Administrative Assistant

Administrative Assistant-Learning & Development

• Be part of a group that is safety driven and values inclusion.
• Work for a global company with broad opportunity
• Residentially based in Salt Lake City, UT

About The Role

Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.

We are looking for an Administrative Assistant-Learning & Development who will be responsible for providing administrative and logistical support to the learning and development team.

This is a great opportunity for an engaged professional to support general office management and coordination including ordering office supplies, processing invoices, creating purchase orders, coordinating team travel, room booking and document control.

Reporting to the L&D Manager and working with the learning and development team, you will

• Create reports, tracking spreadsheets, enter data, and perform other duties as requested.
• Coordinate events, meetings, and conference calls.
• Manage and own the scheduling and coordination of all training center rooms
• Use SAP to process department invoices and ensure timely payment.
• Coordinate and support the logistics and scheduling of new hire onboarding –
• includes ordering catering, booking conference rooms, scheduling facilitators, maintaining inventory of supplies, coordination of PPE, etc.
• Complete and submit expense reports using expense management software
• Coordinate travel schedules and manage travel bookings

What You’ll Bring

To succeed in role, you will have:

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team
• Excellent computer skills with high competence in the Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and SAP
• Ability to handle multiple assignments with appropriate prioritization, and data entry
• Detailed oriented and sense of urgency.
• Proven experience as a self-driven, reliable and proactive Administrative Assistant for at least 3 years.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• High school diploma or equivalent
• Valid state driver's license

What we offer

We are committed to providing our employees with a generous benefits package. Be recognized for your contribution, your thinking, your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress, we provide:

• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment
• Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees.
• Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.
• Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program.
• Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.
• Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.
• A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)
• Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing.
• Ongoing Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family; to help in addressing educational opportunities, addiction treatment, depression, stress, domestic issues, financial management, and legal concerns.
• Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals.

About Rio Tinto

Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminum, 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 will be working

Our Kennecott mine is a world-class, fully integrated copper mining operation, including a concentrator, smelter and refinery, located just outside Salt Lake City, Utah, in the United States. We produce copper, precious metals including gold and silver, molybdenum and sulfuric acid. Kennecott has been mining and processing minerals from the rich ore body of the Bingham Canyon Mine since 1903 and is one of the top producing mines in the world, comprising approximately 11 percent of U.S. annual copper production.

Every Voice Matters

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V

Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.

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.