Job opportunity

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 State Government funded New Museum Project is transforming the Museum’s flagship site in central Perth. This is an exciting opportunity to work on delivering one of the most significant museum developments in the world. You can find out more about this exciting project at museum.wa.gov.au/newmuseum

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.

Conditions
This is a full time, fixed term vacancy until 30 June 2020, with a possibility of extension. 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 may be considered for similar vacancies for full-time, part-time, fixed term or permanency.

Location
This position is located in central Perth. You will be located near the underground rail link and within easy walking distance of the bustling café, tourist and shopping districts.

Job Description
As one of the Museum’s Exhibition Team Leaders you will manage teams engaged in the development, production and delivery of innovative exhibitions and programs in a social, cultural and natural history Museum context. You will be highly motivated and experienced in leading multi-disciplinary teams working on significant capital exhibition projects, primarily related to the areas of Social and Environmental history, Geology and Aboriginal culture.

You will also have extensive demonstrated experience in coordinating iterative and highly collaborative design development stages, concurrent curatorial and content development activities, as well as collection management and production logistics to strict timeframes and budgets.

Driving specific exhibition projects forward, you will monitoring the schedule for all activities and keeping team members up to date on progress, key issues and deadlines is an important part of the position. The role works collaboratively with relevant internal and external stakeholders, contributors and contractors to identify and develop content and to monitor and report on exhibition progress and any associated impacts and to contribute to management strategy as relevant to specific exhibition developments.

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 Bliss Jensen on (08) 6552 7932 (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.