IT Business Partner
Civeo · Sydney, NSW, Australia · hybrid
Sydney OR Brisbane Based
Position Overview
Civeo is looking for a collaborative and commercially minded IT Business Partner to connect our People & Culture function with technology, projects and continuous improvement.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone with experience across IT, Business Applications or technology-enabled projects, ideally within a People & Culture, Human Resources or payroll environment.
This role will suit those who love working with people, understanding business challenges and turning requirements into practical solutions. You’ll partner across People & Culture, Operations, Finance, Procurement and IT Business Applications, helping deliver smarter processes, stronger systems and better ways of working.
You may have experience across HR & Payroll technology, performance management, business applications, HR projects or change management. What matters most is your ability to build relationships, ask the right questions, coordinate projects and bring business and technology teams together.
You’ll be confident working in an AI-enabled environment, using contemporary tools to create documentation, structure requirements, support analysis and improve the efficiency and quality of project delivery.
If you’re curious, adaptable, willing to learn and enjoy being the link between people, process and technology, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with stakeholders across P&C, Operations, Finance, Procurement and IT to understand business needs and identify practical solutions.
- Gather, challenge and translate business requirements into clear, user-focused outcomes.
- Lead and support projects across Core HR, Talent Acquisition, Learning, Performance and other P&C applications.
- Support functional design, workflow governance and configuration change across BAU improvements and new initiatives.
- Work closely with IT Business Applications on system enhancements, maintenance, releases and issue resolution.
- Coordinate project documentation, stakeholder communications, education and change activities.
- Identify opportunities to simplify, automate and continuously improve processes and employee experiences.
- Use AI and contemporary digital tools to create clear documentation, support analysis and improve ways of working.
- Support business cases, project planning, vendor evaluation, implementation planning and benefits realisation.
- Support change management and the successful adoption of new systems, processes and ways of working.
Skills & Qualifications
- Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills.
- Understanding of business applications, workflows and configuration change.
- Excellent communication and influencing capability, including the ability to make complex information clear for non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong project coordination and delivery skills.
- Confidence working in an AI-enabled environment
- Ability to gather business requirements and translate them into practical solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
- Curious, adaptable and enthusiastic about learning new technologies and business processes.
- Oracle / Oracle HCM exposure is highly regarded.
Experience
- Experience in IT, Business Applications, systems or technology-enabled projects, ideally within an HR, People & Culture or payroll environment.
- Experience across HR/P&C systems or business applications projects, ideally including exposure to performance management, Core HR, recruitment, learning or payroll.
- Demonstrated experience partnering with business stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
- Experience in systems projects, process improvement, configuration change or transformation initiatives.
- Exposure to Oracle HCM or Oracle-based HR applications is highly regarded.
- Experience supporting change management and helping stakeholders adopt new systems or processes.
- Experience working cross-functionally with business areas such as IT, P&C, Finance, Procurement or Operations. The existing PD specifically identifies these relationships as central to delivering project outcomes.
- Strong documentation and tech project communication skills.
Why Civeo
- The Civeo Hive, Rewards & Recognition
- Collaborative & supportive national team
- Growth team / Growth Mindset
- Corporate office location, 3 days in the office, 2 days' work from home
- Be the bridge between technology and the business – this is about relationships, projects and business outcomes, not just systems.
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.