Specialist Indigenous Support Liaison | Operations Services | Perth

Overview

All BHP employees and contractors please apply using your BHP credentials / email address. Date: 23 Sept 2025. Job Posting End Date: 03-Oct-2025;13:59:59GMT.

Job Details

Job Country: Australia

Job State/Province: Western Australia

Job Location/Region: Perth

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success.

Come and be a part of this success.

About Us

At BHP, we aim to foster a culturally safe, respectful, and supportive environment for Indigenous employees that meets their workplace, social and cultural needs. Our commitment to Traditional Owner groups and Indigenous communities goes beyond mere words, and the company continually strives to improve its practices and outcomes. By working closely with Traditional Owner groups and Indigenous peoples, and respecting their rights and cultures, BHP aims to create a positive and lasting change.

About Operations Services

BHP Operations Services delivers industry leading mining services across BHP operations Australia-wide with specialist capabilities in load and haul, fixed plant maintenance and mobile maintenance. BHP Operations Services has a strong focus on people capability and culture. Our people are our greatest asset and are at the centre of everything that we do. We focus on high performance safety and productivity through our people. With world-class training that is unmatched in the industry and the opportunity to advance your career across locations and commodities, join the team and make your place in BHP.

About this Role

The Specialist Indigenous Support Liaison (ISL) - Operations Services works alongside Australia-based Global and Asset Function leaders to improve the experience of OS Indigenous-identified employees in Corporate Offices and sites with fewer than 75 Indigenous employees, while also contributing to enhanced cultural safety and wellbeing across the workplace.

In this role, you will:

- Serve as a key point of contact for OS Global / Asset Function Indigenous employees based in Corporate Offices and sites through the provision of personalised on-the-job support and coaching.

- Advocate for change to enhance cultural safety and wellbeing by supporting the Superintendent ISL OS to assist Assets and sites in implementing Indigenous employee support policies and initiatives.

- Work with Superintendent ISL OS and Indigenous Engagement team to understand relationship requirements and facilitate engagement with Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs), Traditional Owner corporations and local communities.

- Access and review Corporate Office and site metrics, KPIs and HR data for the OS Indigenous workforce.

- Actively contribute to the ISL community of practice across Australia to enable knowledge sharing and collective improvement.

Qualifications & Skills

To be successful in this role, the following are desirable:

- Experience in engaging with diverse stakeholders including diverse cultures and/or Indigenous peoples.

- An understanding of and experience in the mining sector and BHP’s operating environment is recommended but not mandatory.

- Relevant vocational, TAFE or University qualifications (e.g. HR/ER, healthcare, community development) are recommended but not mandatory.

- Previous experience in a similar role in case management, advocacy, community development or human services is recommended but not mandatory.

Location

This role is based in Perth on a Monday-Friday basis with travel to WA site operations when required.

Process & Diversity

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.

If you are already employed directly by BHP, please log in using your BHP email address or apply via our internal jobs portal.

Supporting a Diverse Workforce

At BHP, we recognise that we are strengthened by diversity. We are committed to providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and this position will only be open to Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander applicants.

The filling of these positions is intended to constitute a special/equal opportunity measure under section 8(1) of the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), and s 51 of the Equal Opportunity Act 1984 (WA).

In Western Australia, BHP has a deep commitment to the traditional owners of the land upon which it operates. We strongly encourage applications from Njamal, Kariyarra, Palyku, Banjima, Nyiyaparli, Ngarla, Ngarlawangga, Yinhawangka people, other traditional owners and Indigenous Australians.

Providing employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people is an important part of our Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP). For more information about our RAP, please visit here.

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