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Assistant Director-General, Collection Branch - CAN

Salary: 80.00 -  100.00
Posted: 14-03-2025
Category: Operations Business Administration
Canberra, 
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The National Library of Australia (the Library) is seeking a talented individual to fill the integral ongoing role of Assistant Director-General, Collection (SES Band 1) . The Library is the custodian of a magnificent collection – Australia’s largest library collection, running to some 280 linear kilometres of physical items, and nearly 4 PB of digital collection material. Built over many decades, the collection is Australia’s richest resource for engaging with and understanding Australian history, society and creativity, and is the southern hemisphere’s richest resource of materials about our Asian and Pacific neighbours. The Assistant Director-General Collection is responsible for building, providing access to and ensuring the long-term preservation of this national treasure. As Assistant Director-General Collection, you will need excellent knowledge of Australiana, and collection development and management principles and practices, in a library or similar cultural context. You will work with colleagues within the Library to achieve the Library’s strategic vision and will work extensively with colleagues elsewhere in the sector, especially with the Heads of Collections, National and State Libraries Australasia, the Australian Library and Information Association, and similar professional bodies. You will have exceptional leadership and management skills, working with a group of eight Directors over six Sections, a Branch workforce of approximately 140 staff and contractors, a capital collection development budget of $10.2 million per annum, and an operating budget of $15 million per annum. You will oversee a very busy program which saw approximately 200,000 collection items acquired and/or commissioned in 2023-2024. We are looking for an outstanding individual with extensive knowledge and experience of Australian history, society, politics and culture who can lead the development and management of Australia’s largest library collection. You must be able to apply this knowledge and experience in a long-term national collecting environment. For detailed information about this role, including job specific functions and capabilities, please refer to the candidate pack which can be accessed on the Library’s website. We encourage and welcome applications from people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQA+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds and mature age people. Position Contact Details: Director-General, Dr Marie-Louise Ayres FAHA, by email or by phone on 02 6262 1390. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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Salary: 80.00 -  100.00
Posted: 14-03-2025
Category: Operations Business Administration
Canberra, 

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