Exhibitions Development Officer - First Nations

• Fixed Term Part time role until September 2025 - 28 hours per week.
• Aboriginal Identified

City of Newcastle (CN) is seeking an Exhibitions Development Officer - First Nations to join our Exhibitions and Cultural Collections team within the Museum Archive Libraries & Learning (MALL) service unit in this temporary, part time opportunity, working 28 hours per week Monday to Thursday until September 2025.

As our Exhibitions Development Officer - First Nations, you will work extensively with all Exhibition Developers as well has the Curatorial, Archives and Cultural Collection Management leads to deliver engaging, innovative, high-quality and cost-effective exhibitions to tell Newcastle's stories or to provide travelling exhibitions that are of cultural benefit to the Newcastle community.

You will provide administration services to support exhibition planning timelines, purchasing, systems, creative narratives, adaptive design and installation across MALL's network of exhibition spaces and sites.
With excellent communication and interpersonal skills, you will also support the Exhibition Team with external stakeholder and community relationships for both Newcastle Museum and Newcastle Libraries including logistics, design, narrative development, complex and sensitive subject matter.

Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here.

Why join CN?

• 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment 
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• Industry leading employment conditions
• Corporate Fitness program from as little as $6.45 per week
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
• Leading the CN Way leadership program
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
• Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups
• NAIDOC leave entitlements
• An engaged Aboriginal employee network

Life at CN

At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what's important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance.

We are focused on making a real difference in our community and achieving our vision of creating a smart, liveable, and sustainable global city.  We are proud to deliver services valued by our community. 

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.

CN considers that being Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander is a genuine occupational qualification under s 14 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW). 

Applicants for this role must satisfy the Aboriginality criteria. Aboriginality is defined by descent through parentage, identification as being Aboriginal and being accepted in the community as such. You will need to provide information on how you satisfy the Aboriginality criteria. 

Application Closing Date: Sunday 24 November 2024

Remuneration: $69,926.28 + 11.5% Superannuation per annum for a 28-hour week.

Contact: David Hampton - Head of Exhibitions and Cultural Collections - 02 4974 2483.

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact recruit@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

CN do not accept unsolicited resumes and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.