Outreach Program Coordinator

Full-time, Non-Ongoing 24 months, APS 5 position
- Attractive employee benefits including 15.4% superannuation
- Australia’s leading museum located waterside in beautiful Darling Harbour

The Australian National Maritime Museum is seeking an experienced and organised Outreach Program Coordinator to join our Fleet and Collections team in this full-time non-ongoing position for an initial 24 months with possibility of ongoing.

As one of Sydney’s most visited museums, the Australian National Maritime Museum shares our national maritime story across Australia and the world, online, onsite and through research, presentations and travelling exhibitions, and provides must-visit museum experiences that delight and inspire.

We connect our visitors with the oceans and waterways that are the heartbeat of who we are. From deep time to modern Australian and beyond, we explore our past, our present and future as an island nation shaped by sea, offering a sustainable and cohesive vision for the future.

The Museum welcomes over 2.5 million local, interstate and international visitors annually, and is supported by a thriving and passionate staff, membership, volunteer and education base. Find out more at sea.museum

The Outreach Program Coordinator position supports the Museum’s National community outreach program. It does this by coordinating the delivery of programs which enable staff and volunteers working at maritime museums, galleries, and other relevant organisations to successfully care for and interpret objects or collections to audiences throughout the nation.

Activities and projects supported by the Maritime Museum are linked to three long standing programs:

- Maritime Museum Assistance Program Support Scheme
- Australian Register of Historic Vessels
- Australian Maritime Museums Council

**Key accountabilities**:

- Manage all aspects of the Maritime Museums of Australia Project Support Scheme (MMAPSS); this work encompasses providing information, support, and guidance to prospective applicants for MMAPSS grants, monitoring of grant expenditures, organising the internship program, coordinating staff outreach funded by the Program and reporting to government on outcomes.
- Coordinate the delivery of the Museum’s physical and advisory outreach programs including MMAPSS, the Australian Maritime Museums Council, and professional staff support. Collaborate with the Touring Program to align offsite work and streamline communications, through the development and maintenance of an effective network of relationships.
- Provide governance support to the Australian Maritime Museum Councils (AMMC) Executive Board and the AMMC general membership. Key tasks include maintaining the AMMC website, organising workshops and travel arrangements, coordinating, and circulating proposed agenda and directions for meetings of the Board and maintain records for reporting purposes. As a member of the Executive Board, perform position holder duties as Company Secretary as nominated.
- Coordinate and organise the Annual Maritime Museum Administrators course including the participation of both speakers and attendees in accordance with the established program.
- Ensure regional program objectives are clearly defined, planned, scoped, documented, communicated, delivered, and signed off, within in agreed timeframes and budgets.
- Maintain and communicate a forward calendar of outreach programs to ensure that program information is available to internal and external stakeholders.

**Selection Criteria**:
**Essential**
- Demonstrated knowledge of and interest in the recording and promoting of Australian maritime history.
- Well-developed administration skills including basic financial administration, file maintenance, minute taking, keyboard and computer skills (Excel & Word).
- Ability to work to deadlines, organise priorities and ability to work with a minimum of supervision.
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills (written and verbal) with an ability to present and communicate information to staff and volunteers working in a diverse range of institutions associated with maritime heritage.
- Ability to work independently, show initiative and use sound personal judgment when making decisions.

**Desirable**
- Knowledge of Australia's museums and related entities that collect, conserve, store, interpret and display Australia's maritime heritage.
- Knowledge of the needs and resourcing requirements of regional museums specifically.
- A Bachelor's Degree in history, Museum Studies, or equivalent experience.
- Ability to undertake succinct research reports.