Principal Advisor Communities & Social Performance North

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Principal Advisor: Communities & Social Performance

  • Opportunity to work for global company
  • Our culture is inclusive, exciting and performance-driven
  • Role based in Richards Bay

About the role

We are looking for a Principal Advisor to deliver all of RBM’s Communities & Social Performance (CSP) activities across RBM’s northern host communities, as part of a wider Communities & Stakeholder Engagement team. Using Rio Tinto’s standard approaches, the role will focus on identifying and mitigating risk to support strong relationships and the delivery of the RBM business plan.

Reporting to the Manager: Communities & Stakeholder Engagement, you will:

  • Lead all engagement and CSP activity within RBM’s Northern communities through regular communities’ interaction at multiple levels including formal leadership structures, community forums and individual members of the communities.

  • Maintain a regular process for identifying, assessing and controlling risks relating to the communities and ensuring they are reflected in RBM’s wider risk management approach.

  • Maintain best practice compliance with the Rio Tinto CSP Standard within our northern host communities.

  • Work with the Community Development and Projects team to understand, plan and deliver engagement on community projects within the communities.

  • Manage the effective identification, assessment and close-out of community complaints within the host communities.

  • Build and maintain a close working relationship with all relevant departments.

  • Work with the Communications team to develop and deliver messaging, communications activity and content to ensure the communities are regularly updated on project and RBM activity.

  • Ensure all engagement activities are aligned with both RBM and Rio Tinto Group policies, Standards and approaches, including ensuring full compliance with all approval and escalation processes.

About you


To succeed in this role, you will have:

  • B Degree in Social Science, a post graduate qualification advantageous

  • Management Development Programs and Leadership Development Programs (advantageous)

  • 5 years’ + experience in a communities and Social Performance focused discipline of which 2 years should be in a supervisory capacity; Previous experience mentoring and training subordinates in a culturally diverse environment; Strongly collaborative approach demonstrated.

  • In-depth knowledge of community dynamics

  • EB driver’s license

Where you will be working

Owned by Rio Tinto and located in the KwaZulu Natal province, Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is an internationally recognized sand mining and mineral processing operations leader and is one of the world’s foremost producers of titanium minerals, high purity pig iron and zircon.

Employing some 2 000 permanent staff and a number of well-established contracting companies, RBM is proud of the accreditation for ISO 9001 for quality, OHSAS 18001 certification for occupational health and safety management, and ISO 14001 accreditation for environmental management. The company has implemented a sound corporate social development programme and an internationally recognised environmental rehabilitation programme to restore the mined dunes to their natural state after mining.

About us

As pioneers in mining and metals, we produce materials essential to human progress.

Our long history is filled with firsts. We’ve developed some of the world’s largest and best quality mines and operations, and our people work in around 35 countries across six continents. Aluminium and copper, diamonds, gold and industrial minerals, iron ore, coal and uranium: our materials make up the world around us. You’ll find them in smartphones, planes, cars, hospitals and throughout your home.

Creating an inclusive and diverse workforce

We are a diverse team of talented, enthusiastic individuals who foster a culture of inclusion. No matter how they may differ, our people share one thing in common. It’s a belief that work is more rewarding when we are accepted and valued for our differences, not judged by them. We all have something to contribute, and it’s this contribution that makes for a great organization and fulfilling career.

So if this sounds like you and the opportunity you are looking for, apply now.

RBM is an equal opportunity employer and preference will be given to candidates from the designated groups in line with the company’s employment equity plan.

Apply here!

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