Assistant Curator, First Nations Art

**Temporary for 2 years**:

- **Sydney CBD - The Domain**:

- **Assistant Curator Grade 1, Year 3**:

- **Total Remuneration Package up to $83,298**:

- **Salary ($74,050)**

Established in 1871, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is located in Sydney’s The Domain adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden and near the Central Business District. The Gallery acknowledges the original custodians of this land - the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. The Gallery attracts around 1.4 million visitors annually and runs Australia’s largest art education program, with over 90,000 student and teacher visits per year.

With the construction of our expansion project currently under way and scheduled for completion in 2022, the Gallery is poised to deliver a new state-of-the-art building located next to our existing and much-loved building. Providing us with close to double the current exhibition space, the expanded Gallery will enable us to share more art with more people and provide more family, learning and educational programming for all our audiences.

To help us achieve our ambition, we are seeking diverse, collaborative, supportive and brilliant individuals to work alongside our existing talent and build on our rich history to create an even more inspiring Gallery for the future.

**About the Role**

Provide support in the management and delivery of exhibitions as part of the First Nations curatorial team. Support the curator, First Nations art (local and global) and head of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art with the overall care, conservation, acquisition, research, interpretation, exhibition and display of the collection/s. This is a partnership between UQ Art Museum and Art Gallery of New South Wales.

For more information about the role please view the role description and information for applicants or call ruler the nominated contact person listed in the advertisement.

**Essential requirements**

Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and accepted in the community as such. Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised under Section 14(d) of the Anti-discrimination Act 1997.

**What technical / soft skills you require**
- Confirmation of Aboriginality, plus a knowledge of and respect for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and/or global Indigenous culture. In this role, an applicant’s Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification and is authorised in accordance with Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.
- Tertiary degree in art history or museum studies or equivalent, and knowledge of contemporary local and global First Nations art, coupled with curatorial experience or equivalent professional training in the arts, art gallery, art museum or cultural heritage sector.
- Proven experience in undertaking research to an academic standard, the ability to use Vernon CMS and/or other relational databases, advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office and the ability to undertake a wide range of curatorial and cross-disciplinary programs.

**Targeted questions**
- Provide an example of when you have worked in a collaborative environment on a cultural project with multiple deadlines. Please provide details of how you managed your part of the workload to ensure deadlines were met. (maximum of 400 words)
- Discuss an art exhibition that you have curated and describe how you determined the theme and content. Provide details on how you worked with the artists on delivering the projects objectives and the importance of this. (maximum of 400 words)

Part of the assessment process may include additional online capability testing, skills testing or work samples in accordance with the new Government Sector Employment Act 2013, therefore you may be contacted to participate.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a National Police Records Check.

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