Principal Adviser, External Affairs Advisory and Project Management Office

Principal Adviser, External Affairs Advisory and Project Management Office

• Key role who will be responsible for coordinating the delivery of advice and support by the External Affairs (EA) Area of Expertise (AoE) to the business.
• Full-time permanent role based in London, UK or Brussels, BE.

About the role

All progress begins with pioneers. At Rio Tinto, it begins with you.

The Principal Adviser, External Affairs Advisory and Project Management Office has lead responsibility for coordinating the delivery of advice and support by the External Affairs (EA) Area of Expertise (AoE) to the business.

Reporting to the Head of External Affairs, you will be responsible for:

• Providing business support for External Affair leads
• Acting as secretary for meetings, steercos, etc: preparation of content, keeping minutes and following up on action items
• Working with stakeholders to help determine team objectives, and track progress
• Facilitating and manage coordination across workstreams
• Providing supporting analysis and input to projects and workstreams as required
• Developing presentation and communication materials on behalf of the EA lead and the team
• Managing budgets and PRC submissions
• Coordinating reporting

What you’ll bring

• Bachelor’s Degree required in an associated subject such as politics, economics, international or European affairs or finance.
• Experience in government relations, public affairs or business interface
• Project management experience.
• Strong analytical and organisational skills
• Self-starter
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Strong numeracy and financial literacy.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs. Pioneers.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers – generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress.

Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium – the world’s first to be certified “responsible” – helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities and our boron helps feed the world, and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Every Voice Matters

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQIA+ 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.

Are you interested? Please apply here.