Assistant Director

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Assistant Director, Ethics

APS Executive Level 1

Ongoing Full-time

$97,230 to $106,655 pa

This is an Affirmative Measures opportunity open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait
Islander people only

Who we are
We are Australia’s only national institution focused exclusively on the diverse history,
cultures, and heritage of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia. We house the
world’s most important and extensive collection of cultural information and material and
we provide leadership, publish and promote greater understanding and appreciation of
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We create opportunities for people the
world over to engage with and be transformed by the knowledge, the culture and the
story of Australia’s Indigenous peoples. We are Australia’s national institution for
leadership in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research.

What we do

We care for a priceless collection, including films, photographs, video and audio
recordings as well as the world’s largest collection of printed and other resource
materials for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander studies. We undertake and encourage
scholarly, ethical, community-based research in a variety of sectors, including health,
native title, languages and education. Our publishing house, Aboriginal Studies Press,
regularly publishes outstanding writing that promotes Australian Indigenous cultures.
Our activities affirm and raise awareness of the richness and diversity of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories.

Our functions are established under the_ Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres _
- Strait Islander Studies Act 1989_.

These functions are to:
provide access to a national collection of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

culture and heritage;
use that national collection to strengthen and promote knowledge and
understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage;
provide leadership in the fields of:

- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research; and
- activities relating to collections associated with Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples; and use (including use for research) of that
national collection and other collections containing Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander culture and heritage;
lead and promote collaborations and partnerships among the academic, research,
non-government, business and government sectors and Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander peoples in support of the other functions of the Institute;
provide advice to the Commonwealth on the situation and status of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander culture and heritage.

We are an Australian Government statutory authority. The Minister responsible for
AIATSIS is the Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians, and AIATSIS
sits within the portfolio of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

About the Ethics Team

The Ethics team sits within the Research and Education Group. In the ethics space, the
team is responsible for leading and influencing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
research, ethics and protocols. This includes the _AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal _
- and Torres Strait Islander Research_ and the AIATSIS Research Ethics Committee, which
Torres Strait Islander research.

About the Role***

We are seeking a high performing and talented Assistant Director to provide strategic
direction and leadership for AIATSIS’s Ethics team.

Key responsibilities include:

- promoting the _AIATSIS Code of Ethics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander _
- Research_ and support the AIATSIS Research Ethics Committee
- strategically managing several projects, setting priorities, establishing work plans,

allocating resources and evaluating project outcomes
- taking responsibility for a range of project and research outputs, managing and

leading the operation of a unit, including taking responsibility for the performance
and outputs of the unit
- reporting to AIATSIS governance committees, partner organisations, government

departments and other parties on the progress and results of projects
- providing leadership and developing productive relationships with internal and

external stakeholders
- development of complex correspondence and resources to promote AIATSIS work

in the research and ethics space
- other duties as directed.

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_.
- a demonstrated ability to provide leadership, build partnerships and develop

productive relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities,
organisations and peoples, and with