Assistant Curator

Full-time, Ongoing, APS Level 5 position
- Attractive employee benefits including 15.4% superannuation
- Australia’s leading museum located waterside in beautiful Darling Harbour

The Australian National Maritime Museum is seeking an experienced and well organised Assistant Curator to join our Content team in this full-time ongoing position.

As one of Sydney’s most visited museums, the Australian National Maritime Museum shares our national maritime story across Australia and the world, online, onsite and through research, presentations and travelling exhibitions, and provides must-visit museum experiences that delight and inspire.

We connect our visitors with the oceans and waterways that are the heartbeat of who we are. From deep time to modern Australian and beyond, we explore our past, our present and future as an island nation shaped by sea, offering a sustainable and cohesive vision for the future.

The Museum welcomes over 2.5 million local, interstate and international visitors annually, and is supported by a thriving and passionate staff, membership, volunteer and education base. Find out more at sea.museum

The Assistant Curator will assist the Curators in developing ways in which objects, archives, and artwork can be interpreted, through digital content online, exhibitions, gallery renewal, publications, events, conferences and audio-visual presentations.

The position will work collaboratively and creatively in the Knowledge team to research and assess acquisitions to the National Maritime collection as well as research and develop interpretive content based on themes of history and culture for a range of Museum exhibitions and programs which form part of the ANMM’s Corporate Plan.

**High level overview of accountabilities**:

- Researching and acquiring content identified for core gallery exhibitions and other exhibition projects, including researching and sourcing images, conducting IP, copyright tasks, and community and artist liaison.
- Carrying out background research for the development of exhibition content lists and the preparation of exhibition text and media.
- Collecting and managing oral history records by carrying out, recording and documenting interviews with various members of Australia’s maritime communities.
- Assisting curators in researching and documenting provenance and other due diligence tasks necessary for Protection of Cultural Objects on Loan (PCOL) procedures.
- Assisting in maintaining effective communication channels with conservation, registration, education, exhibition interpretation, design and other ANMM staff to promote collection objects under the supervision of the Senior Curator.
- Preparing programs, articles, image essays, social media etc., to promote collection and exhibition projects.
- Researching and catalogue object records and related records such as those of people, sites, and events for use in both collection documentation and access and ensuring collection items are accurately recorded and described on site and online.
- Providing curatorial support to the team and participate in organisational initiatives as required; and actively assisting the curators in seeking external grants, funding and key donations and provide support to the ANMM Foundation’s fund-raising activities.
- To fulfil the key competencies of the classification of this position as defined and described by the Integrated Leadership System (ILS).
- Any other lawful and reasonable request made within this position.

**Selection Criteria**:
**Essential**
- Demonstrated applied research skills in museums, libraries, archives and / or communities.
- Experience in supporting the acquisition and management of historic material in museum collections.
- Experience in contributing to or developing innovative interpretive programs about art, artefacts or themes of history or culture in a museum or gallery context.
- Excellent time management and organisational skills, and experience working to deadlines and independently with minimum supervision and working collaboratively to develop and deliver programs.
- Ability to work flexibly and concurrently on a number of simultaneous projects and to work in collaboration with communities and community organisations.
- Experience in supporting or delivering media communications and in providing well-researched information in response to public and media enquiries.
- Experience in carrying out and documenting interviews and maintaining associated records suitable for the creation and maintenance of oral history collections.
- Demonstrated understanding of exhibition and collection development policies, including PCOL and processes.
- Excellent communication skills and experience in writing for various audiences.
- Experience with museum collection and image management database systems such as TMS.

**Desirable**
- Tertiary qualifications in Museum Studies, History or a related discipline.
- Knowledge of intangible material culture includ