ERP Project Coordinator & Resource Scheduler
Job No:
TSC1691
Location:
Tweed Heads
Drive the successful delivery of enterprise-wide ERP initiatives by coordinating projects end-to-end - overseeing schedules, resources, risks and governance - while partnering closely with cross‑functional teams, vendors and consultants. This role sits at the heart of strategic implementation, ensuring alignment, transparency and momentum across complex ERP programs.
About the role:
- Act as a senior ERP Project Coordinator and key decision‑maker, partnering with the ERP Project Manager, change team, stakeholders and implementation consultants to deliver the TechnologyOne OneCouncil SaaS program to a high standard.
- Lead ERP project setup, administration, planning and governance within PMO frameworks, ensuring schedules, risks, issues and project data are accurately maintained and aligned.
- Oversee end‑to‑end resource scheduling and levelling across the program, managing internal teams and external consultants to optimise utilisation, milestones and delivery outcomes.
- Proactively manage risks, issues, quality and budget control, applying best‑practice methodologies (including ITIL) to support timely resolution and value realisation.
- Operate with a high degree of autonomy and initiative, fostering collaboration, supporting program objectives and resolving day‑to‑day project matters while escalating broader impacts as required.
What's on offer:
- commencement salary $119,030 to $125,764 per annum, plus 12% super, with annual performance-based progressions up to a maximum of $132,348 per annum
- a maximum-term contract up to 36 months, with the possibility of extension or permanency subject to performance, funding and operational need
- 70 hour, 9 day fortnight
- training and development opportunities
- flexible work options for a healthy work/life balance
- generous employment conditions (we have too many to list - click here for more).
We are seeking:
- Proven experience coordinating and scheduling IT business systems or ERP implementations within complex organisations, ideally supporting large, multi‑year transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of PMO practices, project coordination methodologies and resource planning, with the ability to manage timelines, utilisation targets and competing priorities.
- Demonstrated stakeholder management, communication, and relationship‑building skills, with the confidence to negotiate, influence, and align diverse groups around shared outcomes.
- Sound financial acumen, including experience with project budget tracking, reporting and supporting change and risk management activities.
- A solutions‑focused, self‑directed professional with excellent organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, a collaborative mindset and a current motor vehicle licence.
About us:
- Located on the picturesque far North Coast of NSW, bordering the Gold Coast.
- The Tweed is a vibrant, diverse location offering a lifestyle near the water, in a rainforest or on a farm.
- Tweed Shire Council is committed to employment equity and diversity and encourages applications from people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds in both traditional and non-traditional roles. We provide workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options.
- Join an employer of choice. Professionals Australia (Local Government Engineers’ Association) has named Council the 2021 and 2025 Employer of Choice for our great employment practices within NSW local government.
Where it's located:
This position is based in Tweed Heads and can be directed to work from any Council work site.
Position closes:
Friday 24 April 2024 at 12 noon sharp (NSW time). Late applications will not be permitted.
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Pre-Employment Screening:
Tweed Shire Council conducts pre-employment assessments as part of its recruitment process.
Job offers are not made until screening has been completed. Tweed Shire Council uses third-party providers to undertake:
- Pre-employment medical – some roles require a functional (physical) assessment, and all positions are subject to drug and alcohol screening (a positive test result means the recruitment process ends and your application will not be considered).
- Background screening - verifies that the information you have provided throughout the recruitment process is true and correct. Click here for more information.
Reference Checks are undertaken by the panel. Your 2 referees should ideally be your current and most recent supervisors. Your referees are not contacted unless you’ve been interviewed and are a preferred candidate.
How To Apply:
You must use your own email address, and not one used previously by another person that has applied for a position with council.
Once you start your online application, you cannot save and return to it later.
- Have your Resume document ready to go.
- Fill out all questions below. Click 'Next'.
- You'll then be prompted to attach your resume and other documents (if applicable). Click 'Next'.
- Review your application to confirm everything is correct. Click 'Confirm' to submit your application.
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Selection Criteria:
- Why are you interested in working at Tweed Shire Council and what excites you most about this particular opportunity?
- Describe your experience coordinating and scheduling IT business systems or ERP implementations within complex organisations, including your involvement in large or multi‑year transformation programs.
- What experience do you have with PMO practices, project coordination methodologies and resource planning, and how have you successfully managed timelines, utilisation targets and competing priorities?
- Provide an example of how you have effectively managed stakeholders, built strong working relationships and influenced diverse groups to achieve shared project outcomes.
- Outline your experience with project financial management, including budget tracking, reporting, and supporting change and risk management activities.
- How do you demonstrate a solutions‑focused, self‑directed and collaborative approach in your work, and how do your organisational, interpersonal and communication skills support successful project delivery?
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| Unit | Information Technology |
| Job Grade | JG8 |
| Industry | Information Technology |
| Employment Type | Full-Time |
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