Ottawa – Summer 2023 Internship

Internship – Corporate Relations

What’s your passion? Is it to think up sustainable solutions? Push A.I. forward? Or supporting local communities? Whatever your passion is, we believe that the best ideas come from bringing together different perspectives. That’s why Rio Tinto’s graduate program brings together people from different background to work toward a common goal: to make our future better. Do you want to drive change? It’s time to come together and create tomorrow with a graduate role at Rio Tinto.

About the role

We are offering a 4-month summer internship in the Rio Tinto External Affairs Canada team. The role will involve assisting and facilitating corporate relations research relative to external affairs initiatives.

Some key areas of work will include:

• Research and writing for Rio Tinto publications and internal documents
• Issue scans and planning documentation, and presentation delivery
• Variety of day-to-day organizational and support tasks for the external affairs team and will be expected to produce high-quality materials
• Other duties may include support functions including administrative work

Your contribution

• At least one year completed in a Bachelor or Master program in communications, or related field
• Strong written, oral and analytical skills
• Positive mindset and keen to learn about the resource sector
• Flexibility and Autonomy
• An organized and versatile team player with the ability to work under pressure and multitask
• Proficiency in all basic computing programs, including Excel

• To be eligible, you must return to school the semester following the internship period and have the right to work full-time in Canada.

What we offer

• A work environment where safety is always the number one priority
• A competitive salary

• Ambitious, exciting and rewarding experience
• Opportunity to build relationships with the Rio Tinto team and community
• A relocation lump-sum offered for students, when applicable

Where you will be working

Corporate Relations provides expertise and advice across all aspects of communications, brand strategy and positioning, media relations and stakeholder engagement with customers, employees and civil society through to governments and the general public.

About Rio Tinto

Every idea, every innovation, every little thing the world calls ‘progress’ begins with a first step, and someone willing to take it: explorers, inventors, entrepreneurs.

For nearly 150 years, Rio Tinto has been a company of pioneers –generations of people spanning the globe, all with the grit and vision to produce materials essential to human progress. Our iron ore has shaped skylines from Shanghai to Sydney. Our aluminium –the world’s first to be certified “responsible” –helps planes fly and makes cars lighter. Our copper helps wind turbines power cities, and our boron helps feed the world and explore the universe. Our diamonds help us celebrate the best parts of life.

Every Voice Matters

We particularly welcome and encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, women, the LGBTI+ 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.

Next steps…

Please note, in order to be considered for this role you must complete all pre-screening questions.

• Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove job postings as there is enough applicants, therefore, if you are interested in applying for this vacancy, please submit your application as soon as possible.

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