Specialist Corporate Affairs (6 Month Term)

About BHP

At BHP we support our people to grow, learn, develop their skills and reach their potential. With a global portfolio of operations, we offer a diverse and inclusive environment with extraordinary career opportunities. Our strategy is to focus on creating a safe work environment where our employees feel strongly connected to our values and objectives, and where the capability of our people is key to our success. 
 
Come and be a part of this success!

About Potash

The Jansen project in Saskatchewan, Canada is set to become one of the largest potash mines in the world and is located approximately 140 kilometers east of Saskatoon.  BHP’s CAD$14 billion (US$10.5 billion) investment in the Jansen project will deliver a potash mine in Saskatchewan designed to maximize sustainability. As the largest investment in Saskatchewan’s history, Jansen is expected to generate approximately 5,500 workforce opportunities during construction and 900 long-term roles. 

Jansen's construction will take place over several years with first production planned for late 2026. Once fully ramped up, Jansen is expected to have an initial production capacity of approximately 8.5 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa), with the potential to produce 16 to 17 Mtpa in future stages. To find out more about Potash and the Jansen project, click here.

Work Location

Downtown, Saskatoon office. 40 hours per week. Hybrid working (flexible, shared workstations and a combination of office and work from home) is standard for BHP.

This is a 6-month term role with the possibility for extension.

Purpose

The Specialist Corporate Affairs Potash is a member of the Corporate Affairs team, and reports to the Manager Community Potash. The Specialist contributes to the strategic management and execution of Potash’s stakeholder management strategies, plans and initiatives to fulfil BHP’s commitments to communities. This role requires an enthusiastic, detail-oriented professional who likes working in a dynamic local and global team. The ideal candidate will have a knack for understanding our stakeholders and business needs, working with internal stakeholders to minimize project and/or operations impacts on communities, leveraging opportunities, identifying strategic partnerships, and assisting in growing BHP’s reputation. 

Key accountabilities:

• Identifies, engages, and manages a range of diverse internal and external stakeholders
• Plans, tracks the delivery of and manages corporate affairs, community relations initiatives, activities, and projects that generate value and drive the achievement of project outcomes including social investment
• Sources information, plans and conducts analyses to support evidence-based decision making in alignment with longer term business objectives
• Engages the capabilities of the entire organization to fulfil BHP’s commitments and purpose
• Identifies and assesses risks, makes risk informed decisions, uses BHP's risk management framework, and builds a risk aware culture to support safe and mutually beneficial performance outcomes

About the Role

Provides specialist level expertise on community related management programs/initiatives/studies and stakeholder management by: 

• Seeking to understands stakeholder needs by engaging with stakeholders and asking questions to understand needs/goals
• Managing both internal and external stakeholder expectations with excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Participating on cross-functional teams and community/stakeholder committees, associations, and chambers, as appropriate
• Developing and leveraging stakeholder relationships to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes/results that align with BHP Charter Values
• Critical thinking and analysis to draw insights, trends, and concepts from a wide range of sources and present findings in a format that enables a variety of stakeholders to easily grasp difficult or complex issues
• Supporting planning and implementing work and resources, including recommending activities, studies, and budget required to be successful
• Identifying issues, dependencies and solutions to mitigate associated risks or challenges with a relationship, initiative, or project. Also identify opportunities and partnerships to enhance a relationship, initiative, or project
• Adapting plans to changing conditions and context, identifying, and sharing new risks and opportunities with the team
• Listening and clearly conveying information and updates, uses different communication methods to ensure others understanding the context, purpose, objectives, resources and time frame for work and tasks
• Collaborating with other external affairs function members, including communications, indigenous engagement, social investment, and ethics and compliance, among others
• Acting respectfully and fairly with all team members and stakeholders, embracing differences so that everyone feels cared for and included
• Demonstrating a high-level of self-awareness
• Ability to identify strategies/learning approaches to continually build their capability, including ability to be coached

About You

• Demonstrated interpersonal skills in working collaboratively and building sustaining relationships
• Project management skills and experience in coordinating community programs
• Ability to work collaboratively with technical staff to achieve outcomes through the sharing of expertise and technical capabilities
• Sound communication skills including the ability to write recommendations, memos, reports, presentations, and letters, as well as present information to a range of stakeholders
• Proven ability in developing, managing, and tracking data utilizing Excel spreadsheets and other reporting software, including stakeholder management systems
• Minimum of five years demonstrated experience
• Ability to travel to nearby communities, attend trade shows and events, work outside of normal hours, as necessary, and spend time away from home. (~40% of the time)
• Post-secondary education in Community Relations, Communications, Public Affairs, Human Resources, Sales, or related fields will be considered an asset
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills
• Financial administration experience in submitting purchasing requisitions, purchase orders, payment requests and reconciliation of expense reports
• Strong skills using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and experience with SAP is an asset
• Valid Canadian driver’s license

Application Deadline

This posting will be active until 11:59pm CST on November 8, 2024.

About Our Process

At BHP, we are committed to employing individuals who align with the BHP Charter Values and meet the requirements of the role. As part of the recruitment process, there are a number of checks which may be conducted to demonstrate applicants’ suitability for a role including police / criminal background checks, medical, drug and alcohol testing, due diligence checks, right to work checks, and/or reference checks.  The outcome of these checks is not determinative of whether or not BHP decides to make an offer of employment.

Supporting a Diverse Workplace

At BHP, we know that we are strengthened by diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity employer that is committed to making BHP a safe and inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive and be at their best every day. We are focused on creating a workforce that is more diverse and represents the communities where we work and live. providing a work environment in which everyone is included, treated fairly and with respect. We recognize that true diversity includes gender, age, race, disability status, sexual orientation, religion, neurodiversity, education levels, and many more aspects of your identity. BHP is committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you have a disability, we know that it may be helpful for us to adjust our process to make it equitable for your individual situation. If you would like to reach out to someone about your situation and our recruitment process, please email us at [email protected]. 

At BHP, we aim to unlock the enormous potential that diverse and inclusive teams bring to the workplace, to leave a strong legacy within and beyond our operations for the generations to come.  

Based on existing demographics in our Potash project preference in hiring will be given to qualified women and Indigenous peoples who self-identify as such in the application process. This reasonable and justifiable measure has been implemented pursuant to section 56 of The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018. 

The BHP Jansen project marks the largest investment in Saskatchewan’s history, and with that growth will come significant employment opportunities. With first production projected to occur late in 2026, from now until the project fully ramps up there will be significant recruitment requirements over the coming months and years. To find out more about the project, hints and tips on our process and where a career with BHP Potash can take you, sign up to our talent updates here.