Senior Specialist Digital Learning Designer

• Create engaging digital learning content that helps people understand and adopt changes across the Modern ERP program. 

• Hands-on capability in Synthesia video production, instructional design and enterprise learning technologies. 

• Hybrid working from Perth, Brisbane connecting with regional teams and subject matter experts across Rio Tinto. 

We’re Finding Better Ways™ to provide materials the world needs, now and in the future. Our values - care, courage and curiosity - guide how we work and how we treat each other.

About the role 

We are looking for a Specialist - Digital Learning Designer to support the Learning and Enablement team deliver learner-centred content for the Modern ERP program. In this hands-on role, you will turn approved scripts, system processes and subject matter expertise into clear digital learning assets that build awareness, readiness and confidence before training and system access.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys translating complex change into practical learning experiences and wants to influence adoption across varied operational environments. 

What you’ll be doing 

Reporting to the RT Manager, Learning and Enablement and working collaboratively within the Modern ERP Learning and Enablement team, you will be: 

• Developing, editing and publishing Synthesia videos using approved templates, avatars and Rio Tinto learning standards. 

• Converting learning outlines, scripts and process information into SAP Enable Now simulations, system demonstrations, process walkthroughs, task-based activities and other learner-ready assets. 

• Partnering with subject matter experts, Global Process Owner teams, regional teams, internal translation teams and system integration training partners to validate content and incorporate feedback. 

• Designing visual and accessible learning approaches suited to different operational audiences, including frontline environments where image-based content may be more effective. 

• Supporting awareness campaigns, pre-training content, Train-the-Trainer materials, deployment learning and hypercare resources across the learning lifecycle. 

• Applying established templates, brand, accessibility and language-quality standards so materials are accurate and ready to publish. 

• Managing source files, screen recordings, review cycles and risks to deliver quality assets to agreed timeframes. 

• Gathering learner and stakeholder feedback to refine content and improve learning outcomes and user adoption. 

About you 

We’re looking for someone whose experience aligns with the key requirements below. You do not need to meet every “helpful for success” item to apply, if you bring relevant experience and are excited by the opportunity, we encourage you to submit an application. 

Required for Success 

• A commitment to the safety of yourself and your team. 

• Skills and Capabilities: Strong instructional design capability, with the ability to translate complex business processes and change concepts into clear, learner-centred digital content. 

• Experience: Demonstrated experience developing engaging digital learning assets and video-based learning content in a complex organisation or transformation environment. 

• Stakeholder Engagement: Experience working with subject matter experts and cross-functional teams to gather source content, validate accuracy and manage iterative review cycles. 

• Systems: Practical experience with digital learning authoring or video tools; experience using Synthesia is highly desirable. 

• Qualifications: A qualification in education, learning and development, communications, digital media or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience. 

Helpful for Success 

• Experience supporting an ERP, SAP, Workday, procurement or other large-scale technology or business transformation program. 

• Experience with Synthesia, SAP Enable Now, change communication content or business process change. 

• Experience with WalkMe or in-system guidance tools; training can be provided. 

• Experience adapting learning content for operational, frontline or mining audiences. 

What we offer  

Be recognised for your contribution, your thinking and your hard work, and go home knowing you’ve helped the world progress. 

• Attractive compensation that is aligned to the specialist nature and impact of the role.       
• Flexible working arrangements.      
• A safety-focused and inclusive working environment.       
• Career development to further your ambitions.        
• Ongoing individual wellbeing support.        
• Flexible working arrangements.   
• Be part of Rio Tinto’s global Modern ERP transformation, contributing directly to one of the organisation’s most significant multi‑year programs.   
• High‑impact role until 31st December 2027, where your expertise helps shape the future of Planning & Reporting across a global enterprise.

Where you’ll be working

You’ll join the Modern ERP Program — a multi‑disciplinary team bringing together technology, process, data and change specialists to reshape how work happens across Rio Tinto. We’re modernising a 20‑year‑old ERP system and redesigning core business processes to improve safety, efficiency and ignite innovation.

 This work supports our people across global operations to spend less time on transactional tasks and more time on work that really matters. By simplifying and digitising how the organisation runs, the Modern ERP Program is creating the foundation for future productivity gains, smarter decision‑making and AI‑enabled transformation.

Where you’ll be working 

You’ll join the Modern ERP Program — a multi‑disciplinary team bringing together technology, process, data and change specialists to reshape how work happens across Rio Tinto. We’re modernising a 20‑year‑old ERP system and redesigning core business processes to improve safety, efficiency and ignite innovation. 

 This work supports our people across global operations to spend less time on transactional tasks and more time on work that really matters. By simplifying and digitising how the organisation runs, the Modern ERP Program is creating the foundation for future productivity gains, smarter decision‑making and AI‑enabled transformation. 

About Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto is a leading global mining and materials company. We operate in 35 countries where we produce iron ore, copper, aluminium, critical minerals, and other materials needed for the global energy transition and for people, communities, and nations to thrive.
We have been mining for 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 situations and meet opportunities.

Respect and Inclusion
At Rio Tinto, we particularly welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, women, the LGBTQ+ 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.