Principal, Community Health

The strategy of Anglo American is to secure, develop and operate a portfolio of high quality and long-life resource assets to deliver leading shareholder returns. This can be achieved through innovative practices and technologies, in the hands of our world-class people, working towards a common purpose of re-imagining mining to improve people’s lives. Through its Group sustainability strategy, Anglo American has committed to improving health equity in its countries and regions of operations, with countries setting ambitious targets in support of Ministry of Health programming in local communities. As a mining company, there is also significant risk associated with community health impacts, and the proactive identification and integrated management of these risks and impacts is central to maintaining the group position as a leading responsible mining company.

The role will be based in LATAM: Chile (preferred location), Peru or Brazil

Purpose of the role:

The purpose of this role is to lead Anglo American’s community health work focus, supporting businesses to deliver on external commitments and proactively manage community health impacts, and coordinating the programme of work at Group level. Health is a core element of the Thriving Communities pillar of our Sustainability Strategy.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the Group community health commitment on a global level, supporting businesses to deliver on external commitments and proactively identify and manage community health impacts
• Lead the Group level portfolio responsibilities focused on partnerships, external relations and reputation building, managing associated partnerships and identifying new prospects, participation in relevant external platforms and working groups
• Provide thought leadership on community health, aligned with global technical normative guidance, good practice and alignment with partners and work with subject-matter experts responsible for other strategic focus areas to identify synergies and collaboration opportunities in relation to community health
• Proactively identify opportunities for investment that supports the businesses in scaling their programmes beyond their area of influence
• Support businesses with quality improvement and technical accuracy of community health programming, integrating proactive processes of identification and management of community health impacts and continuous quality improvement as well as regular programme review
• Collaborate with SED teams and leads to support the sound assessment and management of community health and safety impacts as required through the Anglo American Social Way (AASW)
• Provide guidance to businesses on programme process and relationship management, including with Ministries of Health and negotiation of permissions and implementation agreements
• Work with other relevant teams to facilitate the integration of community health considerations across relevant work areas (including occupational health and hygiene, environment, others as relevant)
• Lead the Group quality review processes associated with routine reporting for community health commitments, including the refinement of measurement processes and procedures and M&E quality improvement across the Group
• Routinely scan for emergent business risk linked to community health impact and perception in all geographies, identifying opportunities for the Group to proactively improve/align practice (where required) and integrate relevant controls across departments as needed
• Work with the Strategy, Tech Dev, Marketing, Investor Relations and GIR disciplines to identify and/or facilitate commercial opportunities, alternative funding sources, partnerships, to maximise value for Anglo American from community health programming within sustainability

• Advanced qualification in Global Public Health or Population Health

Experience:

• Minimum 10 year’s relevant experience.
• Fluency in Spanish as a first or second language is non-negotiable

Technical Knowledge:

• Experience dealing and managing broad groups of senior internal and external stakeholders – and facilitating an aligned approach
• Knowledge of and proven ability to operate at a senior level in the field of global public health
• Subject matter expertise in global public health and health impacts, with a focus on LATAM
• Experience and track record in designing, developing and delivering population health programming and impact management in Latin America
• Experience in the international development sector (highly desirable)
• Experience and/or knowledge of the extractive sector’s role in global public health (desirable)
• Business proficiency in Portuguese (desirable)

Technical Skills

• Strategic perspective to develop and implement a consistent broad-front approach across multiple separate workstreams  
• Excellent data analysis, problem solving, data synthesis and critical thinking skills
• Ability to apply technical knowledge to develop sustainability value and impact indicators in order to articulate sustainability value creation narrative
• Ability to challenge and improve sustainability indicators, including basis of calculations
• Excellent written and presentation skills to prepare technical documents as well as papers and executive-level communication materials for senior audiences. Including ability to review and consolidate multiple inputs into a cohesive summary
• Ability to conduct training and facilitate workshops with competing views/opinions
• Multidisciplinary collaboration at all levels of the organization
• External relations, diplomacy and partnership management capabilities
• Ability to work effectively in global teams

Who we are:

We aim to lead the industry by pursuing ever safer and more responsible ways of working, demonstrating integrity, and showing care and respect for people and the planet. That means we are constantly seeking new opportunities to mine and process our products sustainably, using less water, less energy and more precise extraction technologies. As the custodians of precious natural resources – Copper, Iron ore,  Polyhalite, and Diamonds (through De Beers) – our extraordinary teams work safely and collaboratively, with the utmost consideration for local communities, our customers, and the world at large.

How we are committed to your safety

Nothing is more important to us than ensuring you return home safely after a day’s work. To make that happen, we have the most rigorous safety standards in the industry. Not only that, we’re also continually investing in new technologies – from drones to data analytics – that are helping to make mining safer.

Inclusion and Diversity

Anglo American is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to promoting an inclusive and diverse workplace where we value and respect every colleague for who they are and provide equality of opportunity so that everyone can fulfil their potential.

How to apply

To apply for this role, please complete our online application form. You will have the opportunity to upload your CV and other relevant documentation as part of the process.