• Kenmore head office, free parking onsite
• Not for profit salary packaging up to $18,549 tax-free.
• NEG salary + 5 weeks leave + NFP Salary Packaging

Project Manager - Payroll Remediation Project

• Kenmore head office, free parking onsite
• Fixed‑term contract through to June 2027 (project-funded role)
• Neg salary + 5 weeks leave

This is a business‑critical role to ensure delivery continuity and support the capacity of the current Payroll Assurance team.

This role will specifically support the existing Churches of Christ Payroll Assurance Team, assisting with the delivery of the remaining components of the Payroll Assurance Project.

As a Project Manager for our payroll assurance / payroll remediation project you will ideally have technical understanding of payroll remediation and wage compliance projects.

The Project Manager will partner closely with Payroll, People & Culture, Finance, IR, and external advisors to ensure compliant, timely, and auditable delivery outcomes.

This role requires a will provide project leadership and oversee technical workstreams that will support our obligations, timelines and manage commercial outcomes for the business.

Success in this role looks like:

• Key payroll rectification and remediation milestones delivered on plan.
• Clear, auditable governance and reporting across all workstreams.
• Strong collaboration with the Payroll Assurance team to lift overall delivery capacity.
• Proactive risk, dependency and stakeholder management in a regulated environment.

What You will bring:

• A proven record managing and delivering projects, ideally in payroll assurance/remediation.
• Experience delivering payroll rectification / remediation projects, industrial relations (IR) projects, or payroll system implementations, ideally within complex or regulated environments.
• Experience or qualifications in project management (PMP, PMBOK, Prince 2, Agile).
• Ideally HRIS implementation or similar programs of work.
• Influence and relationship-building skills to be a trusted project partner and able to translate between technical and non-technical audiences.
• A pragmatic analytical mindset, resilient, clear under pressure, and focused on outcomes and value.

Who we are – Churches of Christ

Churches of Christ is one of Australia’s largest and most diverse not-for-profit organisations, delivering a range of care and community services across Residential Aged Care, Home Care and Retirement Living, Foster and Kinship Care and, Housing Support for over 140 years. 

We are guided by our values of Integrity, Compassion, Excellence and Courage, and we welcome everyone, of all backgrounds and faiths, as we foster a diverse and inclusive community for our people.

Why Join Our Team 

• Transformative leadership and a high performing team culture. 
• Opportunities for career development, stretch assignments and progression. 
• A growing national not-for-profit organisation with purpose and community impact. 
• Work in an inclusive, down to earth & welcoming culture. 
• 5 weeks annual leave
• Hybrid / flexible working arrangements to support your work life balance.
• Free on-site parking + on-site café with staff discount (at the Kenmore head office). 
• Not for profit salary packaging up to $18,549 which could be used for up to $15,900 (for common living expenses like rent, mortgage, school fees and many more) and up to $2,650 for meals and entertainment.