Performance and Development Specialist - 9 month fixed term contract

Our Opportunity

Work Location: Fortescue’s Perth office is located on the traditional lands of the Whadjuk people.

Roster:  Monday to Friday - 9 month fixed term contract

Are you passionate about helping people perform at their best, enabling meaningful talent conversations, and using employee insights to drive better outcomes across the business?

At Fortescue, we believe our people are our greatest asset. Our Performance and Talent framework and employee engagement survey play a critical role in developing ` leadership capability, supporting career growth, identifying future talent, and creating an exceptional employee experience across the organisation.

We're looking for a Performance and Development Specialist to join our Organisational Development (OD) team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Organisational Development professional, or someone currently working within People Services, Human Resources, or a related People function, who is passionate about performance, talent and employee engagement and is looking to contribute to enterprise-wide people initiatives in a fast-paced, purpose-driven organisation.

Joining the OD team within Fortescue's People function, you will play a key role in delivering Fortescue's annual Performance and Talent cycle and employee engagement survey. Working closely with People Business Partners, leaders and stakeholders across the business, you will help provide meaningful insights, and support initiatives that strengthen organisational capability and employee experience.

This is a dynamic, hands-on role that combines stakeholder engagement, project coordination, survey delivery and continuous improvement. It's an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys building relationships, managing enterprise-wide projects, and using people insights to drive meaningful organisational outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Coordinate and support the delivery of Fortescue's enterprise-wide Performance and Talent cycle, ensuring key milestones, communications and activities are delivered effectively.Partner with People teams and business leaders to provide guidance and support on Performance and Talent processes, frameworks and tools, driving consistency and adoption across the business.Develop and maintain stakeholder communications, guidance materials and resources that support leaders and employees throughout the annual people calendar.Coordinate the end-to-end delivery of Fortescue's employee engagement survey, ensuring project milestones, stakeholder engagement and survey activities are delivered on time and to a high standard.Manage survey operations, data integrity and reporting, including participant management, system configuration, quality assurance and dashboard administration to deliver accurate and meaningful insights.Support continuous improvement by analysing people data and insights, maintaining action planning processes, and identifying opportunities to enhance employee experience and organisational capability.

Qualifications And Experience

Strong analytical and reporting capability, with experience working with large people or survey datasets using Excel, survey platforms and reporting dashboards to validate data, identify trends and translate findings into meaningful insights.Extensive experience (5 years +) in a relevant fieldExperience in Organisational Psychology is highly desirableExperience with the Qualtrics Platform (or similar) is highly desirable

About Us

Be part of something big. Fortescue is leading the world with our plan to decarbonise our iron ore operations, projects that harness renewable energy and the development of technology that will change our planet forever.

Our Commitment

Fortescue celebrates individual strengths and team members are encouraged to bring their whole selves to work. Our global workforce drives and promotes an inclusive culture, both within our organisation and throughout the communities we interact with. Diverse backgrounds include First Nations Peoples, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, gender, neurodiverse, cultural diversity, all age groups, and those with an intersectional or multiple diverse characteristics. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply.

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Internal Candidates / Current Contractors please apply via Success Factors Careers Portal. For further information on how to apply please visit the Fortescue Hub.

Fortescue reserves the right to close applications early should a suitable pool of candidates be identified. Fortescue will never contact you to ask for payment of any kind, whether directly or through a third party.