Assistant Director Exhibitions

**Assistant Director Exhibitions**
**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 EXHIBITIONS

Vacancy Information

Job Reference 249_11/24

Classification Executive level 1

No. of vacancies 1

Salary $110,115 - $120,025

Group Collection Services

Area Collection Development and Care

Employment Status Ongoing

Hours Full time

Close Date 11.30pm, Sunday 15 December 2024

Contact Person Ophelia Rubinich
02 6129 3903

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**About the Group**
The Collection Services Group is responsible for the development, management, and
preservation of the AIATSIS Collection. The Group manages, describes, preserves, and digitises
the AIATSIS Collection.

**About the Program Area**
The Collection Development and Care Program sits within the Collection Services Group.
Collection Development and Care (CDC) consists of the Rights and Policy Unit, the Acquisition,
Registration and Cultural Gifts Unit and the Curatorial, Exhibition, Conservation and Loans Unit.
Key operational activities of the program include developing, conserving and preserving
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage material in the AIATSIS collection in a
culturally safe way. CDC is responsible for engaging with donors and depositors to expand the
collection, curating domestic and international display and exhibitions (online and physical),
implementing collection care practices, facilitating loans and managing the rights and policy
environment of the AIATSIS collection. CDC works closely with the Collection Management,
Collection Preservation and Digitisation and Collection Access teams to support the
discoverability and accessibility of the AIATSIS collection for all Australians.

**Role Summary**
The Assistant Director, Exhibitions is an exciting new key leadership position within the
Collection Development and Care program. This creative and strategic role focusses on the
production and delivery of permanent and temporary physical and on-line exhibitions. By
working collaboratively with others, the Assistant Director Exhibitions will create opportunities
for everyone to encounter, engage with and be transformed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander peoples’ rights, knowledge, cultures and stories.

**Key Responsibilities**
Key responsibilities of the role include:

- managing and leading a team, including undertaking