We are one of the world's largest producers and marketers of copper with our mining and development projects within the key mining regions of Africa & the Americas.

Head of Emerging Talent

Primary Purpose

The Head of Emerging Talent is accountable for designing, delivering and embedding a structured, scalable assessment programme that supports:

• External recruitment of critical and future leadership talent, and
• Identification, assessment and readiness evaluation of internal talent across Africa and Latin America.

The role ensures assessment and selection outcomes are fair, defensible, data-driven, and aligned to the company’s long-term capability, succession and workforce planning needs.

Main Objectives of the Job

Assessment Programme Design & Delivery

• Design and implement structured, end-to-end assessment centres.
• Develop assessment methodologies applicable to:
• Graduate and early-career recruitment
• External leadership and specialist hiring
• Internal promotion, succession and talent identification
• Ensure assessment exercises reflect real operational, technical and leadership challenges relevant to the mining environment.

Internal Talent Identification & Succession

• Design assessment approaches to evaluate potential, readiness and development needs of current employees.
• Support succession planning and internal mobility decisions through robust, evidence-based assessment data.
• Partner with HR and business leaders to identify and validate high-potential talent pools.
• Ensure consistency and comparability between internal and external assessment standards.

Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner closely with senior HR leaders and business stakeholders across regions.
• Translate workforce, capability and succession priorities into fit-for-purpose assessment solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor on assessment outcomes, talent readiness and pipeline strength.

Assessment Tools, Governance & Fairness

• Develop and maintain assessment tools, scoring matrices and behavioural indicators.
• Ensure strong governance, fairness, consistency and defensibility of assessment outcomes.
• Train, coach and calibrate assessors to ensure consistent evaluation standards across regions and cohorts.

Data, Insights & Reporting

• Establish and maintain a centralised assessment database.
• Aggregate and analyse results to support:
• Recruitment and selection decisions
• Succession planning
• Workforce and capability planning
• Provide clear insights on talent quality, readiness, risk and pipeline depth to senior stakeholders.

Continuous Improvement

• Continuously review and refine assessment methodologies based on outcomes, feedback and evolving business needs.
• Reduce reliance on external assessment providers over time by building internal capability.
• Ensure alignment with diversity, equity and inclusion principles.
• Embed assessment expertise as a long-term, sustainable internal competence.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Master’s degree advantageous).
• 10+ years’ experience in assessment, selection, early careers or broader talent roles.
• Demonstrated experience designing and delivering assessment centres.
• Proven experience assessing both external candidates and internal talent.
• Strong senior stakeholder engagement and influencing capability.
• Experience operating across multiple geographies.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, complex mining environment with minimal supervision.
• Background in psychometric, behavioural and leadership assessment tools.
• Exposure to Africa and/or Latin America labour markets highly desirable.

Travel Requirements

• Regular travel to sites, regions and universities as required.

Glencore is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce where everyone can achieve their full potential, regardless of their backgrounds. We aim to ensure that all perspectives and cultures, however numerous and varied, are welcomed, essential to our operations, and respected by each of our employees. We treat all our employees fairly and with dignity.