About the position
Position Overview
The Manager: Project Management & Business Analysis is responsible for leading and delivering high-impact organisational effectiveness initiatives.
This role combines strong project management discipline with advanced business analysis capability. The incumbent will manage complex, cross-functional and enterprise-wide projects, conduct strategic business analysis, engage senior stakeholders, and ensure measurable value realisation aligned to organisational priorities.
Key Responsibilities
Project Management
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic and enterprise-wide projects (concept to benefits realisation)
- Plan, execute and monitor projects to ensure delivery on time, within scope and aligned to organisational objectives
- Apply appropriate methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, Sprint-based approaches)
- Develop and maintain:
- Project charters
- Business cases
- Project plans and schedules
- Budgets
- Risk and issue registers
- Monitor performance, manage dependencies and proactively mitigate risks
- Provide leadership and direction to cross-functional project teams and external service providers
- Conduct post-implementation reviews and capture lessons learned
- Ensure governance, reporting and assurance requirements are met
Business Analysis & Strategic Insight
- Conduct structured business analysis to define problems, opportunities and strategic options
- Elicit, analyse and document business requirements and functional specifications
- Develop process maps and assess current-state operations
- Design future-state solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness and service outcomes
- Translate strategic objectives into actionable initiatives and measurable KPIs
- Support data-informed decision-making through analysis, insights and scenario modelling
- Provide recommendations aligned to organisational and project objectives
- Contribute to continuous improvement of project management frameworks, tools and standards
Stakeholder & Change Enablement
- Partner with senior leadership to align projects to strategic priorities
- Facilitate workshops, design sessions and strategic discussions
- Drive stakeholder engagement across business units
- Support change management initiatives to enable successful adoption of new processes and systems
- Operate effectively within complex and politically sensitive environments
Minimum Requirements Qualifications
- Honours degree in Business Management, Project Management or related field
- Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile or equivalent)
- Business Analysis certification (e.g., CBAP or equivalent) advantageous
Experience
- 7–10 years’ experience in project management
- Significant exposure to HR and enterprise-wide transformation projects
- 5–7 years’ experience in business analysis (requirements elicitation, process mapping, solution design)
- Experience within the public sector or local government environment advantageous
Key Competencies
- Strong project planning, execution and benefits realisation capability
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strategic thinking and systems-level insight
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Advanced stakeholder engagement and facilitation capability
- Strong organisational and execution discipline
- Results-driven with a strong focus on measurable impact
- Ability to manage complexity and political sensitivity
- High attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills
Desired Skills:
- Change Management
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
About The Employer:
Local Government
