Project Officer, Cultural Consultation

**Project Officer, Cultural Consultation** (**ID, **two vacancies)***:
**Join us at the Australian Museum and help us achieve our Mission to ignite wonder, inspire debate and drive change**:
**About the **Project**:
The Collection Enhancement Project (CEP) is an important project to register and digitise the biological, geological, and cultural collections of the Australian Museum (AM).

The AM’s Cultural Collection Enhancement Project (CCEP) is a significant component of the museum-wide CEP and is a focused program of specialised works across six collections: (1) Pasifika Cultural Collection (2) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islands Collection; (3) Aboriginal Archaeology Collections; (4) World Cultures Collection; (5) Archives; and (6) Rare Books Library.

**About the Role**:
The roles are aligned with the Australian Museum’s strategic priorities to deliver core aspects of its Corporate Strategic Plan and Reconciliation Action Plan. The AM continues to exceed Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People Diversity Targets and these roles will enhance our commitment to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander employment.

The Project Officer, Cultural Consultation works within the Cultural Collection Enhancement Project (CCEP) with a focus on First Nations community consultation (Aboriginal, Torres Strait and / or Pasifika communities) to enrich the outcomes of the collection enhancement process. The Cultural Consultation Officer also works with the CCEP team to prepare cultural collection objects for documentation enhancement, community consultation, digitisation, barcoding as well as online content.

The role holder will be required to work in various sites in greater Sydney.

Employment Status:

- Clerk Grade 3/4
- One fixed term for up to 4 years, one fixed term for up to 1.5 years
- Full time 35 hours per week

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- Role Description

You will be paid a competitive annual salary $79,032 - $86,539, plus employer's contribution to superannuation (currently 11.5%) and annual leave loading.

**About you**:
We are seeking two experienced Consultation Officer to work within the Cultural Collection Enhancement Project and with the Pasifika or Australian First Nations communities.

**Knowledge & Experience**:

- Consultation experience with Pasifika and / or Australian First Nations communities
- An understanding of Pasifika and / or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander arts and cultural practices and experience working with sensitive material including ICIP and cultural protocols
- Demonstrated understanding and experience in collection information management practices including the use of databases such as EMu, Fotoware or similar. Related skills will include: Data manipulation and database skills, including data entry, data clean up, Excel proficiency, and file management
- Knowledge of professional museum and/or digitisation practice.
- The role holder must be prepared to travel between the various sites which holds the AM collections, and to external stakeholders as needed to support the work of the First Nations Collections teams.

**Essential requirements**:

- This is an Identified role authorised under section 14(d) of the Anti
- Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW) and as such Aboriginality and/or Pasifika (Pacific Islander) descent is an essential requirement of the role.

**About The Australian Museum**:
The Australian Museum is truly a great place to work. We are a leading voice for the richness of life, the Earth and culture in Australia and the Pacific. We commit to transform the conversation around climate change, the environment and wildlife conservation; be a strong advocate for First Nations’ culture; and continue to develop world-leading science, collections, exhibitions and education programs.

Recent staff survey results confirm that our staff feel valued, accepted and supported and that they believe the AM is an inclusive workplace. AM staff also report a high level of job satisfaction.

The AM is located on the homelands of the Gadigal people and acknowledges and pays respect to the Gadigal people as the custodians of the land, sky and waterways, paying respect to Elders past and present.

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**Benefits**:
Besides working together with other like-minded people, you will have access to professional development and dedicated Wellbeing programs.

**How to apply**

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Applicants must submit (if submitted as attachment, please upload as PDF):

- A one to two page covering letter which addresses the role description’s essential requirements, key knowledge and experience.
- Resume
- Confirmation of Aboriginality documentation

Please see the detailed information about the Confirmation of Aboriginality documentation:

- Examples of written documentation include:

- a document demonstrating membership of their Local Aboriginal Land Council
- a certificate or docu