Assistant Director International Engagement and Cultural Diplomacy

**Assistant Director International**
**Engagement and Cultural Diplomacy**

**Executive level 1**

This is an Affirmative Measures opportunity**
This position will be filled using the Affirmative Measure provision, which allows for the
targeted recruitment of Indigenous Australians into the Australian Public Service. The vacancy
is only open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. The filling of this employment
opportunity is intended to constitute an Affirmative Measure under section 8(1) of the Racial
Discrimination Act 1975.

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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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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL
ENGAGEMENT & CULTURAL DIPLOMACY

Vacancy Information

Job Reference 251_11/24

Classification Executive level 1

No. of vacancies 1

Salary $110,115 - $120,025 pa/pro rata

Group Office of the CEO

Area International Engagement and Cultural
Diplomacy (IECD)

Employment Status Ongoing

Hours Full time / Part time

Close Date 11.30pm, Thursday 09 January 2025

Contact Person Samuel Brazel
02 6129 3980

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**About the Group**
The Office of the CEO (OCEO) which encompasses the IECD team provides administrative
support and strategic advice to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Australian Institute of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS).
The OCEO works collaboratively with the Senior Leadership Team across the institute, and in
particular with the Office of the Deputy CEO who coordinate workflow and correspondence. The
OCEO is at the forefront of the Institute in liaising with external stakeholders including but not
limited to: Ministerial Offices; the National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA); the Australian
Diplomatic Core; relevant Embassies, other Commonwealth and State and Territory
departments, Indigenous Portfolio Bodies; Cultural Institutions - domestic and international; and
the general public.

**About the Program Area**
The International Engagement and Cultural Diplomacy (IECD) team sits within the OCEO and
builds and maintains key relationships and provides strategic insight and explores and delivers
on strategic options to extend the reach and expertise of AIATSIS Internationally, through the
means of mutually beneficial Memorandum’s of Understanding whereby Joint Work Plans, often
reciprocal exhibitions, cultural exchanges, and diplomatic practices are shared. Our engagement
is informed by the diverse nature of Indigenous peoples’, cultures, stories, and histories from
around the world and has a direct benefit to all communities we work with. The team works
closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), through specific countries'
region desks, their respective Posts and the Office of the Ambassador for First Nations Peoples
as well as Embassies in Australia and overseas. By connecting and sharing knowledge across
borders, the IECD team