Assistant Director Media and Engagement

1 month ago


Canberra, Australia AIATSIS Full time

**Assistant Director Media and**
**Engagement**
**Executive Level 1**

**Who we are**
We are Australia’s only national institution focused exclusively on the diverse history,
cultures, and heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. We house the
world’s most important and extensive collection of cultural information and material, and
we provide leadership, publish, and promote greater understanding and appreciation of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We create opportunities for people the world
over to engage with and be transformed by the knowledge, the culture, and the story of
Australia’s Indigenous peoples. We are Australia’s national institution for leadership in
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research.

**What we do**
We care for a priceless collection, including films, photographs, video, and audio recordings
as well as the world’s largest collection of printed and other resource materials for
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies. We undertake and encourage scholarly,
ethical, community-based research in a variety of sectors, including health, native title,
languages, and education. Our publishing house, Aboriginal Studies Press, regularly
publishes outstanding writing that promotes Australian Indigenous cultures.
Our activities affirm and raise awareness of the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories.

Our functions are established under the _Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait _
- Islander Studies Act 1989_.
- These functions are to:
- provide access to a national collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
- culture and heritage.- use that national collection to strengthen and promote knowledge and
- understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.- provide leadership in the fields of: 

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research; and 
activities relating to collections associated with Aboriginal and Torres Strait

Islander peoples; and use (including use for research) of that national
collection and other collections containing Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander culture and heritage.
- lead and promote collaborations and partnerships among the academic,

research, non-government, business and government sectors and
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in support of the other
functions of the Institute.
- provide advice to the Commonwealth on the situation and status of Aboriginal

and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.
We are an Australian Government statutory authority. The Minister responsible for AIATSIS is
the Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians.

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR MEDIA AND ENGAGEMENT

**Vacancy Information**

Job Reference 52_03/24

Classification Executive Level 1

No. of vacancies 1

Salary $110,115 - $120,025

Expected salary under new EA
arrangements

Group Partnerships and Engagement

Area Communication, Events and Publishing

Employment Status Ongoing/non-ongoing

Hours Full Time 36.75

Close Date 11.30pm Sunday 07 April 2024

Debbie Bletsas
Contact Person 0434 621 463

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**About the Group**

The Partnerships and Engagement group leads and coordinates AIATSIS public engagement
and communications works. This includes:

- Providing access to the AIATSIS Collection and support clients undertaking Family

History research.
- Marketing, communication, content production, event management services and

publishing.
- Facilitating the return of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage material

held overseas; and
- Developing AIATSIS commercial revenue streams and partnerships to further our

mission.

**About the Program Area**

The Communications, Events and Publishing (CEP) program sits within the Partnership and
Engagement Group. The CEP team is a multi-disciplinary team that provides communications
and public programs, support, and strategic advice across the enterprise, including but not
limited to marketing, event management, media and multimedia production, brand
management and design, and web content production and book publishing.

We place Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander voices and perspectives as central to everything
that we do. We oversee the AIATSIS brand and website, co-ordinate content production and
promotional campaigns across a range of channels and publish books through Aboriginal
Studies Press.

We are proud to tell the story of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia and be part of a
nation that has the world’s oldest continuing cultures.

We value creativity and are driven to inform, educate and transform.

**About the Role
**The Assistant Director Media and Engagement will work with Senior Executive and staff across
the institute to tell the stories of Aboriginal and Torr



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