Assistant Collection Manager, Palaeontology Collection Emergency

3 days ago

Melbourne City Centre, Australia Museums Victoria Full time

**Assistant Collection Manager, Palaeontology Collection Emergency**
- Rare opportunity to enhance one of Australasia's largest Palaeontology collections
- Position based at Museums Victoria offsite Storage facility in Coburg
- Close to public transport

Australia's largest public museum organisation is seeking a Museum Professional to assist in the management of one of the largest vertebrate palaeontology collections in Australasia.

**ABOUT MUSEUMS VICTORIA**:
Museums Victoria cares for the State scientific and cultural collections, providing visitor access, activities and events at five distinct venues: Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, IMAX Cinema and world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building.

**ABOUT THE POSITION**:
The purpose of the position is to transfer, register, rehouse and relabel flood-affected Palaeontology Collections housed at Merri-bek Collection facility to restore accessibility.

**Notable skills and experiences**:

- Sound knowledge of and experience in Palaeontology disciplinary and collection cataloguing frameworks. Demonstrated knowledge of and experience with palaeontology collections is an advantage.
- Sound knowledge and experience of managing and organising collections. Equivalent relevant logistics and distribution experience will be considered.
- Demonstrated skills and experience in handling museum objects, including awareness of typical object conservation techniques.
- Sound knowledge of and experience in using electronic collection management databases in museums. Experience with KE EMu and MVWISE is an advantage.
- Well-developed communication skills, both written and interpersonal, and the ability to work autonomously and in teams.
- Sound time-management skills and demonstrated attention to detail.

The successful applicant will have an appropriate tertiary qualification in Science, with extensive knowledge of palaeontology and geology, or experience deemed equivalent.

**OTHER INFORMATION**

This is a full time, fixed term (2 years) position. The salary on offer is $66,063 (pro rata) + 11.5% superannuation.

**HOW TO APPLY?**

**Applications close - 4 March 2025 (11:59pm)

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