Principal Public Policy

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 The Role
As Principal Public Policy & Government Relations WA, you will play a key role in advancing BHP's interests across Western Australia's political, policy and regulatory landscape. Working closely with – and reporting to – the Manager Public Policy & Government Relations WA, you'll help deliver integrated policy, advocacy and engagement programs that support WAIO and Nickel West priorities, ensuring BHP is a credible and constructive contributor to policy development and decisionmaking and enhance BHP's reputation and licence to operate.

The role requires senior experience and deep understanding of the political and regulatory landscape in Western Australia and the ability to contribute to strategic advocacy and campaigns, as well build trusted relationships across government and policy stakeholders.

About You
You are a politically astute, policyminded professional with demonstrated experience in government relations, public policy or public affairs within complex, multistakeholder environments.

Your background may include senior advisory roles in government (e.g., Ministerial office), leadership roles in public policy or corporate affairs, public affairs consulting, or senior public sector experience. Tertiary qualifications in public policy, economics, political science, law or commerce are well regarded.

You Will Bring

• Government relations expertise: Proven capability to establish and maintain influential relationships across government and to translate business objectives into credible advocacy and policy positions.
• Insightled judgment: Ability to source and critically assess qualitative and quantitative information, articulate insights and apply them to decisionmaking.
• External Affairs & business acumen: Understanding of the External Affairs value chain, BHP's operating model, and how to optimise processes to deliver business and social value.
• Leadership & teaming: Inclusive mindset with a coaching orientation; contributes to a highperformance culture, rolemodelling BHP's values – Doing what's right, Seeking better ways, and Making a difference.

Role Context & Collaboration

• Assets supported: WAIO and Nickel West – partnering across Corporate Affairs, operations and functional teams to align state and national advocacy.
• Location: Perth, Western Australia.

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.

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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 recognise that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity.

BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at

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