Human Resource Business Partner

• Support the HR community across the RTK operations
• Have a genuine impact on the direction of the business
• Based in Salt Lake City, Utah USA

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

We are looking for a Human Resource Business Partner (HRBP) to engage our operational partners across Rio Tinto Kennecott and the broader C&D product group supporting a focus on achieving their people and business priorities in addition to leading a number of HR projects.

We are an open, connected global team that includes some of the industry’s best and brightest minds. We offer competitive, performance-focused remuneration and a wide range of benefits to reward your contribution. With a global reach, the opportunities to develop and grow your career are broad and exciting.

Reporting to the General Manager- Human Resources- Americas and working in a challenging and exciting environment, a diverse team within Human Resources, you will be:

• Driving collaboration across the HR business function and supporting senior leaders with the cultural change agenda.
• Translating business strategies, objectives and context into a human resource strategy.
• Constructively challenging and coaching leaders on their individual and collective effectiveness.
• Supporting leadership with the ongoing capability build of their teams.
• Collaborating with Areas of Expertise (AoE), Shared Services, and other internal service providers to deliver on identified HR needs within the business.
• Define and lead a number of HR initiatives across the C&D product group.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field.
• 10 - 15 years of experience in an advisory position in human resources.
• A strong background as a HRBP within a large networked organisation.
• Proven ability to engage, influence and collaborate with senior leadership teams with a good application of contemporary HR systems, processes and obligations.
• Ability to coach and influence senior leaders in a way that tests conventional thinking and challenges the status quo.
• Experience in organisational design and implementation of appropriate tools and systems, organisation and development interventions and employee / labour relations.
• Flexibility to work across time zones and hold a high level of integrity, confidentiality and credibility.
• All combinations of education and experience will be considered

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with
a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe.
Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Every Voice Matters

We are committed to an inclusive environment where people feel comfortable being 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.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

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