Research Curator

**Research Curator**

Utilise your extensive research skills and specialist knowledge in Australian history to enrich the knowledge, understanding and enjoyment of MHNSW’s collections. As Research Curator, you will have the opportunity to create new knowledge through working with MHNSW’s diverse museum collections and the State Archives Collection that will be shared across public programs, exhibitions and online content. You will enjoy working in the collaborative, knowledgeable and supportive Curatorial & Research Team.

**What the opportunity is**:

- Employment with Museums of History NSW.
- Curator Grade 1. Remuneration package includes salary ($95,131- $113,746) employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- Temporary full-time employment until 30 June 2025.
- The role will work across Sydney.

**What we do**

MHNSW brings together the museums, historic houses and associated collections previously in the care of Sydney Living Museums with the vast collection of more than 13 million items held by the former NSW State Archives. This includes one of the world’s most complete and important collections documenting colonisation.

**What you’ll do with us**

Discover and articulate connections to the social, political and cultural histories and heritage of NSW through high quality research that guides, supports and contributes to the development and delivery of knowledge, content and wider organisational projects and initiatives enabling MHNSW to increase public access to and engagement with its collections, sites and stories.

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**What you need to do to apply**
- A one-to-two-page cover letter outlining how your skills and experiences meet the essential requirements for this role,
- A current resume listing two referees, and

**What you need to tell us - Targeted questions**
- Describe a situation where you have had to manage competing curatorial tasks that had different time frames and milestones. What were these tasks, how did you prioritise them, and what skills and strategies did you use to complete them successfully?

**Essential requirements of the role**
- Degree in history, cultural studies or similar fields and post graduate qualification in relevant area or equivalent experience.
- Experience in the galleries, libraries, archives and/or museums sector in conducting research that generates and applies new knowledge to increase public access to and engagement with collections.
- Willingness to work across MHNSW sites and ability to travel to multiple locations.

**Also note**:

- To be eligible for an ongoing role in the NSW Public Sector you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident. For temporary and casual roles, you need to hold a valid visa giving you permission to work in Australia as required by the role.
- A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

**Diversity and Flexible Working**

We are expert keepers and tellers of history, and its many stories, peoples, and cultures. We want to create a team and workplace that reflects this diversity as well as the diversity in the communities we serve. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better, more inclusive results and connects our people to our communities, to our history, and to each other.

Our vision is to support and empower First Nations people, communities and culture, and across the sites that we care for, we are committed to shifting perspectives, truth telling and delivering honest reflections on history.

We understand that flexibility means different things to different people and are committed to offering flexible work arrangements where and when possible.

Our team can provide alternative formats to apply, make adjustments to the recruitment process and offer information about workplace adjustments and support networks.

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