Head of Programming

**Head of Programming & Activation**

Are you a creative leader passionate about cultural engagement? We're seeking a Head of Programming & Activation to lead innovative programs, events, and educational initiatives across our landmark sites. You'll drive audience growth, deepen visitor connection, and elevate our brand through bold, engaging experiences. Join us to shape how diverse communities connect with history, culture, and place.

**What the opportunity is**:

- Employment with Museums of History NSW.
- Clerk Grade 11/12 Remuneration package includes salary ($145,378 - $168,130), employer's contribution to superannuation and annual leave loading.
- Full-time employment on an ongoing basis (35 hours per week).
- The role will work across Sydney.

**What we do**
MHNSW brings together the museums, historic houses and associated collections previously in the care of Sydney Living Museums with the vast collection of more than 13 million items held by the former NSW State Archives. This includes one of the world’s most complete and important collections documenting colonisation.

**What you’ll do with us**
The role will lead the development and delivery of a multi-sited program of activations, programs and major events with the aim of deepening visitor engagement and diversifying audiences, profiling the significance of the sites and collections and making them accessible, building self-generated revenue opportunities and enhancing brand profile for Museums of History NSW.

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**What you need to do to apply**
- A one to two page cover letter outlining how your skills and experiences meet the essential requirements for this role,
- A current resume listing two referees, and

**What you need to tell us - Targeted questions**:

- Provide an example of a project where you created new programmatic content that was produced and distributed across multiple platforms. What were the challenges and benefits associated with this approach?

**Essential requirements of the role**:

- Qualifications or extensive experience in visitor engagement through exhibitions and interpretation projects or major event projects, in a multi-faceted cultural or heritage environment.
- Record of managing successful, innovative visitor experience and engagement programs at a whole of organisation scale in a competitive environment, firmly grounded in curatorial scholarship and heritage values.
- Proven skills in developing, managing, delivering and evaluating content rich and creative experiences from large scale festivals, talks, education programs to community events and collaborations for a wide range of audiences and experience in developing sustainable programs for cultural and heritage sites.
- Proven senior management experience in a complex organisation and the ability to interact effectively with multiple and diverse stakeholders, including government, business, donors and the wider community to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.
- Excellent numeracy skills and the ability to analyse and prepare budgets and forecasts.
- Time management, analytic and problem solving skills and the ability manage multiple projects with competing timelines.
- Passion to make a positive impact in the community and a willingness to work within MHNSW’s values and behaviours to advance its mission.
- Willingness to work across all sites as required and ability to travel to multiple locations.

**Also note**:

- To be eligible for an ongoing role in the NSW Public Sector you need to be an Australian Citizen or Permanent Resident. For temporary and casual roles, you need to hold a valid visa giving you permission to work in Australia as required by the role.
- A talent pool may be created for future ongoing and temporary roles and is valid for a period of up to 18 months.

**Diversity and Flexible Working**
We are expert keepers and tellers of history, and its many stories, peoples, and cultures. We want to create a team and workplace that reflects this diversity as well as the diversity in the communities we serve. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better, more inclusive results and connects our people to our communities, to our history, and to each other.

Our vision is to support and empower First Nations people, communities and culture, and across the sites that we care for, we are committed to shifting perspectives, truth telling and delivering honest reflections on history.

We understand that flexibility means different things to different people and are committed to offering flexible work arrangements where and when possible.

Our team can provide alternative formats to apply, make adjustments to the recruitment process and offer information about workplace adjustments and support networks.

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