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<p><b>Senior Legal Counsel</b></p>
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<li> Join an encouraging leadership group, committed to your growth and development</li>
<li> Diverse & challenging projects</li>
<li> Permanent role, based in Salt Lake City, UT</li>
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<p><b> About the role</b></p>
<p> Finding better ways to provide the materials the world needs.</p>
<p> The Sr. Corporate Counsel is part of Rio Tinto Legal in the US, reporting to the Chief Counsel—United States. The role has a primary focus supporting Nuton, a Rio Tinto venture, as well as other research and development efforts of the Copper Technical team but will also provide support on an as-needed basis for other US business units and legal department initiatives.</p>
<p> We are looking for a <b>Senior Corporate Counsel</b> to support commercial transactions and acquisition activity, including private placements, joint ventures, and other investment vehicles. The role will also involve management of Rio Tinto intellectual property and close support for the business in the deployment and licensing of technology. Additional areas requiring coverage include environmental compliance and permitting, communities, land use and regulatory issues, and compliance. The role will support and implement the policies and practices of the Rio Tinto Group with respect to the environment, safety, cultural awareness, business integrity and other matters of corporate significance.</p>
<p> The incumbent will work in a team environment with the other members of Rio Tinto Legal who are based in Salt Lake City and Phoenix, Arizona. Travel will be required in the United States and potentially internationally.</p>
<p> Reporting to the Chief Counsel, US and working in a challenging and exciting environment, within the legal department, you will be:</p>
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<li> Providing advice and assistance in managing legal matters/risks facing Rio Tinto and its businesses</li>
<li> Providing advice and assistance in managing legal matters/risks facing Nuton and other research and development, including providing the legal parameters for strategic business objectives (i.e. new projects, acquisitions/divestments, changing government regulation)</li>
<li> Providing timely, accurate, independent, and commercially focussed legal advice with a view to avoiding potential problem areas and resolving issues as advantageously as possible to Rio Tinto</li>
<li> Managing internal legal resources to provide legal support to Rio Tinto and external legal resources and consultants, as needed</li>
<li> Maintaining awareness of all material internal developments which are likely to lead to a need for legal advice</li>
<li> Assisting Rio Tinto with the development and maintenance of external stakeholder relationships</li>
<li> Drafting and negotiating legal documents</li>
<li> Monitoring the compliance framework that will enable Resolution and Rio Tinto to meet statutory and corporate requirements by:</li>
<li> assisting the capture of statutory and corporate compliance requirements,</li>
<li> raising awareness for employees through training,</li>
<li> advising on new compliance issues</li>
<li> investigations</li>
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<p><b> What you’ll bring</b></p>
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<li> A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team</li>
<li> 8-12 years’ experience, with at least two years in an in-house/corporate legal department role.</li>
<li> Significant experience in mergers and acquisitions</li>
<li> Significant experience with managing an intellectual property portfolio or advising businesses regarding the management of intellectual property</li>
<li> Prior experience with environmental law and land use law (highly desirable)</li>
<li> Industry/sector experience (highly desirable)</li>
<li> Safety and health experience (highly desirable)</li>
<li> Strong cross-cultural awareness and ability to quickly adapt to situations with a flexible style for your audience amidst uncertainty and competing interests</li>
<li> Commercial and ethical judgement combined with the willingness and confidence to exercise it</li>
<li> Ability to work seamlessly across organisational and geographic boundaries in pursuit of broader corporate goals.</li>
<li> History of building strong and enduring internal and external relationships while working collaboratively at all levels across the business</li>
<li> Care, courage and curiosity in everything you do</li>
<li> A willingness to travel as needed to support on-going matters</li>
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<p><b> What we offer </b></p>
<p>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:</p>
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<li> A safety-focused and inclusive working environment</li>
<li> Advantageous salary package with annual cash incentive awards (STIP) for eligible employees</li>
<li> Access to top-tier family-friendly health programs including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, life insurance coverage, and various voluntary benefits.</li>
<li> Excellent retirement plan including up to 6% defined company contribution; Generous 401k matching program</li>
<li> Generous Rio Tinto employee share program, which allows you to purchase Rio Tinto Company shares.</li>
<li> Comprehensive leave policies which cover all moments that matter in life: PTO (paid time off), paid holidays, and paid bereavement leave.</li>
<li> A favorable child-caregiver leave program (Up to 100% salary top-up)</li>
<li> Discount programs for leisure purposes and access to Virgin Pulse with incentives supporting your wellbeing</li>
<li> 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.</li>
<li> Our team and industry experts are here to support and work with you to explore your learning potential and career goals</li>
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<p><b> Where you’ll be working</b></p>
<p> Rio Tinto Legal is responsible for providing legal services and advice to the highest standard practicable to the Rio Tinto Group, including headquarters, operating business units and service divisions. Rio Tinto Legal operates in a collaborative manner globally and within regions in order to share knowledge and best practice and achieve a consistent approach amongst the Group’s lawyers (including the lawyers in central locations such as Brisbane, London, Montreal, Salt Lake City, and Singapore).</p>
<p><b> About Rio Tinto</b></p>
<p> 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 almost 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.</p>
<p><b> Every Voice Matters</b></p>
<p> 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.</p>
<p> Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D/V</p>
<p> Rio Tinto participates in E-Verify to confirm work authorization. Please visit http://www.uscis.gov/ for more information.</p>
<p> 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.</p>
<p> Applications close on Friday the 28th of April 2023. (Rio Tinto reserves the right to remove advertised roles prior to this date).</p>
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Compliance/Regulatory, False Claims Act, HIPAA, Medicaid, Medicare, Stark