Job Title - Client-Side ERP Project Manager and Owner's Representative

Job Id 1255087

- Security Clearance: Australian Working rights
- Length of Contract: 16 months
- The role closes on 08/10/2026
- Location: Jundah, QLD

Key responsibilities:

- Review the final Civica contract, statement of work, implementation plan, milestone and payment schedule, acceptance regime, service levels and Council dependencies.
- Establish a practical project management system that is proportionate to Council's size while providing strong traceability and control.
- Act as Council's day-to-day project representative for contract administration, monitoring, coordination and escalation, strictly within delegations and written authorities confirmed by Council.
- Support establishment and operation of the Project Steering Committee, including terms of reference, agendas, papers, minutes, action tracking and decision records.
- Lead a structured change program that addresses stakeholder impacts, role changes, readiness, communications, training, resistance and adoption.
- Facilitate end-to-end review and redesign of priority processes, avoiding unnecessary replication of legacy practices.
- Lead development of a reporting strategy that identifies statutory, management, operational, Council and community reporting requirements.
- Establish the client-side data governance, migration and historical data strategy, including scope, ownership, retention, access and archival decisions.
- Develop the Council-side test and assurance strategy.
- Prepare a detailed continuity plan for critical Council services through implementation and cutover.




- Coordinate preparation and maintenance of the integrated cutover plan and go/no-go criteria, drawing together Council, Civica and specialist inputs.

Essential Experience and / or Qualifications:

- Demonstrated leadership of client-side ERP or major enterprise system implementations of comparable risk and organisational impact.
- Demonstrated contract and commercial management experience, including deliverables, acceptance, milestones, variations, disputes, defects and vendor performance.
- Practical knowledge of systems relative to finance, payroll, rates, assets, procurement, reporting, audit and statutory obligations.
- Demonstrated organisational change management capability, including stakeholder analysis, communications, training, readiness and adoption.
- Demonstrated business process redesign and advantages realisation experience.
- Demonstrated data migration, data quality, reconciliation, historical data and cutover assurance experience.
- Demonstrated testing and acceptance management, including end-to-end UAT, defect triage and go-live readiness.
- Ability to work effectively with small, remote organisations and limited internal capacity.
- High-quality executive writing, facilitation, negotiation, judgement and issue escalation skills.




- Capacity to provide continuity of key personnel through critical project stages.

SFIA Skills Sought:

The management of projects, typically (but not exclusively) involving the development and implementation of business processes to meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales, and quality. The adoption and adaptation of project management methodologies based on the context of the project and selecting appropriately from predictive (plan-driven) approaches or adaptive (iterative/agile) approaches.

PRMG Level 6:

Takes full responsibility for the definition, documentation and successful completion of complex projects (typically with significant business, political, or high-profile impact, and high-risk dependencies). Adopts and adapts project management methods and tools, selecting appropriately from plan-driven/predictive approaches or more adaptive (iterative and agile) approaches. Ensures that effective project control, change control, risk management and testing processes are maintained.

Monitors and controls resources, revenue and capital costs against the project budget and manages expectations of all project stakeholders.

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"We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including First Nations Australians, Australian Defence Force and First Responder veterans, women in STEM, and people of all abilities, including those registered with the NDIS."

📌 ERP Project Manager and Owner's Representative (Jundah)
🏢 Barcoo Shire Council
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