Under limited direction of the Registrar, the Assistant Registrar, Acquisitions will lead and coordinate the Memorial’s Acquisitions team. The role requires strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills and the ability to supervise a dynamic team of Registration officers. The Assistant Registrar, Acquisitions will be experienced using collection management systems and managing the documentation and processing of donations, purchases, commissions, transfers, deaccessions and disposals. The position holder will be required to coordinate and plan the work of the team, report regularly on Acquisitions business across the branch, and work with the other Assistant Registrars in leading the Registration team.
Responsibilities:
Under limited direction, duties include:
- Lead the Acquisitions team as part of Registration.
- Be the key contact point and leader of Acquisitions business for the Memorial.
- Develop and maintain positive, engaging and productive working relationships with peers, partners and stakeholders.
- Manage acquisitions business according to centralised procedures to maintain sustainable workloads.
- Maintain, review and revise existing policy and procedural documentation and templates to ensure they remain current, relevant and effective.
- Draft high level internal and external correspondence and contribute to collection management research and discussion papers.
- Contribute to the management of the broader Registration team with the other Assistant Registrars.
The Memorial welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, veterans, mature age people, people from diverse backgrounds and people with a disability.
For more information or to apply visit the AWM website.
