We are looking for a bold and collaborative Heritage Project Manager who is interested in joining a leading NSW Government agency focused on creating a living future for the past so that our visitors can experience Sydney’s past as if they had lived it themselves.
What we do
Sydney Living Museums (SLM) cares for a group of 12 of the most important historic houses, gardens and museums in NSW on behalf of the people of NSW.
Our commitment to our audience is to maintain the museums, landscapes and collections with integrity whilst presenting the narrative of each in contemporary, compelling and relevant ways.
Our purpose is to enrich and revitalise people’s lives with Sydney’s living history, and to hand the precious places in our care and their collections on to future generations to enjoy.
What you’ll do with us
This role plans and schedules the delivery of an annual program of capital works and planned cyclical maintenance projects across Sydney Living Museums’ sites to ensure projects progress and are completed within budget and assigned timeframes at expected levels and meeting relevant legislative and statutory requirements.
What the essential requirements of the role are:
- Relevant qualifications and experience in project planning and delivery in building, architecture or heritage.
- Extensive experience successfully scheduling, planning and delivering minor works and major maintenance programs over a set period of time.
- Knowledge of current heritage conservation principles and practices in Australia, and knowledge of key legislation including the NSW Heritage Act 1977 and the Environmental Planning & Assessment Act 1979 and the Historic Houses Act 1980.
- Ability to work in complex and dynamic client/side relationship environments with stakeholders and interest groups covering government, community interest groups and environmental agencies.
- Experience in managing project budgets and scheduling works, staff resources and budgets, including developing and delivering project plans.
- Experience in delivering capital works projects in relation to listed historic buildings.
- Current NSW driver’s licence.
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