- Shape workforce, talent, engagement and organisational priorities in direct partnership with General Managers and leadership teams.
- Grow your strategic influence by translating business priorities into practical people plans across complex, large-scale and often multi-geography environments.
- Collaborate with a broad network of People specialists and partners to deliver consistent, sustainable outcomes.
We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values, care, courage and curiosity, guide how we work and how we treat each other.
About the role
We are looking for a People Partner to act as a trusted adviser to General Managers and their leadership teams. In this role, you will lead the delivery of workforce, talent, engagement and organisational priorities across a defined portfolio while translating business strategy into practical people plans.
Reporting to the General Manager People, you will work with leadership teams, People Experience, Organisation & Talent Partners and Areas of Expertise to deliver consistent outcomes tailored to the local context.
This is an opportunity to grow your strategic influence, use data to inform decisions and support leaders across complex, large-scale and often multi-geography environments.
What you’ll be doing
- Act as the primary contact for assigned General Managers on day-to-day people matters, shaping priorities and coordinating delivery through People Experience.
- Translate business strategy into local workforce and people plans for a 0 to 12-month horizon, then implement solutions tailored to the site or function context.
- Lead operational workforce planning and facilitate delivery of strategic workforce planning fulfilment plans across the portfolio.
- Support complex employee and labour relations matters, act as an escalation point for union issues and coordinate responses with the appropriate specialists.
- Lead performance, talent and pay review processes, including calibration sessions, to support fair and consistent decisions aligned with enterprise frameworks.
- Operationalise local talent strategies, including mentoring programs, and identify requirements for out-of-cycle benchmarking.
- Analyse engagement, workforce, case and query data to identify trends, recommend targeted actions and inform People strategies and frameworks.
- Lead organisational change, restructures and transformation initiatives, enabling leaders to communicate effectively and strengthen engagement and adoption.
About you
We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “Helpful for Success” item to apply. If you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application.
Required for Success
- A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team.
- Demonstrated business partnering and advisory experience with leaders, providing practical guidance that improves team effectiveness and supports business priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to translate business strategy and workforce plans into actionable portfolio priorities, with disciplined and timely execution.
- Experience in employee and labour relations, including applying frameworks, assessing risk and escalating complex or union-related matters appropriately.
- Experience delivering organisational change, restructures or transformation initiatives in complex environments.
- Ability to interpret workforce, engagement and case data and translate insights into targeted business actions.
- The successful candidate must be based in, or willing to relocate to, Labrador City
Helpful for Success
- Experience collaborating with specialist teams across talent, reward, employee relations, talent acquisition or People Experience.
- Experience working in a large-scale, multi-site or multi-geography environment.
- A qualification in human resources, industrial relations, business or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
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 technical or leadership ambitions
- A competitive base salary reflective of your skills and experience with annual incentive program
- Relocation support is provided, if applicable
- Ongoing access to family-friendly health and medical programs, pension and savings plans
- Attractive share ownership plan
- Leave for all of life’s reasons (vacation/annual, paid parental, sick leave)
- Exclusive employee discounts
Where you’ll be working
We are a leading North American producer and exporter of premium iron ore pellets and high-grade concentrate with average iron grades greater than 66%. With a team of over 2,700 employees, IOC is committed to providing value and continuity for our customers, employees, communities and shareholders through our unique mine to port approach, taking advantage of our full integration and wholly owned infrastructure to deliver our high-quality concentrate and pellets to our customers across the globe.
IOC’s operations include a mine with five operational pits, a concentrator and a pelletizing plant located near Labrador City in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. We also operate a wholly-owned 418 km railway, the Quebec North Shore and Labrador Railway (QNS&L), that links our Labrador operations to Company-owned port facilities in Sept-Iles.
Working at Rio Tinto also means choosing to be part of a company recognized one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers in 2026 and one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People in 2025.
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 situations and meet opportunities.
Respect and Inclusion
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.
À propos de Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto est un chef de file mondial du secteur des sociétés minières et des matériaux. Nous sommes établis dans 35 pays où nous produisons du minerai de fer, du cuivre, de l’aluminium, des minéraux critiques et d’autres matériaux nécessaires à la transition énergétique mondiale et à la prospérité des personnes, des communautés et des nations.
Nous exerçons nos activités depuis 150 ans, en nous appuyant sur les connaissances accumulées au fil des générations et sur les différents continents. Notre mission – trouver de meilleures façons de fournir les matériaux dont le monde a besoin – nous guide dans notre quête d’innovation et d’amélioration continue, dans le but de fabriquer des produits à faibles émissions et répondant aux bonnes normes environnementales, sociales et de gouvernance. Mais comme nous ne pouvons pas y arriver seuls, nous nous attachons à créer des partenariats nous permettant de résoudre des problèmes, de créer des situations mutuellement avantageuses et de saisir des occasions.
Respect and Inclusion
Chez Rio Tinto, nous accueillons favorablement et encourageons les candidatures d’Autochtones, de femmes, de membres de la communauté LGBTQ+, de travailleurs âgés, de personnes handicapées et de représentants d’origines diverses.
Nous sommes déterminés à créer un milieu inclusif où les employés se sentent à l’aise d’être eux-mêmes. Nous souhaitons de plus que chacun ait l’impression que sa voix compte, que toutes les cultures sont respectées et que les points de vue, aussi variés soient-ils, sont non seulement bienvenus, mais également essentiels à notre succès. Nous nous traitons mutuellement avec équité et dignité, sans égard à la race, au genre, à la nationalité, à l’origine ethnique, à la religion, à l’âge, à l’orientation sexuelle ou à tout autre aspect distinctif.
