Position Description
Museum Victoria is seeking an Exhibition Manager, Melbourne Museum to manage the operations of exhibitions and public spaces at Melbourne Museum through effective planning, coordination, issue resolution and communication with all relevant Museum Victoria departments
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 http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/
ABOUT THE POSITION:
The position is accountable for the presentation of galleries, exhibitions and public spaces at Melbourne Museum to ensure the highest quality visitor experience within budget and resource capacity.
Key Selection Criteria: 1. Demonstrated experience and knowledge in the development and delivery of exhibitions or other major visitor experiences and their ongoing operations, preferably in a museum, arts organisation or visitor attraction environment. 2. Demonstrated planning and project management skills including proven ability to set priorities, manage timelines, budgets, resources and compliance requirements (including OHS). 3. Demonstrated staff management experience and the capacity to work flexibly in a multi-function team and provide leadership that fosters a cooperative and collegiate approach. 4. Proven ability to apply high level communication, negotiation and presentation skills to engage a broad range of stakeholders, individuals and community groups. 5. Demonstrated capacity to influence colleagues and advocate, on behalf of identified audiences, to ensure that visitor needs are met at Melbourne Museum. 6. Sound industry networks and an understanding of quality standards applicable to the exhibition and museum sector. 7. The successful incumbent is required to obtain a National Police Records Check and Working with Children Check and be assessed as suitable (new employees are required to meet this cost).
OTHER INFORMATION
This is a Full time; fixed term position until 30 January 2018. The salary on offer is $74,962 + 9.5% superannuation.
HOW TO APPLY? To view the position description, search ’employment’ at www.museumvictoria.com.au; for more information about this position, please contact Jen Mattiuzzo on 03 8341 7504
To apply, please send your Covering Letter, Resume and a statement addressing each of the Key Selection Criteria by visiting http://museumvictoria.com.au/about/work-opportunities/employment/.
