Collection Access Officer

**Collection Access Officer**
**APS level 5**

This is an Identified position open to all Australian Citizens

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**Our Journey**
AIATSIS has a proud identity as Australia’s only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led
national cultural institution that celebrates, educates, and inspires people from all walks of life
to connect with the rights, knowledge, cultures and stories of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples. We play a vital role in developing deeper and shared understandings of
our Nation’s history and future on Australia’s truth-telling journey, working towards collective
healing.

In 2024, AIATSIS celebrates our 60th anniversary and reflects on our evolution as an
organisation during that time. Over the next five years, our operating environment will continue
to change, and we must position ourselves to respond to this change.

**Our Vision**
To create a world in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge,
cultures and stories are recognised, respected, celebrated and valued.

**Our Purpose**
We are the only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural institution solely
dedicated to telling the story of Australia’s First Nations peoples.

We collect, steward and appropriately share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’
knowledge through our collection, our leadership in research and our network of collaborations
and partnerships by:

- Creating opportunities for everyone to encounter, engage with and be transformed by

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge, cultures and stories.
- Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural vitality; and
- Shaping our national narrative.

Our functions are established under the _Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait _
- Islander Studies Act 1989_.

AIATSIS is a statutory authority under the Public Service Act 1999 (Cth) and a Corporate
Commonwealth entity under the PGPA Act.

AIATSIS employees are employed under the Public Service Act 1999, with terms and conditions
of employment as set out in the AIATSIS Enterprise Agreement.

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COLLECTION ACCESS OFFICER

Vacancy Information

Job Reference 05_01/25

Classification APS level 5

No. of vacancies 2

Salary $80,341 - $87,572

Group Partnerships and Engagement

Area Collection Access and Family History

Employment Status Ongoing/Non-ongoing

Hours Full time

Close Date 11.30pm, Sunday 16 February 2025

Contact Person Philip Khalu-Reindl
02 6246 1642

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**About the Group**
The Partnerships and Engagement group leads and coordinates AIATSIS public engagement
and communications works. This includes:

- Providing access to the AIATSIS Collection and support clients undertaking Family

History research.
- Marketing, communication, content production, event management services and

publishing.?
- Facilitating the return of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage material

held overseas; and
- Developing AIATSIS commercial revenue streams and partnerships to further our

mission.
**About the Program Area**
The Collection Access and Family History Unit sits within the Partnerships and Engagement
Group. The Unit manage services and policies for culturally appropriate access to the AIATSIS
collection and Indigenous family history research.

**Role Summary**
The Collection Access Officer will work closely with the Senior Access Officer in communicating
and working with both internal and external stakeholders in activities involving the AIATSIS
collection and other AIATSIS resources.

**Key Responsibilities**
Key responsibilities of the role include:

- work with complex requests for materials from the AIATSIS collection in a timely and

accurate manner.
- undertake research and clarify the copyright and Indigenous Cultural Intellectual

Property Rights of collection materials and clearance for use.
- effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with internal and external

stakeholders on a range of complex matters including collection research, education and
conducting tours and community access visits.
- committed to working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, understand

culturally sensitive issues around access to materials, and be experienced in providing
services that meet the needs of researchers and other clients.
- contribute to team planning and training staff as required.

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**Cultural capability - essential**
and Torres Strait Islander peoples and proven culturally appropriate engagement and
demonstrate the following specific cultural capabilities:

- understand Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander business within the agency and the

outcomes the agency is responsible for delivering.
- understand the sources of knowledge res