[21/9/2025] Education Officer, Costumed School Program – SH

2 days ago

Ballarat, Australia Council of Australasian Museum Directors Full time

Education Officer, Costumed School Program – SH

Closing Date

03/10/2025 12:00 am

Institution

Sovereign Hill Museums Association

TBA

Employment status

14-month maternity position commencing January 2026

Location

Contact name

Sofia Fiusco, Head of Learning +61437865314

Contact email

The Sovereign Hill Museums Association is a not-for profit community-based organisation that includes: Sovereign Hill Outdoor Museum, Sovereign Hill Hotel, AURA and Narmbool, the Australian Centre for Rare Trades and Arts and the Australian Centre for Gold Rush Collections. It cares for a nationally and internationally significant collection of over 150,000 objects and protects the tangible and intangible cultural heritage of the Victorian gold rush.

We are an Australian tourism icon that attracts some 500,000 visitors annually. The Outdoor Museum is internationally renowned as a living museum featuring rare trades, and programs and experiences that interpret a pivotal point in Australia’s history. In all, some 350 staff work to bring our gold-rush story to life. They are supported by over 250 volunteers.

We are seeking a dynamic Education Officer to fill a 14-month maternityposition in the Costumed School Program, commencing in January 2026. Sovereign Hill Education delivers high-quality,Victorian (2.0) and Australian Curriculum-aligned education programs for tens of thousands of students annually.

Duties & Responsibilities

- Role-playthe strict, all-knowing, embodiment of 1850’sVictorian‘Ma’am’ or ‘Sir’when costumed.
- Preparethe museum spaces for school program delivery.
- Delivertwo CostumedSchool programs weekly (Tuesday & Wednesday | Thursday & Friday), to become living exhibits in the Museum.
- Collect, analyseand respondto visiting primary school survey data.
- Designas required teaching and learning resources to support the program experience.

Desired qualifications

- Bachelor of Education– Early Years, Primary or Secondary
- Current Victorian Institute of Teaching (VIT)registration

Child Safety and Criminal History Checks– Sovereign Hill is committed to child safety.We want children to be safe, happy and empowered. We support and respect all children as well as our staff and volunteers.Our recruitment and selection processes ensure certain pre-employment screening and compliance clearances are undertaken before employment is offered.If you apply for a role with Sovereign Hill you will be asked to make certaindeclarations regarding OHS, Child Safety and you will also be required to complete a National Police Check and attain a valid Working with Children’s Check.

Diversity and Inclusion–Sovereign Hill welcomes and encouragesapplications from diverse backgrounds and provides equal opportunities to all who wish to apply.

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