Cultural Heritage Advisor

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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 organisation’s 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.

What’s 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 ...