Cultural Heritage Advisor

Shape Your World

At Alcoa you will become an essential part of our purpose: to turn raw potential into real progress. The way we see it every Alcoan is a work-shaper team-shaper idea-shaper & world-shaper.

This is your opportunity to help shape the future of sustainability with world-changing innovations and low-carbon technologies. Become a valued part of the team thats shaping the future of aluminium revolutionising the way the world lives builds moves and flies. Be part of it and shape your world.

About the Role

We have an exciting opportunity for a Cultural Heritage Advisor to join our External Relations and Sustainability team playing a key role in protecting and managing cultural heritage values across our Western Australian operations.

In this role you will contribute to strengthening our organisations social performance by delivering cultural heritage survey programs managing identified heritage values and building respectful collaborative relationships with Traditional Owners and internal stakeholders.

Key purpose

• Identify cultural heritage survey and monitoring requirements and develop appropriate scopes of work for delivery.

• Coordinate and support the scheduling and execution of cultural heritage surveys monitoring and other field-based activities.

• Contribute to statutory approval applications under relevant heritage legislation where impacts cannot be avoided.

• Provide input into creating the cultural heritage management framework policy and procedures to facilitate cultural heritage management.

• Build and maintain collaborative relationships with Traditional Owners consultants and stakeholders fostering trust and respectful engagement.

• Provide technical support on heritage matters including reviewing survey outputs supporting approvals and studies and promoting safe field practices aligned with organisational standards.

Whats on offer

• Attractive remuneration and variable bonus plan.

• Flexible hybrid working options available.

• Employee growth and development opportunities.

• 18 weeks Parental leave for primary caregivers.

• Alcoa Live Well program offering travel lifestyle health and wellbeing discounts.

• Generous leave entitlements including a leisure a day off every 4-week period.

• Salary packaging for a novated car lease employee share plan and superannuation options.

What you can bring to the role

• Tertiary qualifications in either archaeology anthropology or cultural heritage management with previous experience in a related field.

• Demonstrated ability to work with Aboriginal people in a sensitive respectful and culturally appropriate manner.

• Knowledge and understanding of cultural heritage legislation in Western Australia and relevant industry standards and best practices.

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and communicate complex data.

• Sound working knowledge of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) skilled in creating maps and interrogating data.

• An ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team environment and commitment to ethical business practices and corporate social responsibility.

• A current Australian C-Class Drivers Licence to travel to the Huntly and Willowdale mines to support with field work as required.

Additional information

• Please note that applications close midday Australian Western Standard Time of the posting end date.

• Interviews may progress prior to the closing date although all applications will be considered.

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About the Location

Recognized as an industry pioneer Alcoa has established itself as an international company with operations across six continents. Alcoas Australian portfolio includes: two bauxite mines in Western Australia three alumina refineries at Kwinana Pinjarra and Wagerup and one aluminium smelter in Portland VIC and two corporate office facilities in Bindjareb and Booragoon. Wherever you choose to join us youll be joining a global team committed to advancing sustainability and delivering excellence and innovation.

We are values led vision driven and united by our purpose of transforming raw potential into real commitments to Inclusion Diversity & Equity include providing trusting workplaces that are safe respectful and inclusive of all individuals free from discrimination bullying and harassment and that our workplaces reflect the diversity of the communities in which we operate.

This is a place where you are empowered to do your best work be your authentic self and feel a true sense of belonging. Come join us and shape your career!

Your work. Your world. Shape them for the better.