About the Australian Museum
The Australian Museum (AM) operates within the NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet. The AM is the first museum in Australia and was founded in 1827. The AM provides access, engagement and scientific research to increase our understanding of natural history and culture, particularly of the Australasian region. The AM holds more than 21 million objects of biological, geological and cultural collections and develops programs, exhibitions and school and community education initiatives onsite, online and offsite. The AM’s purpose is to make nature, Indigenous cultures and science accessible and relevant to everyone
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About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Australian Museum and be part of the DigiVol project, a citizen science project that helps the Australian Museum and other institutions make their collections accessible to the world. You will coordinate the day to day operations of DigiVol Online, working closely with Australian Museum staff and institutions from Australia and around the world, to coordinate crowdsourced citizen science projects that are digitising the collections of the Australian Museum and institutions from around the world.
Essential Requirements
- Tertiary degree or equivalent experience, in biological sciences or relevant discipline
- Extensive experience in working with and building volunteer communities and communicating with non-professional communities such as citizen science.
- Knowledge and demonstrated experience of administering website content and databases.
- Experience with the use of communication and social media tools
- Demonstrated experience with and/or understanding of collection data preferably of a taxonomic and/or ecological nature.
The Australian Museum welcomes applications from First Nation and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disability. Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and on employment.
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