Sandfire is a global copper producer of significance and is now the largest, pure copper play mining company with a primary listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). We operate principal Assets in Spain and Botswana with headquarters located in Perth, Western Australia. We deliver our purpose, we mine copper sustainably to energise the future, through our intentionally simple strategy to maintain secure, consistent and predictable performance, reduce our carbon intensity, increase our reserves and demonstrate capital discipline.

Our modern mining hub at the Motheo Copper Operations (Motheo) is strategically positioned in the highly prospective Kalahari Copper Belt. It is a high margin mining complex with demonstrated capacity of 5.6Mtpa comprising two open pit mines, conventional crushing, grinding and flotation processes with significant exploration potential.

Our success is underpinned by our incredibly talented people at Motheo and we want them to achieve their full potential in an inclusive workplace that values diversity. The Manager – Human Resources is the senior HR leader at Motheo and responsible for the stewardship of our people’s experiences.

The role is responsible for translating business and Group People strategy into practical people plans for Motheo. It provides operational HR leadership to the General Manager and site leadership team, while ensuring effective delivery of core HR services. It builds leadership capability, enhances employee engagement and culture, and manages people-related risks to support safe, consistent, and predictable performance.

Key Accountabilities Include





- People Strategy and Business Partnership

- Workforce Planning, Organisation Design

- Recruitment and Selection

- Reward, Benefits and HR Financial Governance

- Organisational Development and Performance

- Engagement

- Localisation, Mobility and Regulatory Compliance

- People Data and Analytics

Key Criteria For Success

- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Industrial/Organisational Psychology, Business Administration, Public Administration or a related field.

- 10-15 years' broad HR experience, including at least 5 years in a senior HR leadership or HR business partnering role.

- Demonstrated experience in a mining, resources, industrial or similarly complex operational environment is strongly preferred.

- Proven exposure to employee/industrial relations, workforce planning, reward, talent, organisational development and HR governance.

- Strong working knowledge of Botswana employment and labour legislation and experience engaging regulators and organised labour bodies.

- Experience managing an HR team, HR budget and senior stakeholder relationships.

- Strategic, innovative and commercial thinking with strong operational judgement
- An influencer and collaborator, a trusted-adviser capability at senior leadership level

- Courage, impartiality and evidence-based decision making in complex people matters

- Planning, prioritisation and disciplined execution

- Leadership, coaching and team development

- Strong written, verbal and presentation skills

- High integrity, confidentiality and demonstrates taking and giving accountability

📌 Manager - Human Resources (Perth)
🏢 Sandfire
📍 Perth