Senior Workers’ Compensation Specialist (WA/NT)

Rio Tinto; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary + incentive

Private health insurance

Share ownership plan

Career development

Flexible work arrangements

Wellbeing support

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rio Tinto is seeking a Specialist Workers’ Compensation to join the Global Injury and Illness Compensation team. This role will shape complex claims, insurance strategies and sustainable return-to-work outcomes across Western Australia and the Northern Territory, partnering with internal leaders and external advisers.

You will lead governance of the workers’ compensation program, manage insurer relationships, analyse claims data and drive evidence-based decisions across regional and global

Qualifications

• A commitment to the safety and wellbeing of yourself and your team.
• Strong working knowledge of Western Australian workers’ compensation legislation, regulatory requirements, systems and industry practice, with the ability to translate complex matters into practical, evidence-based recommendations.
• Demonstrated experience managing or overseeing complex statutory, litigated and common law workers’ compensation matters, including liability, appeals, litigation and settlement strategy.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or managing workers’ compensation insurance programs, including renewals, placement, insurer and broker engagement, governance and commercial considerations.
• Strong financial and risk acumen, including an understanding of how claims performance, insurance arrangements, program cost and business risk interact.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate with operational leaders, human resources, health and safety, legal, finance, insurers, brokers and service providers.
• A professional background or qualification in workers’ compensation, insurance, insurance broking, law, finance, human resources, health and safety, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience contributing to investigations, incident reviews, work-relatedness assessments, conciliations, arbitrations, mediations or court proceedings.
• Confidence using Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint to analyse information, prepare recommendations and communicate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic consultation, technical advice and advocacy on workers’ compensation matters across Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
• Oversee statutory, litigated and common law claims, including compensability, liability, appeals, litigation, settlement and sustainable return-to-work strategy.
• Guide complex, high-risk and contested matters by coordinating insurers, legal counsel, medical advisers and internal stakeholders, and support formal dispute proceedings where required.
• Lead the governance and commercial oversight of the workers’ compensation insurance program, including renewals, placement, program structure, coverage and claims performance.
• Manage insurer, broker, legal and other service-provider relationships to strengthen performance, service delivery, governance and alignment with Rio Tinto requirements.
• Analyse claims experience, disability causation and duration, cost drivers and emerging risks, and provide clear recommendations that balance legislative obligations, employee outcomes and business risk.
• Lead and support investigations, incident reviews and work-relatedness assessments to promote consistent, evidence-based and compliant decisions.
• Improve workers’ compensation capability, governance, systems and processes through reporting, technical guidance, coaching and contribution to regional and global communities of practice.

Skills

WA workers’ compensation knowledge

Complex claims management

Insurance program governance

Stakeholder leadership

Financial risk acumen

Regulatory compliance

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

PowerPoint

Job description

Rio Tinto is seeking a Specialist Workers’ Compensation to join the Global Injury and Illness Compensation team. This role will shape complex claims, insurance strategies and sustainable return-to-work outcomes across Western Australia and the Northern Territory, partnering with internal leaders and external advisers.

You will lead governance of the workers’ compensation program, manage insurer relationships, analyse claims data and drive evidence-based decisions across regional and global