Es Project Test Lead

**Position Number**:TBD

**Directorate**:IPDS

**Service**:Project Delivery

**Location**:HQ

**Position**
**Classification**:
Band 9

**Date**
**Created/Updated**

23/09/2025

**POSITION PURPOSE/OBJECTIVE**

The Test Lead will drive the planning and execution of User Acceptance Testing to ensure
systems meet business requirements and quality standards. The role ensures critical
defects are resolved and testing outcomes align with project objectives.

**RELATIONSHIPS**

**Reports to**_(Position Title)_**:ES Project Manager

**Report to**_(Position Number)_**:T00551

**Staff Responsibility**:Nil

**Key Internal Relationships**:Project Management, ES Project Asset Stream
Leads

**Key External Relationships**:TechnologyOne Consultants

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Test Planning
- Work with Stakeholders and TechnologyOne consultants to understand business
requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Develop UAT (User Acceptance Testing) strategy and test plans aligned with

project timelines and objectives.
- Define key success metrics for UAT phases.
- Test Case Design
- Create detailed and traceable test cases based on functional and non-functional
requirements.
- Ensure test cases cover positive, negative, edge and integration scenarios.
- UAT Execution Oversight
- Coordinate UAT activities including scheduling and tester onboarding.
- Monitor test execution, log defects and ensure timely resolution.
- Quality Assurance
- Validate completeness and accuracy of test results.
- Ensure all critical defects are resolved before go-live
- Documentation & Reporting
- Maintain UAT documentation including test plans, test cases, defect logs and
summary reports.
- Provide regular status updates to project leadership and stakeholders.
- Capability Building
- Conduct workshops or training sessions to enhance internal testing knowledge.
- Develop reusable templates and guidelines for future UAT efforts.

**Guiding Principles**
- We act as one organisation responding to the changing needs of our LGA and

community
- We are strategy led, driven by our Community Strategic Plan with clear priorities and

focus
- We are service focused & we continuously improve service provision and provide

excellent customer service
- We collaborate and work together to achieve our outcomes
- We ensure safety and well-being is at the centre of our organisation, operations and

culture
- We are a financially sustainable organisation, living within our means, ensuring best

value resource allocation
These Guidelines complement the Council’s adopted Values of: Work Together; Work
Safe Home safe; Service Excellence; Value for Money; Trust and Respect; and,
Supporting Community.

**Workplace Health & Safety**

Ensure compliance with WHS obligations and responsibilities as outlined in Councils
policies and procedures and under the relevant WHS legislation. These include but are
not limited to: identifying potentially unsafe situations or work practices and notifying your
Supervisor or Manager (or the Health, Safety Manager/Area Safety Representative);
never performing a task that you believe is dangerous or for which you do not have the
experience, or have not received appropriate instructions and training or where the correct
equipment to carry out the task safely is not available; always work in a safe manner and
in accordance with safety instructions, where applicable; use the work equipment supplied
for the job, in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions), and any personal
protective equipment, which the Council deems necessary and has provided; be safety
aware and report any actions to your line manager which will assist the Council to meet
its legal workplace health and safety obligations.

You have the right to cease or direct cessation of unsafe work. In addition, you are required
at all times to comply with Councils Asbestos Management Plan and Policy.

**COMMUNICATION**

The Test Lead will communicate with a wide variety of stakeholders encompassing many
service areas within Blue Mountains City Council as well as external stakeholders at
TechnologyOne. As an expert in testing, they will triage requirements and translate them
into valid test cases, reporting progress and success to Project Leadership and providing
expert advice to the wider team.

**JUDGEMENT & PROBLEM SOLVING**

will be working alongside a large multidisciplinary team and will require the ability to work
independently as well as alongside many stakeholders to ensure all requirements are
captured and correctly tested. The Test Lead will require high levels of judgement and
problem solving to enable them to align their stream to the requirements of Blue Mountains
City Council’s policies and procedures, as well as that of TechnologyOne’s
recommendations.

**AUTHORITY**

matter experts, in line with the scope of the projects testing cycles.
This position holds no delegations.

**SKILL, EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS & BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES**
- Demonstrated understanding of E