About us

At Penrith City Council, we’re passionate about people; in our community and in our workplace. We want you to be able to be your best self and we get that work is just one part of your life, so we’re here to support you in the moments that matter. As the winner of the 2020 Local Government Excellence in People and Culture Award and an Excellence Award winner in the 2020 Australian HR Awards, you can be confident in joining a workplace that offers truly outstanding benefits, including:

• A range of flexible work arrangements
• 18 weeks paid maternity leave
• Health and wellbeing leave
• 15 days personal leave
• Significant financial and leave support for undertaking further education
• Diverse salary packaging
• Free access to all Ripples venues
• And much, much more!

The Business Excellence department is within the Corporate Services directorate and includes the following critical functions: Business Improvement (BI)., Business Systems, and the Enterprise Project Management Office (PMO).

The purpose of the Business Excellence department is to Champion Organisational Excellence so together, we’re better. We do this through leading and mobilising continuous improvement programs and uplifting organisational improvement capability. Our department prides itself on a great culture that we have defined and continuously check in on.

About the role

The Change Manager will be responsible for supporting the delivery of a milestone project for the organisation - modernising and transforming the way Council runs its business and implementing new enterprise resource planning systems for Penrith City Council. This includes supporting the Organisational Transformation Project Manager and the organisation in full project lifecycle including planning, implementation, and post-implementation activities. It will provide professional excelled change management, developing project documentation, and expertise during every phase of the implementation, while fostering and facilitating collaborative and positive relationships with stakeholders, team members and vendor resources. The tools which this role will create will ultimately form part of our Enterprise-wide Project Management Framework.

Please note that this position will not undertake IT Service Management (ITSM) change management activities.

Essential Criteria

• Proven experience in working within a Change Management Framework at an enterprise or program level within a large and complex environment
• Experience in adapting the change management principles, methodologies and tools based on different scenarios
• Ability to hold workshops and training sessions, clearly articulating messages to a variety of audiences
• Experience in delivering Change Management for projects
• Familiarity with project management approaches, tools and phases of the project lifecycle

Desirable criteria

• Qualification in Change Management or related area e.g. Change Management certification
• Local Government experience
• Relevant postgraduate qualification

Commencing salary: $129,386.00 to $149.770.00 per annum, plus 12 % Superannuation.

You will be required to undertake employment checks, which may include a Criminal History Check, Qualification Check, Working with Children Check, Medical Declaration and/or a Functional Test, as relevant to the position for which you have applied. Where a Criminal History Check is required and has returned a result that indicates disclosable court outcomes, you will be required to provide a copy of the report to Penrith City Council, for review, in order to progress through the recruitment process.

Visit careers.penrith.city to view the position description and to find out more information about employment with Penrith City Council. To submit your application, please apply online using the link below.

In addition to a cover letter and resume, applicants are required to submit comprehensive responses to the selection criteria (listed above) as a part of their initial application. Applicants who do not meet the essential criteria will not be considered.

Completed applications must be received by 11.55pm on the closing date. Please allow 2 weeks from the closing date for the processing of your application.

For further information about the position, please contact Stephannie Mikhail, Head of Business Excellence on 4732 7510.

Council is a Child Safe Organisation, for more information about this please see our website.

Applicants must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this position.