$91,702 - $104,753 + up to 15.4% Superannuation
- Garden Island - WA
**The Role**
Key duties of this role include:
- Leading and managing a team of Australian Defence Force personnel and potentially volunteers.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with relevant internal and external stakeholders such as peer heritage organisations.
- Managing the assessment, acquisition, conservation, storage and display of heritage artefacts.
- Prioritisation of key artefact preservation in the RAN Heritage Collection.
- Delivering information and education effects, including using Navy heritage items, to make Navy's history and heritage relevant and appealing to varied audiences.
- Management of facilities in line with Defence policy. This includes coordination and implementation of safety and security protocols.
**About our Team**
As part of a broader network of History and Heritage Learning Centres and Museums across Australia, you will work with others to communicate the history of the Royal Australian Navy through the display and interpretation of a large heritage collection.
You will be responsible for contributing to the Sea Power Centre - Australia's goals to support training and education of Navy personnel; to support Navy's communication with the public; and to assure the Chief of Navy of Navy's compliance with relevant heritage and archives legislation.
Working to the Head Navy History and Heritage, you will be responsible for the Stirling Heritage and Learning Centre. You will manage a team that includes Royal Australian Navy personnel and at times, volunteers delivering Navy's history and heritage outcomes. Your team is responsible for collecting, conserving, interpreting and displaying thematic artefacts, through our own museums and in concert with key stakeholder organisations that contribute to the education of Navy and Defence people, as well as the Australian public. The team will maintain and update displays periodically to ensure relevance to Navy and its outcomes for the Australian people.
To succeed in this role, applicants will be required to demonstrate:
- A well-developed ability to lead a diverse team and to work independently within broad strategic direction, including strong time management skills and the ability to handle competing priorities.
- A strong teamwork ethic that leads and supports the development of others.
- A well-developed understanding of the role of museums in communicating to diverse audiences, and well-developed networks within the wider history and heritage sector.
- A strong understanding of management issues that arise in museums, including personnel, budgets, collections management, project planning (including exhibitions), stakeholder engagement, and facilities management.
- A strong knowledge of the Royal Australian Navy's history, or the ability and motivation to quickly acquire such knowledge.