Date: 18 Jul 2025
Location: AU
Company: Northern Beaches Council
Division: Corporate Services
Business Unit: Information & Digital Technology
Title: Business Project Manager ERP, TRP Contract - Full-time Role, 35 hours per week (Initially 12 months)
Salary range: $155,411.51 to $180,614.35 per annum + super (subject to skills and experience)

WHO WE ARE:

Stretching from Palm Beach to Manly, the Northern Beaches boasts more than half of all the beaches in Sydney and a population of more than 270,000. Northern Beaches Council strives to deliver the highest quality services to our community. Join us and you’ll be part of an organisation committed to promoting sustainable growth, leading the community, protecting our environment and creating a great future for the Northern Beaches.
Northern Beaches Council is committed to safeguarding children and young people. Council acknowledges that protecting the safety of children and young people is a whole of community responsibility and is everyone’s business.

OUR OPPORTUNITY:

We are seeking a Business Project Manager to drive key aspects of our ERP program, ensuring business needs are captured, aligned with ERP system capabilities, and delivered effectively through structured project management.

The key focus areas of this role include:

• Lead business engagement and requirements management, working with Product Leads (PLs), Process Owners (POs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and stakeholders to define, document, and validate business requirements while identifying risks and dependencies.
• Manage the process of ensuring the business document their requirements and they are translated into solution designs in collaboration with IT and vendor teams.
• Oversee onboarding, enablement, and training of POs and SMEs, ensuring they are equipped for ERP adoption through training, testing preparation, and process documentation, while addressing knowledge gaps.
• Drive project monitoring, risk, and quality management, tracking milestones, risks, and deliverables to ensure ERP solutions meet business expectations.
• Manage stakeholder communication and engagement, maintaining strong relationships, providing clear reporting, and proactively working with the ERP Program leadership team.

ABOUT YOU:

We’re looking for a Business Project Manager to play a key role in our ERP program team. You’ll bring both experience and passion in the field of project management, coupled with a proactive mindset towards achieving high-quality business solution outcomes to a team passionate about making a difference to our community.

Northern Beaches Council provides a comprehensive range of benefits focused on our employees’ lifestyle, health and wellbeing, recognition and career development. In this role you’ll enjoy -

• Genuine work-life balance and flexible working arrangements
• Employee wellness program and a range of lifestyle benefits
• Values based culture and a teams oriented working environment
• High level of technological innovation and system

The key focus areas of this role include:

• Lead business engagement and requirements management, working with Product Leads (PLs), Process Owners (POs), Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), and stakeholders to define, document, and validate business requirements while identifying risks and dependencies.
• Manage the process of ensuring the business document their requirements and they are translated into solution designs in collaboration with IT and vendor teams.
• Oversee onboarding, enablement, and training of POs and SMEs, ensuring they are equipped for ERP adoption through training, testing preparation, and process documentation, while addressing knowledge gaps.
• Drive project monitoring, risk, and quality management, tracking milestones, risks, and deliverables to ensure ERP solutions meet business expectations.
• Manage stakeholder communication and engagement, maintaining strong relationships, providing clear reporting, and proactively working with the ERP Program leadership team