Western Australian Museum
The Western Australian Museum’s vision is to be an excellent and vibrant Museum, valued and used by all Western Australians and admired and visited by the world.
The WA Museum is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an equitable and diverse working environment and providing opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and young people. The Museum values the importance of a work environment which is representative of the wider community and which supports a variety of perspectives.
Job Description
This is a unique opportunity to join the Western Australian Museum as the Coordinator Exhibitions Projects within a newly created team specialising in projects for several directorates across our organisation.
As the Coordinator Exhibitions Projects you will undertake the delivery of specific exhibitions and public program projects using the exhibition development process. You will also be involved with the maintenance and improvement of project management standards within the Creative and Regional Directorate.
Specific responsibilities may include (but not limited to):
- Provide project leadership and/or support to specific projects related to the end-to-end process of exhibition development and delivery.
- Ensure effective analysis and translation of curator and stakeholder requirements.
- Provide capacity for co-curation of exhibitions and projects with external communities.
- Establish and maintain Projects Registrations and Reporting System to monitor progress.
- Provide project advice and learning support to Directorate team members.
Location
This position will be primarily located at the Museum’s Research and Collections facility at 49 Kew Street, Welshpool but will be required to operate from other Museum sites, such as the Maritime Museum, Fremantle from time to time or as project demands dictate.
Conditions
This is for two (2) full time permanent vacancies. There will also be a pool running for a period of 18 months from the initial appointment. Applicants deemed suitable will be placed into a pool where appointments to similar vacancies for full time, part-time, fixed term and permanency may be considered.
How to apply for this position
- Applicants are required to apply on-line and must provide;
- a comprehensive CV
- no more than a four A4 page (Word or PDF) document outlining your skills and knowledge in relation to the Work Related Requirements that are listed on the attached Job Description Form
- a completed Application Form and Application Question Form (only attach if applying using the below email or submitting via post).
- For further details on how to apply please read the attached ‘Applicant Information Package’.
To submit your application, please click on the Apply for Job button.
If you are unable to apply online, please refer to the attached Applicant Information Package (section ‘Submitting Your Application’).
If you are experiencing technical difficulties, please contact a member of the HR Team on (08) 6552 7905 or email recruitment.wamagwa@museum.wa.gov.au for further assistance.
Please note that all of the Essential Work Related Requirements will be assessed at some stage during the selection process.
For further job related information, please contact Tim Eastwood on (08) 6552 7802 (not to be contacted for an Applicant Information Package).
NO FAXED, LATE OR PROFORMA APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
To avoid last minute congestion of the system which may result in your application being received after the closing time and therefore not be eligible, please endeavour to submit your application well before the closing time.
CLOSING DATE: 23, November 2017 at 4.00 pm (AWST)
