Principal Program Communications

**Date**:9 May 2025

**Job Posting End Date**:22-May-2025;15:59:59GMT

**Job Country**:Australia

**Job State/Province**:Western Australia

**Job Location/Region**:Perth

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- About the Role
- The Rail Technology Programme (RTP) is currently seeking to fill the role of Principal Program Communications to support delivery of our project.

RTP, one of Western Australia Iron Ore’s (WAIO) major projects, is a transformational upgrade of WAIO's train control and signalling system, delivering benefits across safety, rail capability and providing automation option value. This exciting and ground-breaking project is in advanced stages of execution phase.

The role of the Principal Program Communications requires a dynamic, strategic and creative professional who can drive and deliver the Program Communications Strategy within the RTP project team, manage RTP’s branding and assist with building excitement and awareness of the project, key delivery milestones and benefits.

In this role you will:

- Own and manage implementation of the RTP Communications Strategy
- Plan and prepare program communications for the Rail Technology Programme (RTP)
- Manage RTP’s suite of communications channels ensuring appropriate content and presence on each to effectively communicate with identified stakeholder groups
- Ensure consistency in program level messaging and materials is presented across all stakeholder groups
- Prepare and publish regular project updates and news feeds on behalf of the RTP Project team (including the RTP Project Director)
- Manage the design of, and sourcing content for, the RTP website keeping it current, relevant and up to date for stakeholders and the project team
- Plan program communications horizons up through to deployment of the system and completion of migration.
- Coordinate the production of project-centric videos as part of the communications strategy
- Ensure alignment between program communications and RTP's Organisational Change Management communications
- Liaise with WAIO's Communications team in relation to any external communications and provide relevant RTP content for WAIO's communications channels
- Liaise with communications representatives from RTP's contractors (as required)
- Produce relevant content for RTP/MAP/WAIO town halls and newsletters
- Support conformance with the BHP Charter, Our Requirements, Code of Conduct and relevant statutory obligations.
- About You
- Your skills and experience will also include:

- Degree qualified in Communications, Marketing or similar
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
- Understanding of differing messaging needs of various levels of stakeholders
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and work effectively under pressure to deliver outcomes
- Experience operating in a changing and challenging environment
- An overriding commitment to the BHP Charter Values and a strong commitment to safety
- Experience in a professional communications roles within industry or consultancy firms.

**About Our Process**

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.

**Supporting a Diverse Workforce**

The size, stability and magnitude of our business not only provides significant opportunity for professional development, but also attractive salary packages with performance-based bonuses and a best-in-class employee share program. We know there are many aspects of our employees' lives that are important, and work is only one of these, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, other extended leave entitlements and parent rooms.

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that’s more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and recogni