AddressThe Strategic Operations Group is an enabling services function providing strategic support to the Institute. The group comprises 5 areas covering Governance, People Services, Finance, Digital Services, and the new Central Australia facility (Mparntwe).
About the Program Area
The Central Australia facility in Alice Springs is the first regional facility for AIATSIS outside of Ngunnawal Country (ACT) and will provide culturally appropriate digitisation and storage capacity along with local training opportunities.
The facility will also enable local preservation of community-held collection materials and increased preservation and repatriation of Indigenous collections and cultural information.
About the Role
The role will contribute to the achievement of AIATSIS goals and objectives as a member of the Central Australia Mparntwe team.
The key duties of the position include
- Greet and host guests and deliver services to assist clients to search and access the AIATSIS Collection at the Central Australia facility. You will support guests as they explore and learn from the exhibition space as well as provide family history research assistance.
- Work with both internal and external stakeholders in activities involving the AIATSIS collection and other AIATSIS resources.
- Respond to requests for collection material from the AIATSIS collection in a timely and accurate manner. This responsibility includes undertaking research.
- Communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders who are both Indigenous and non-Indigenous on a range of complex matters.
- Represent AIATSIS, host guests and assist with conducting tours and community access visits.
- Along with the team in Mparntwe, you will be trained and supported by the Assistant Director, Community Engagement & Access, and the Collection Access Team at Maraga in Canberra.
- Play a key role as part of the team in ensuring the safekeeping/preservation of the items of the AIATSIS collection, particular those in the display area.
