Editorial and Production Officer/research Publications Officer

**Publishing and Editorial Officer &**
**Research Publications Officer**
**APS Level 6**

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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PUBLISHING AND EDITORIAL OFFICER &
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS OFFICER

Vacancy Information

Job Reference 62_04/25

Classification APS level 6

No. of vacancies Multiple

Salary $94,563 - $105,910

Group Partnerships and Engagement

Area Communications, Events and Publishing

Employment Status Ongoing/Non-ongoing

Hours Full time/Part-time

Close Date 11.30pm, Wednesday 07 May 2025

Contact Person Kylie Fennell
0458 174 373

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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 supporting 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 Communications, Media, Publishing and Shop (CMPS) team are part of the Partnerships
and Engagement Group. The CMPS team is a multi-disciplinary team that manages the
communications, media, social media, speechwriting, website, graphic design and publishing
activities of the Institute. The team provides strategic advice across the Institute, including but
not limited to communications, media and multimedia production, marketing, brand
management and design, web content production and publishing. We place Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander voices and perspectives as central to everything that we do. The team
oversee the AIATSIS brand and website, co-ordinate content production and promotional
campaigns across a range of channels, deliver the Australian Aboriginal Studies journal, and
publish books through Aboriginal Studies Press. We are proud to tell the story of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander Australia and be part of a nation that has the world’s oldest continuing
cultures. We value creativity and are driven to inform, educate and transform.

**Role Summary**
- Editorial and Production Officer - responsible for managing the editorial and production

processes for titles published under the Aboriginal Studies Press imprint. The role is also
responsible for managing the administration of the biennial AIATSIS Stanner Award and
providing secretariat support to the Publishing Advisory Committee.
- Research Publications Officer - responsible for coordinating two issues of the Austr