Museum Victoria seeks an enthusiastic Coordinator, Live Exhibits to coordinate development, operation and maintenance of displays and public programs featuring live animals and plants.
Museum Victoria seeks an enthusiastic Coordinator, Live Exhibits to coordinate development, operation and maintenance of displays and public programs featuring live animals and plants
ABOUT MUSEUM VICTORIA
Museum Victoria cares for the State scientific and cultural collections, providing visitor access, activities and events at five distinct venues: Melbourne Museum, Immigration Museum, Scienceworks, IMAX Cinema and world heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building.
To learn more about Museum Victoria, please visit the website.
ABOUT THE POSITION
This position is accountable for providing the high level expertise and skills necessary to coordinate all services involving live animals necessary to guarantee continuous displays for optimum visitor experience.
Notable skills and experiences:
- Extensive experience and accomplishment in the acquisition, husbandry and display of live animals, especially invertebrates, in a museum or similar institution.
- Advanced knowledge, skills and commitment to working with wildlife.
- Experience in effective day to day supervision of staff in an operational setting.
- Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills necessary to lead and to participate in a team.
- Demonstrated capacity to innovate, experiment and adapt in order to solve animal husbandry and display issues.
- Demonstrated experience in training staff in specialised processes and procedures relevant to animal field collection, husbandry and display.
- Experience in the coordination, development and presentation of high quality public programs in a museum or similar institution.
HOW TO APPLY
To view the position description or to apply, search ‘employment’ at www.museumvictoria.com.au; for more information about this position, please contact Patrick Honan on 0401 843 034.
