Assistant Registrar Collections and Access

Job Description

Assistant Registrar Collections and Access The Australian National Maritime Museum is seeking an experienced and innovative Assistant Registrar Collections and Access with an eye for detail to join our Registration team in this full-time, ongoing APS Level 5 position. As one of Sydney’s most visited museums, the Australian National Maritime Museum shares our national maritime story across Australia and the world, online, onsite and through research, presentations and travelling exhibitions, and provides must-visit museum experiences that delight and inspire. We connect our visitors with the oceans and waterways that are the heartbeat of who we are. From deep time to modern Australian and beyond, we explore our past, our present and future as an island nation shaped by sea, offering a sustainable and cohesive vision for the future. The Museum welcomes over 2.5 million local, interstate and international visitors annually, and is supported by a thriving and passionate staff, membership, volunteer and education base. Find out more at sea.museum . The Assistant Registrar Collections and Access plays a key role in assisting the delivery of a digitisation and data capture program to improve access to and use of the Museum's collections for both internal and external collection discovery, management and online initiatives. Create digital content through research, accessioning, cataloguing, blogs and other digital publications and digital media. Improve digital content on the collection through the creation of digital media and data clean-up of object and related records in TMS (CMIS) in line with the digitisation strategy. Contribute to exhibition installation and demount as required. Please note: This recruitment process is intended to fill both current and future vacancies. While the position on offer is ongoing, a merit pool of suitable applicants may be established to fill similar ongoing and non-ongoing positions within the next 18 months. Key Accountabilities Under limited direction, this position is responsible for delivering the following functions: Selection Criteria Excellent understanding of the role and functions of the Registration team in a major museum. Ability to work with a collections management application and an understanding of collection documentation, with knowledge of data standards and data for collection control, access and discoverability. Ability to carry out collection-based research, data creation and editing and writing for various audiences including online audiences. Current knowledge and understanding of collection digitisation and the ability to digitise historic materials by scanning, uploading and managing digital media. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the capacity to work in small teams and the ability to liaise effectively with internal and external stakeholders. Well-developed organisation skills and a demonstrated ability to achieve results within defined timeframes and budget. Qualifications and/or relevant experience required Mandatory: Desirable: When applying via our online e-recruitment system, please provide a written application addressing each Selection Criteria. Your current resume is also to be included in your application. In addition to an application and your resume, the assessment process for this position may also include an interview and referee reports. Applications Close: 11:30pm AEDT, Monday, 17 March 2025. No Applications will be accepted by mail or email. Selection for this position will be made on the basis of relative merit which will be assessed against each item of the selection criteria. Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered for short listing by the Selection Committee. As part of the selection process the selection committee may invite candidates to undertake psychometric test, you should advise the selection committee if you have any special needs. Psychometric tests may be used as the initial short-listing test or later in the selection process. Some tests are very short while others may take one or more hours. This position is open to all eligible members of the community, and we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability and people from every cultural and linguistic background. To be an eligible member of the community, you must be an Australian citizen. Applications may be accepted from Australian permanent residents who are in the process of acquiring Australian citizenship. All employees will be required to satisfactorily complete an Australian Federal Police National Police Check and obtain and maintain a Working with Children Check registration. How to apply: Start your application by clicking the "begin" button. #J-18808-Ljbffr