History and Heritage Officer

Libraries, Arts and Culture
- Part-time
- Closing on: Feb 16 2025
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- **Are you passionate about sharing and preserving local history and heritage?**:

- **Part Time, permanent opportunity (3 days a week)**:

- **$39.21 - $45.68 per hour + superannuation**

**About the role**
We’re looking for a passionate and dynamic individual to help showcase, celebrate and preserve Glen Eira City Council’s local history and heritage. In this exciting role, you'll develop and deliver projects and activities that engage the community, increase the understanding, and elevate the profile of our unique history.

Duties include but are not limited to:

- Deliver projects and activities to increase the understanding, appreciation and profile of local history and heritage.
- In collaboration with Arts Team Leader, develop and deliver projects such as interpretive signage, displays and exhibitions related to Council’s organisational and local history.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to develop and implement historical interpretive material around the municipality.
- Develop and coordinate digital products and programs such as self-guided tours for the Glen Eira Walking Tour App and Historian for a Day Educational Resources.
- Provide advice for and deliver a regular program of talks, workshops, tours, and events relating to local history and heritage and preservation/conservation, in consultation with Libraries, Arts and Culture team

**About you**
Do you have a passion for local history and sharing your knowledge with the community? If you have experience managing historic materials and crafting engaging stories for diverse audiences, this role is for you You’ll be an expert in coordinating multiple projects, ensuring they stay on track and within budget. Experience working in the public sector is a plus, but not essential.

The following is also required:

- Tertiary qualification in history, heritage, museum studies, or relevant related discipline and/or demonstrated experience in history, heritage, museums, and/or galleries
- Experience in using Museum Collection Management System software such as Victorian Collections, EMu, Inmagic/DB Textworks and/or Vernon
- Demonstrated strong writing skills for documentation of research, preparation of reports, correspondence, prepromotion and project documentation
- Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to write for a variety of contexts including interpretive/exhibition text, social media, and digital based collection records and to deliver public talks and tours.
- Proven ability to work cooperatively in a small team, including volunteers, casual staff, and contractors

**Interview information**
The interviews will take place between Monday, 24 February 2025 and Friday 28 February 2025, between 9am and 5pm.

**Pre-employment checks**
- Attach your resume
- Attach a cover letter (no more than one page)

**Closing date**: Sunday 16 February at 11.55pm

**What’s** on offer**
We have a great culture that is valued by all our staff. Teamwork, collaboration, and innovation are a key focus at Glen Eira City Council. We will offer you:

- Hybrid work environment - Average of 3 days in the office
- Flexible work options
- A supportive and collaborative team environment where your ideas are welcomed
- Access to paid training and participation in Council’s extensive Learning and Development programs
- Reward and recognition programs
- Comprehensive leave entitlements
- Corporate gym memberships at Glen Eira Leisure

**Working at Glen Eira City Council**
The City of Glen Eira is a dynamic municipality located within the southeast metropolitan region of Melbourne, approximately 10 kilometres from the CBD. Council provides a range of services to over 155,000 residents from more than 160 cultural backgrounds and over 16,000 businesses.

Glen Eira City Council is a collaborative, values-based organisation that strives for innovation. Our 1,370 employees bring their diverse backgrounds and varied experiences and perspectives to an inclusive and flexible work environment, creating a unique and vibrant culture that is representative of the municipality it services.

Recognised as an Employer of Choice, we seek people who share our community focused values and have a desire to create positive local impact.

**Glen Eira City Council prides itself on being an equal opportunity employer and a child safe organisation. As a Council, we are committed to**:

- **Providing a diverse and inclusive workplace that values the safety and wellbeing of children and young people, as well as all our employees.**:

- **Reconciliation and supporting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander aspirations.**

**We value the knowledge, skills and talents that all people can share with our workforce and community.