Rio Tinto female recruitment drives attract more than 3000 applicants
June 07 2022 - 7:00PM
Business Wire
More than 3000 women across Australia and New Zealand have
applied for roles with Rio Tinto, following the launch of
recruitment campaigns targeting women who had not previously worked
in the mining industry.
In Western Australia, the Transferable Pathways campaign, which
launched last month, attracted about 1,600 responses. This was
roughly the same number received for the Women in Leadership
program at Rio Tinto’s eastern Australian and New Zealand Aluminium
operations in April and May, bringing total applications for both
programs to around 3,200.
The campaigns attracted applicants from a diverse range of
industries, including defence, aviation, government, HR and
education.
Rio Tinto Chief Executive Australia, Kellie Parker said, “The
response to both of these campaigns has been overwhelming and it is
encouraging to see women keen to enter our industry as we work to
create a more inclusive and diverse environment.
“Our recent review into workplace culture, the Everyday Respect
report, showed clearly that we need to foster a more diverse and
inclusive workforce, which includes increasing the number of women
in our business.
“One way we are trying to do this is to better recognise
leadership and work skills gained in other industries and help
transfer those to our workforce.
“Traditional recruitment practices for our industry mean we are
hiring women from the same talent pool.
“By opening up our operational roles to women without industry
experience, but with transferrable skills and talent, we not only
increase representation of women in our business but also diversity
across the industry as a whole.”
About Transferable Pathways
Transferable Pathways aims to fast track women who haven’t
worked in mining before into Operational leadership and Planner and
Scheduler roles with Rio Tinto.
After a successful trial program for women operators in 2020,
the program will be enhanced in 2022 to include leadership roles.
34 women will be selected for a combination of leadership, planning
and scheduling roles across Rio Tinto’s Pilbara operations
including Gudai-Darri, Marandoo, Robe Valley, Brockman, Cape
Lambert and other Pilbara locations.
Over the first 12 months, each participant will receive a
tailored learning and development plan to support their move into
mining. They will be asked to bring their unique skills to learning
and development sessions which will be focused on the more
technical aspects of mining. Each participant will also shadow a
peer on site and be partnered with mentors to coach and support
them as they gain industry experience.
About Women in Leadership
Women in Leadership aims to improve gender diversity in
frontline leadership roles in Rio Tinto’s Aluminium operations
across eastern Australia and in New Zealand.
A pilot program was launched in 2021, which led to 15 developing
supervisors joining Rio Tinto’s three Gladstone sites. The program
has since expanded to include developing superintendents, who can
have up to 100 direct reports, with more than 1,600 people applying
for eight positions offered across Pacific Operations.
The developing supervisor pilot program will soon also expand
beyond Gladstone, with a total of eight more positions available at
the other Aluminium sites of Gove (Northern Territory), Weipa
(Queensland), Bell Bay (Tasmania) and Tiwai Point (New
Zealand).
Successful applicants in both programs will take part in a
12-month course combining on-the-job and classroom training and
will be supported through mentoring, networking, coaching and
educational programs.
Applicants who aren’t selected for the Transferable Pathways or
Women in Leadership programs will be considered for other suitable
positions within the company.
Successful candidates will begin the programs later this
year.
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