Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Tui tui hono tangata, whenua me te moana.
Ko Tāmaki Paenga Hira, hewaengarahi ake, he ngakau mahaki mo te kaitiakitanga taonga pū korero, pakiwaitara, korero tipua ano hoki mai i ngā kai para korero.
Auckland Museum is an influential, much-loved organisation at the centre of Auckland’s identity, committed to developing and sharing engaging content through its galleries, exhibition, events and educational programmes.
The L.A. Spedding Associate Curator, Māori will work across key aspects of the museum’s current business, reporting to the Curator Māori. This is an amazing opportunity for an experienced curator passionate about working with taonga Māori collections. You will be responsible for collection access – physical and digital, enquiries, providing curatorial expertise to the development of exhibitions and public programmes, and supporting loan and research activities relating to the taonga Māori collection.
To be successful in this role, you will have:
- Relevant postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
- Demonstrated experience and knowledge of taonga Māori collections.
- Experience in collection development.
- Demonstrated experience in contributing content to the development of exhibitions.
- Evidence of ability to work collaboratively and in cross-functional teams.
- Experience managing volunteers working in a collection environment in a museum.
- Demonstrated knowledge of best practice in collection care relating to taonga Māori collections.
- Understanding of kaitiakitanga and manakitanga.
- Proactive awareness and engagement with a wide range of cultures and associated protocol and traditions within Auckland, with particular reference to the Māori Dimension (He Kōrahi Māori) and Pacific Dimension (Teu le Vā)
- Demonstrated understanding and commitment to taonga Māori and their interpretive value, and as a core resource for museum activities.
- Evidence of strong networks with the Māori community at local and national levels.
- Written and oral Te Reo fluency preferred or at least intermediate proficiency.
You must be eligible to work in NZ to apply for this position.
This is a great opportunity for someone looking to be part of a fabulous New Zealand organisation committed to telling our national and Auckland stories and reflecting our unique place in the South Pacific.
To apply for this job, please apply online at our job site http://careers.aucklandmuseum.com and enter the job code 10174.
