Early Talent Partner

• Shape the future of Rio Tinto’s Early Talent experience across Asia Pacific by connecting graduates and interns with meaningful career opportunities.
• Grow your career in a collaborative global team, influencing regional programs and strengthening your expertise across attraction, recruitment and development.
• Enjoy a Perth-based opportunity with access to a modern office environment designed for connection, collaboration and professional growth.

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values - care, courage and curiosity - guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role

We are looking for an Early Talent Partner to help the Global Early Talent team deliver graduate and intern recruitment and development programs across Asia Pacific. In this role, you’ll shape candidate and stakeholder experiences, strengthen university partnerships and use insights to improve regional program outcomes.

Based in Perth, this is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing people and programs together and wants to influence Early Talent outcomes across a complex global organisation.

What you’ll be doing

Reporting to the Team Leader Early Talent and working in a collaborative global team, you will be:

• Partnering with business and Human Resources stakeholders to translate workforce needs into effective Early Talent attraction, recruitment and program outcomes.
• Leading graduate and intern recruitment campaigns across Asia Pacific, including attraction, candidate engagement, assessment, interviews, offers, onboarding and orientation.

• Advising stakeholders as an Early Talent subject matter expert and championing regional and global priorities.

• Building university and education partnerships that support targeted attraction, engagement and Early Talent events.

• Supporting the Graduate Development Program through development initiatives, events and experiences across Asia Pacific.

• Using recruitment data, reporting and insights to guide decisions, identify opportunities and improve recruitment and program delivery.

• Partnering with Early Talent Coordinators to deliver high-volume recruitment, candidate engagement and onboarding with clear ownership and a consistent experience.

• Contributing to regional and global Early Talent projects by sharing good practice and improving consistency across programs.

About you

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “helpful for success” item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.

Required for Success

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
• Demonstrated experience in Talent Acquisition, Early Talent, Early Careers or Human Resources, with responsibility for partnering with business and Human Resources stakeholders.
• Demonstrated experience delivering high-volume recruitment campaigns across multiple stages of the recruitment lifecycle.
• Experience managing competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, multi-stakeholder environment.
• Experience using recruitment systems, data or reporting to support decisions and improve recruitment or program outcomes.
• Experience facilitating candidate assessments, orientation, workshops, presentations or program content in virtual or face-to-face settings.

Helpful for Success

• Experience delivering graduate, intern or other early careers recruitment programs.
• Experience building partnerships with universities, education providers or community organisations.
• Exposure to Workday, Power BI and Microsoft Office.
• Experience supporting regional or global projects across geographically dispersed stakeholder groups.

What we offer

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress. 

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority 
• A permanent position working directly for Rio Tinto 
• 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 & cultural leave) 
• Exclusive employee discounts (banking, accommodation, cars, retail and more) 
• Possible domestic relocation assistance  

Where you’ll be working

Our modern office located in Central Park tower in Perth provide an inspiring environment for collaboration and professional growth. You'll be able to enjoy a range of benefits, including access to a modern gym, wellness programs, and convenient amenities that support a healthy work-life balance. Situated in the heart of Perth, we are close to public transport and several parking options.

Applications close on Sunday 15th November at 11:59pm (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).

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 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities and people from different cultural backgrounds.

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.