Principal Advisor, Media Relations

1 month ago


Brisbane, Australia Rio Tinto Full time

**Principal Advisor, Media Relations**
- Work in a collaborative and fast paced environment
- Be valued for your media relations expertise
- Challenge yourself to think outside of the box
- Permanent role based in Brisbane

**About the role**

**Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.**

We are looking for a **Principal Advisor, Media Relations **to join the global Media Relations team. The role will be based in Brisbane but will also require frequent travel on the East Coast of Australia.

This position will play an important role supporting Australian-based media activity, particularly relating to the company’s East Coast-based businesses and executives and Group corporate activity, which are covered closely by general and business media across the country.

The role will report to the **Senior Manager, Media Relations**, providing strategic advice on media activities.

This role provides a great opportunity to work across a range of projects with responsibilities including:

- Support delivery of Rio Tinto’s global media relations strategy in Australia
- Support development and execution of media strategy for East Coast-based Executive Committee members
- Provide day-to-day guidance and advice on both reactive and proactive media engagements and devise strategies to best handle those matters.
- Identify and manage potential and actual business risks and issues to ensure best possible management of Rio Tinto’s reputation - liaising with all levels of staff and management, as well as a diverse group of external stakeholders.
- Proactively work with product groups, assets, country teams and functions to ensure clear and timely engagement and communication with media.
- Building and maintaining an appropriate network across mainstream, regional and business media.
- Assist with review and implementation of Group-wide media relations policy, procedures, guidelines and other tools (e.g. training programs)

**What you will bring**
- More than 8 years experience in media relations
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- An understanding of a broad range of communication channels, including social media
- Proven ability to prepare, write and edit media announcements and issues identification/briefing papers
- Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to liaise and negotiate with senior management, journalists and other stakeholders

**What we offer**

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’re helping find better ways to produce the materials the world needs.
- A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
- Flexible working from home arrangements as per operational requirements
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
- 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)
- Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more)
- Relocation packages where suitable

**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 almost 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 and meet opportunities.

**Every Voice Matters**

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.

Applications close on **Friday 5 May 2023.** (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).



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