Assistant Director Collections Transformation

3 weeks ago

Canberra, Australia AIATSIS Full time

**Assistant Director Collections**
**Transformation**
**Executive Level 1
**This is an Identified position
**Who we are**
We are Australia’s only national institution focused exclusively on the diverse history,

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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 COLLECTIONS
TRANSFORMATION

**Vacancy Information**

Job Reference 89_04/24

Classification Executive Level 1

No. of vacancies 1

Salary $110,115 - $120,025

Group Collections Services

Area Collections Management

Employment Status Ongoing

Hours Full Time 36.75

Close Date 11.30pm Thursday 02 May 2024

Contact Person Anthony McLaughlin
02 6129 3923***

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**About the Group
The Collections Services Group is responsible for the development, management, and
preservation of the AIATSIS Collection. The Group manages, describes, preserves, and digitises
the AIATSIS Collection.

**About the Program Area**

The Collection Management Program sits within the Collection Services Group. Collection
Management consists of the Archival Collections (Audiovisual, Photographic and Manuscript)
and Collection Transformation units. Key operational activities of the program include
cataloguing, accessioning, and describing the AIATSIS Audiovisual, Photographic and
Manuscript collections to enhance discoverability of, and access to, these collections for all
Australians. The Program is also responsible for delivering the Collection Transformation
program which aims to reshape the work of Collection Services Group through new collection
systems, workflows, and processes. Collection Management works closely with Collection
Development and Care, Collection Preservation and Digitisation, and Collection Access teams
to support the discoverability and accessibility of the AIATSIS collection for all Australians.

**About the Role**

Assistant Directors are key leadership positions within the Collection Services Group and work
collaboratively with each other to achieve the goals of the program and the organisation, in
particular to make the AIATSIS collection discoverable and accessible in culturally appropriate
ways. The Collections Transformation Program (CTP) is an ambitious program of
organisational change to facilitate improved description, management, an

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