Supervisor Community & Indigenous Affairs

• 8/6 or 8/6 4/3 4/3 days on roster | FIFO from Perth to Roy Hill Mine
• Competitive salary and three annual bonus schemes

• Benefits include income and life insurances, health, banking, car leasing, airline + travel, IT discounts

• Company contribution towards private health cover for employees and immediate family

About the role:

Reporting to the Superintendent Community and Indigenous Affairs, you will actively promote and facilitate employment opportunities for Traditional Owners. Your responsibilities include mentoring these employees to enhance their career progression. Additionally, you will lead the development and implementation of initiatives that support and enrich the local communities around Roy Hill's operations.

Further duties include:

• Assume primary responsibilities for the mine in the absence of the Superintendent.
• Actively promote Roy Hill as an employer of choice to traditional owners in local towns and communities.
• Identify emerging issues related to employee relationships and make recommendations where appropriate.
• Assist Roy Hill to ensure practices are consistent culturally providing advice and guidance.
• Advise on cultural awareness and understanding of Aboriginal cultural protocols and heritage matters.
• Assist the Community and Indigenous Affairs Superintendent as on-site support and oversee all activities during the execution of SCHMP trip (Social Cultural and Heritage Management Plan) and any support KNAC may require from mine.
• Provide support for the Indigenous Business Specialist by engaging with the businesses on ground.
• Be the primary Roy Hill point of contact for local communities in East Pilbara.

Essential skills and experience:

• Significant experience working with remote communities.
• Experience working in the mining resource sector.
• Extensive knowledge of Aboriginal culture and heritage.
• Proven ability to develop effective working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience managing or supervising a small team.
• Experience bringing stakeholders together to deliver on projects.
• Valid Western Australian manual, C class drivers’ licence.
• Advanced 4wd training.
• Current first aid qualification.

Desired skills and experience:

• Experience with pastoral stations.
• Cert 4 or tertiary qualification in Indigenous studies.
• Native Title related qualification (law, heritage etc).

Mine Site Facilities:

• Modern, comfortable camp accommodation
• High quality gourmet food options (vegan, gluten free and healthy options)
• Large fully equipped gym facility, as well as a gym specifically for females
• Heated outdoor swimming pool
• Beach Volleyball court and Golf simulators
• Village shop and extensive supporting amenities
• SWIFT in-room entertainment with comprehensive content and own-device casting capability
• Active social club with community events and activities for employees
• Lifestyle, Learning and Recreation initiative which provide events for your family

About the Company:

Roy Hill is a world class mining company, leading the way through innovative, integrated mining rail and port operations, to export iron ore safely and efficiently from West Australia’s Pilbara region.

We are a company where people matter. We support our team to reach their full potential by providing generous benefits and opportunities, empowering them to actively contribute to our success and that of our state and country.

We are committed to the use of new technologies that results in higher quality product, less waste, improved efficiencies and above all, a safer workplace. Our integrated next generation mine, rail and port operations enable the sustained low-cost production of iron ore at a consistent quality and grade, allowing us to respond to changing market cycles.

We are proud to collaborate and work in partnership with the communities in which we operate, supporting programs and initiatives that help achieve positive outcomes and leave a lasting legacy.

We are dedicated to minimising our environmental footprint, designing our operations to optimise the rehabilitation of the land when and where mining has been completed.

We are Roy Hill.

Equal Opportunity:

Roy Hill is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and we proudly encourage indigenous Australians, Veteran personnel, and females to apply. We promote cultural diversity, gender equality and non- discrimination.
We are proud of our relationships with our Traditional Owners and value the difference these partnerships make to the success of the project and to the lives of the people on whose land we operate.

How to apply

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To be eligible to apply for this role you must be legally permitted to work permanently in Australia.

Please note that unsolicited applications from recruitment agencies will not be accepted.