Analyst: Community Development

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

About the role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Analyst: Community Development who will play a key role to coordinate and deliver community training programmes for the community, provide administrative support in the community recruitment space and manage the bursaries.

This is a great opportunity for a highly motivated individual to manage RBM’s work to help build strong host communities with a strong focus on delivering commitments under the SA Mining Charter and other relevant legislation including RBM’s Social & Labour Plans (SLPs) and other projects agreed to on a local and regional basis.

Reporting to the Principal Advisor, Community Development and Projects, you will:

• Collate the required information and submit registration documents to training organizations to ensure that bookings are secured.
• Create purchase orders on SAP and process / track invoices to ensure timely payment and provide administrative and typing services for the section, including the reports.
• Arrange acceptable and cost-effective logistics and organize subsistence allowances for delegates as per standard procedures.
• Assist with and maintain training schedules by ensuring that trainers are reminded of their bookings a month in advance.
• Compile and update monthly training stats by training category.
• Maintain SAP training data base by creating course information, closing events on receipt of attendance register and updating qualification records on a monthly basis.
• Maintain bursary database by updating on SAP and manage the publication of community recruitment opportunities and facilitated the collection of community CVs.
• Ensure all activities are aligned with both RBM and Rio Tinto Group policies, Standards, and approaches, including The Way We Work.

About you

To succeed in this role, you will have:

• Tertiary qualification (Degree) Humanities (i.e., Human Resources, Community/ Public relations, Development studies)
• 2 years’ experience with Mine and Community Development, with experience in Social Labour Plan Management and knowledge of relevant legislation
• Knowledge in managing community bursary and skills programme.
• Valid South African Drivers Licence

What we offer

Be recognized 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.
• Career development & education assistance to further your ambitions.
• Wellbeing benefits.
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support for you and your family for personal and professional matters.

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 and meet opportunities.

Where you’ll be working

Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) is a world leader in heavy mineral sands extraction and refining and is South Africa’s largest mineral sands producer. RBM produces predominantly ilmenite, rutile and zircon – materials used in everything from paint to smartphones to sunscreen.

Every Voice Matters

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 and/ or anything else that makes us different.

At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Women, the LGBTQIA+ communities, persons with disabilities (PWD) and people from different cultural backgrounds.

We acknowledge that all people are different and believe that our differences are our strength. The diversity of skills, life experiences and perspectives within our teams enhance our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.