Collection Manager

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**Role highlights**
- **Great ongoing opportunity to manage a nationally significant marine collection**:

- **Join our team supporting Australia’s marine biodiversity research and discovery**

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**The opportunity**

The Australian National Fish Collection (ANFC) is one of CSIRO’s seven national research collections and is key infrastructure in the National Collections and Marine Infrastructure (NCMI) Research Unit. With over 165,000 specimens, the ANFC is a vital reference for Australia’s marine biodiversity, supporting research into deep-water fishes, sharks, and rays from Australia, Antarctica and the Indo-Pacific.

As the Collection Manager, you will be the lead technical custodian of the ANFC, responsible for managing, maintaining and improving the accessibility of specimens, tissues, images and associated data. You will ensure the collection continues to serve as an active and trusted reference for marine fish taxonomy and distribution, while upholding best practice in curation, safety and compliance.

You will be required to work in specialised collection environments that require adaptability, including walk-in freezers and areas containing formalin & ethanol, while ensuring the collection meets health, safety and environmental obligations and regulatory requirements. You will also collaborate with colleagues across CSIRO, contribute to national and international research, and support public engagement through tours and outreach activities.

To succeed, you will bring your technical expertise in biological collections management, with strong problem-solving, organisational and interpersonal skills. Your ability to balance hands-on curation, compliance responsibilities, and stakeholder collaboration will ensure the ANFC continues as an essential national resource for science.

**Your high-level duties will include**:

- Managing the ANFC facility and infrastructure at the CSIRO Marine Laboratories in Hobart, including equipment, archival records, frozen specimens stored off site, and asset and consumable procurement and tracking.
- Ensuring registration and cataloguing of ANFC specimens, tissues and X-rays in Specify (the ANFC’s collection management system) and supporting data integrity and digitisation efforts in collaboration with the NRCA Digitisation team.
- Assisting ANFC staff (ichthyologists, curators, molecular biologists) to ensure the ‘research-readiness’ and security of the ethanol stored specimens.
- Administering the ANFC shared inbox and coordinating incoming/outgoing specimen, tissue and DNA loans, ensuring proper documentation, freighting and adherence to authority and compliance protocols.
- Assisting with specimen photography when required, and supporting the ANFC’s Portfolio (images) Database Manager.
- Liaising with ANFC visitors, scientists and the public, including leading tours and supervising ANFC activities to promote safe and productive engagement.

**Role particulars**

**Location and office arrangements**:Hobart, TAS

**Salary**: AU$96K - AU$109K per annum plus up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure & work schedule**: Indefinite; Full-time (preferred) - _part-time (min. 0.8 FTE) work arrangements may be considered based on needs of the role and individual circumstances._

**Reference**:101158
- A relevant Bachelor’s degree in Science, Museum Studies, or a related field, and/or equivalent relevant work experience in Natural History collection curation and registration.
- Sound knowledge of and experience in marine taxa and/or wet collections.
- Demonstrated experience with relational databases, data entry, and digitised administrative processes.
- Strong attention to detail and quality assurance experience, with the ability to undertake repetitive tasks to ensure specimen, sample, and data accuracy.
- Proven ability to adhere to compliance requirements, including HSE standards related to chemicals and specimen handling.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate openly and respectfully with diverse stakeholders and team members.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team.

For full details about this role, please review the **Position Description**.

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**Eligibility**

Applications for this position are open to Australian Citizens, New Zealand Citi