Assistant Director Acquisitions, Curatorial and

1 week ago

Canberra, Australia AIATSIS Full time

**Assistant Director Acquisitions,**
**Curatorial and Exhibitions**
**Executive Level 1**

**This is an Affirmative Measures opportunity**
This position will be filled using the Affirmative Measure provision, which allows for the
targeted recruitment of Indigenous Australians into the Australian Public Service. The vacancy
is only open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. The filling of this employment
opportunity is intended to constitute an Affirmative Measure under section 8(1) of the Racial
Discrimination Act 1975.

**AIATSIS Application Pack **EL1 Assistant Director Acquisitions, Curatorial and Exhibitions **| 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 ACQUISITIONS,
CURATORIAL AND EXHIBITIONS

**Vacancy Information**

Job Reference 102_04/24

Classification Executive Level 1

No. of vacancies 1

Salary $110,115 - $120,025

Group Collections Services

Area Collection Development and Care

Employment Status Ongoing

Hours Full Time 36.75

Close Date 11.30pm Sunday 02 June 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**

Collection Development and Care (CDC) sits within the Collection Services Group and is
comprised of four units. CDC’s purpose is to develop, conserve and preserve Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage material in the AIATSIS collection in a culturally safe
manner using best practice processes, technology, and support. CDC is responsible for
developing, describing, and cataloguing the AIATSIS print and published collection, engaging
with donors and depositors to expand the Collection, curating domestic and international
display and exhibitions (online and physical), implementing collection care practices. facilitating
loans and managing the rights environment of the AIATSIS collection. CDC works closely with
Collection Management, Collection Preservation and Digitisation and Collection Access teams
to support the discoverability a

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