Business Partner, People

Reporting to the People and Culture Manager (East) you'll be a crucial part of our collaborative team, partnering with Operational leaders to realise the businesses strategy through our people. You will apply your generalist HR expertise to develop pragmatic values-led solutions, championing Civeo best practice and to inspire Village teams to deliver continuously improving employee satisfaction targets.  

This position is a fixed term contract parental leave cover until April 2026. 

About You 

To be successful, you will have proven HR Generalist expertise at the Business Partnering level in a medium to large organisation and be a Savvy HR professional who thrives in a fast-past environment and the confidence to influence and deliver your message to key stakeholders to achieve 'win, win' outcomes.  

 Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with the business to develop and deliver strategic people initiatives and organisational change. Including the analysis of trends and metrics in the P&C group to identify emerging issues and inform solutions, programs and policies.  
• Lead in providing high quality, compliant and best practice industrial relations and employee relations services to the business. 
• Coach and support leaders in your portfolio on day-today operational People matters, including how to manage risk, drive positive organisational behaviors and embed a high-performance culture across the business.  (coaching, performance and conflict management).  
• Develop effective and collaborative relationships with all internal clients and external stakeholders, including Client Representatives and key contacts to influence and drive decision making and create change 
• Oversee or conduct investigations in accordance with Civeo policies and the applicable employment legislation. 
• Assist the business to ensure compliance requirements are met as relevant to your area.  

Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification in Human Resource Management or similar  
• 3-5 years' experience in a similar role (ideally) 

Experience: 

• Experience supporting Hospitality, Village Operations or Mining will be highly regarded  
• Proven ability to interpret and apply Enterprise Bargaining Agreements and/or other industrial agreements 
• Sound knowledge and experience applying industrial relations/employee relations practices and legislation, both national and state as applicable. 
• Highly developed problem-solving and critical thinking skills and the ability to make decisions with minimal direction and prioritise work.  
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage and build rapport with stakeholders 
• Experience in enterprise bargaining is desirable 

• Ability to work tactically to influence stakeholders to realise business objectives and appropriately manage risk.

  About Us  

Civeo Australia, a division of Civeo Corporation, provides workforce accommodation services globally. In Australia, Civeo has a national footprint of approximately 10,000 rooms across twelve villages in Queensland, New South Wales, and Western Australia. In addition, Civeo also operates approximately 16,500 rooms in client-owned properties in remote regions of Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland. With more than 40 years of experience, Civeo supports individuals who live and work away from home.   

We're committed to fostering sustainable partnerships and inclusive opportunities in all the communities we operate in. By actively engaging with Traditional Owners and First Nations Businesses, we're not just operating accommodation villages, we're nurturing relationships that honour the rich cultural heritage of the land.   

We're safe, welcoming, and proud to encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people to join us.