Do you have a passion for taonga Māori and indigenising museology?
Do you revel in communicating Māori Histories and advocating for Māori communities?
Are you strongly motivated to acknowledge the mana, validity of Māori knowledge, philosophies and experiences/ways of being?
Are you an excellent researcher and exemplary writer?
This is an exceptionally rare opportunity to join the Mätauranga Mäori curatorial team of Te Papa Tongarewa. Reporting to the Head of Mätauranga Mäori, you will work with a team of Curators and Collection Managers in the Mätauranga Mäori team of the Collections and Research Directorate.
Your role will involve working closely with the Curators and Collection Managers to strengthen and develop collections, research, scholarship, and Mätauranga Mäori. You must be a consummate professional and confident working in a museum environment.
You will:
- have a strong understanding of and experience in curatorial and collection management roles
- be a strategic thinker, able to set priorities, with the ability to see the big picture
- be able to participate in the delivery of projects in partnership with others, both across Te Papa Tongarewa and with external individuals, iwi and the cultural sector
- be prepared to contribute to the development and delivery of cross-disciplinary projects and programmes aimed at diverse and cross-generational museum audiences
- be experienced in collection research and writing, and be familiar with computer programmes including collection management software
- possess excellent communication skills (te reo Maori would be an advantage)
- have experience in the application of tikanga Maori in the museum context and a strong network among Mäori and cultural sector organisations
- be an excellent manager of your time, with experience in working within a creative environment
All considered applicants must have the ability to obtain and maintain the legal right to work in New Zealand.
Applications close 11 August 2019.
Kaitiaki Mātauranga Māori
He tino tūranga mahi tēnei kua wātea i te rōpū kaitiaki Māori kei te wāhanga Mātauranga Māori o Te Papa Tongarewa. Ko tō rangatira ko te Kaitiaki Matua o te rōpū Mātauranga Māori, ka mahi tahi koutou ko ngā Kaitiaki Taonga, ko ngā Kaiwhakahaere Kohinga Taonga mō te Rōpū Kaitiaki Rangahau me ngā Kohinga o te wāhanga Mātauranga Māori.
Ko tō tūranga nei he mahi tahi i te taha o nga Kaitiaki Rangahau me ngā Kohinga ki te whakapakari me te whakawhānui i ngā kohinga, i ngā rangahau, me te Mātauranga Māori. Me tohunga, me māia koe ki te mahi i te whare pupuri taonga.
Koinei ngā pūkenga:
- He tino mārama ki ngā āhuatanga o te tūranga kaitiaki taonga, kohinga taonga hoki
- He wānanga rautaki, he whakaraupapa haere i ngā mahi, he whānui te titiro ki te pikitia rahi hoki
- He mahitahi me ētahi atu ki te kawe i ngā kaupapa me ngā rōpū o Te Papa Tongarewa, tae atu ki ngā iwi me ngā umanga o waho
- He āwhina i te whakarite, i te whakawhanake me te kawe i ngā kaupapa whakawhiti momo mātauranga me ngā hōtaka mō ngā whakaminenga whānui o te whare taonga nei
- He matatau ki te mahi rangahau me te tuhituhi, ā, he waia anō ki ngā raupapa tono ā-rorohiko pērā i te pūmanawa kohinga taonga
- He mārama ki te kōrero ā-waha, ā-tuhi rānei ki te tangata (ka whai hua tō reo Māori)
- Kua whakahaere, kua whakauru i ngā tikanga mō te kaitiakitanga o ngā taonga, ā, he whānui ō toronga i roto i te ao Māori, me ēra ātu o te wāhanga ahurea
- He pūkenga ki te whakahaere whānui, ā, kua waia ki te mahi i rō taiao auaha
Mō te whakamārama i te tūranga mahi nei tēnā koa whakapā mai ki a Puawai Cairns: [email protected]
Applicants can apply here.
