Reporting to the Manager Employee Relations- Africa and working in a collaborative community within the business, you will:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders across the People community, including Areas of Expertise (AoEs), HR Business Partners, and People Experience teams, to drive impactful employee relations (ER) projects and ensure alignment with the Global Employee Relations Framework, regional considerations, and business unit needs.
• Provide specialist ER support; influencing and advocating for solutions that align with business goals.
• Proactively identify and manage ER issues in line with Rio Tinto’s strategic direction and work closely with HR leaders to manage integration points and optimize ER outcomes.
• Guide operations stakeholders in implementing ER strategies and objectives.
• Offer expert advice on complex case management, serving as a key escalation point and Subject-matter Expert.
• Monitor, audit, and report on performance at the business level, addressing deficiencies and ensuring seamless execution.
• Foster effective relationships with legal providers to ensure cost-effective, appropriate advice on ER matters.

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• A proactive outlook identifying risks, solutions and actions before they arise.
• Work closely with stakeholders across the HR Function to help the development and disciplined execution of projects including project management.
• Leading collaborative solution development across ER Global Team or local HR, HRBPs and PEx Teams to ER problems.
• Being able to present and influence and advocate solutions to ER problems with senior HR and Operational leaders.
• Ability to work independently under pressure and willing to travel.
• Ability to build relationships and networks with internal and external stakeholders.
• Building capability of Operations leadership and the HR function in IR and ER issues and developments.
• A solid working understanding of the highly unionized operations.
• Proven CCMA knowledge, experience and skills
• Certification in Employee Relations (desired but not mandatory).
• Computer literate.