

You are comfortable operating across multiple pathways and stakeholder groups, identifying systemic issues and translating broad workforce needs into clear recommendations and practical action.

You are a strong collaborator and influencer who builds trusted relationships and uses data and insights to continuously improve outcomes.

Experience across graduate, apprentice, school based and frontline pathways is highly desirable, along with a relevant tertiary qualification.

To be successful, you will demonstrate:

• Strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to design and build practical development solutions, pathways and frameworks.
• Strong stakeholder partnering and influencing skills across diverse groups.
• Ability to use data and insights to inform decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Strong planning, governance and implementation capability.
• Effective communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear recommendations and solutions.

Experience in capability development, workforce planning, organisational development or learning and development will be beneficial.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to shape how early-career talent is developed across Iron Ore, working across graduate, apprentice and trainee pathways.

You will partner broadly across the business, solve complex workforce capability challenges and build the pathways, frameworks and solutions that help prepare our early-career talent for the roles and capability needs of the future.

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
• Full relocation provided to Western Australia from elsewhere in Australia
• A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive bonus
• 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 leave, cultural leave)
• To better suit different family needs, our paid parental leave approach gives all parents the option to take 18 weeks of paid leave after a new child arrives - at a time that suits them
• Exclusive employee discounts including hotel stays, banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more

Where you'll be working

This role is based at our Perth CBD office.

Applications close on the Monday 19th October, 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.