Career Opportunities at Ivanhoe Mines

Job Description

IVANHOE MINES is looking for a Junior Legal Counsel 

Ivanhoe Mines is a leading Canadian mining company committed to becoming a global leader in the supply of critical resources required to transition our world to a low-carbon, renewable future.  Ivanhoe is focused on developing and expanding its four principal mining and exploration projects in Southern Africa. The development of the Kamoa-Kakula copper mining complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC), the Platreef palladium-rhodium-platinum-nickel-copper-gold discovery in South Africa, the extensive redevelopment and upgrading of the historic Kipushi zinc-copper-germanium-silver mine, also in the Democratic Republic of Congo and exploration on the Western Foreland, near Kamoa-Kakula.

Play your part in our team succeeding...

Ivanhoe Mines SA (Pty) Ltd is looking for a qualified attorney to join its dynamic in-house legal team as a Junior Legal Advisor. The role will be to provide general drafting and legal support to the senior member(s) of the team.

You will have the following:

• A LLB degree
• An admitted attorney of the High Court of South Africa
• Commercial and litigious legal drafting experience
• Experience in drafting and reviewing a variety of commercial contracts
• Valid driver’s licence

Personal Competencies should include:

• Honesty and integrity
• Being able to distill legal issues which need to be addressed in a variety of situations
• Good communication skills
• Strong ethics
• Good attitude towards seniors and peers
• Working well under pressure
• Working well in a team

Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to: 
Process: 

• Draft, review, edit, interpret contracts and other legal documents and correspondence
• General document management
• Assistance with applying for routine permits/licenses including ensuring that all correspondence with Government departments is up to date, liaising and co-ordinating consultants to ensure that applications are submitted and processed in a timely fashion
• Travelling to and from Limpopo to attend meetings and site visits
• Provide general assistance to the legal team in a timely manner
• Conduct research and provide solutions to legal queries
• Assist with general administrative tasks and document management

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Job Description

Ivanhoe Mines is looking for a Group Head of Training and Development  

Play your part in our team succeeding...

By having to oversee and guide the operational activities of Ivanhoe's regional technical and development training centers, including staffing, systems, facilities and programs, ensuring alignment with business goals and mining core competencies. Depending on the maturity of the respective training centre, you will take a project-based approach to establishing, standardising, and improving site-based technical training capacity, ensuring consistency in delivery and application of best-practice technical training programmes and standards across the business. You will be advising on the establishment of the various Ivanhoe Mines operations Centers of Excellence and on best-in-class training strategies/methodologies for different types of technical development related to the specific operation. 

You will have the following:
A Bachelor of Education, or 
A Tertiary qualification as Mining Engineer, or 
A Bachelor of Applied Science focusing on HSEQ
Experience and advanced knowledge of Project Management 
Be Fluent in English.
Fluency in French will be advantageous.
10 years in a Senior Training and Development capacity, with proven and successful experience leading a training and development department in a multilingual, culturally diverse Mining environment. 

Preferably you will have:

• A Tertiary qualification as Mining Engineer,

You will have advanced skills and knowledge in:

• Principles of adult vocational training and competency-based training. 
• Experience in analysing company needs, lesson planning, development and implementation. 
• Teaching theory for creating effective instructional materials. 
• Understanding of different Mining Environments
• Knowledge and Experience of the Qualifications Framework
• Goals and Customer service standards 
• Ability to effectively organize and manage multiple training initiatives simultaneously.
• Project Management  

Technical Skills should include:

• Database and computer skills- MS Office
• Learning Management Systems (LMS)
• Project Management 
• Budgeting 

Personal Competencies should include:

• Problem solving 
• Analytical and systematic 
• Integrity and objectivity 
• Risk awareness and management 
• Emotional Intelligence 
• Resilience and ability to work under pressure. 
• Leadership and management skills 
• Customer Service orientation 
• Communication and presentation 
• Flexibility and adaptability- think on feet.  
• Assertiveness 
• Patience 
• Ability to persuade, influence and negotiate. 
• Cultural sensitivity 

Your Key Performance Activities will include but not limited to: 
Process: Streamline the group-wide technical training function 

• Develop, implement, monitor, maintain, and improve ongoing training programs & material across the business. 
• Develop and maintain Policies, Process, and Standard Operating Procedures for the Technical Training Centre 
• Establish Standards and Quality Assurance Methodology
• Advise on Best Practices as a Subject Matter Expert