WHERE WE’RE ALL WELCOME

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.
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTI+ community, mature workers, people with disabilities 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 team enhances our way of working and our ability to achieve success together.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for a Senior Specialist Investigator to support the Manager Investigations, APAC East to work in collaboration with the broader Business Conduct Office. To succeed in this role, you will apply your technical/professional knowledge of best practice, procedurally fair investigations and the Rio Tinto trauma informed, people centric investigation process to investigate complex allegations, make findings and prepare reports. You will work with autonomy and minimal guidance but also with supervision to grow your skills. You will contribute to process improvements, peer review investigation reports prepared by Specialist Investigators and provide informal advice/guidance, coaching and training to less experienced staff.
In this role you will be interfacing with investigation participants and various stakeholder groups across all levels of the organisation. You must be capable of managing conflicts, collecting and assessing evidence in all forms, assessing witness credibility, sound communication and writing skills and the ability to navigate difficult discussions with participants and stakeholders. You must display exemplary and unquestionable personal integrity and be able to take a firm but fair stand, displaying enthusiastic persistence when solving complex issues.
This is a great opportunity for a values guided individual looking to conduct fair, people-centric investigations and to advance their career within the Corporate Investigations area.
You’ll be part of a supportive team, supported by your Leader to grow and achieve your own personal goals as well as the goals of the team. You’ll work Monday to Friday based in Brisbane which will give you more time to spend on the things that are important to you and the people in your life.

Reporting to the Manager Investigations APAC East, you will:

• Have strong business integrity investigation experience
• Conduct trauma-informed and people-centric investigations into allegations of misconduct involving matters across the APAC East region
• Work closely with a variety of internal stakeholders within our business units, product groups and functions in the implementation of the investigative process and to assist them with managing the welfare of investigation participants
• Collect and maintain comprehensive records of evidence
• Prepare comprehensive investigation reports and be able to demonstrate the fair and reasonable basis for all findings, either internally or in an external legal forum if required
• As required, contribute to post-investigative discussions to identify organizational and environmental factors relevant to findings and to assist the business with the Corrective and Preventative Action process, and as it relates to ongoing business integrity risk mitigation and process optimization strategies
• Contribute to the ongoing development of the investigation process.
• Peer review investigation reports.