The Museum of Australian Democracy (MoAD) at Old Parliament House is located inside a heritage-listed building that was once home to Australia’s Parliament (1927 to 1988). True to our building’s original brief, we provide a ‘people’s place’, where big ideas are explored. We share the story of Australia’s democracy through exhibitions, events and education programs, as well as through our rich online collection of stories, objects and resources. At MoAD, we celebrate the Australian democratic journey. We seek to provoke thought and inspire conversation by sharing stories and objects that played a part in shaping the nation as it is today.
The Learning Coordinator is critical to the development, implementation and delivery of high-quality curriculum aligned onsite, online and outreach learning programs.
This position plays a key role in our Learning leadership team and involves stakeholder engagement, collaborating with others, as well as supervising and training a high performing team of Museum educators in a heritage building. The Learning Coordinator is a critical advocate on projects and involves working closely with other teams across the museum.
This job involves creating new resources for the MoAD website, expanding our reach and designing new professional development opportunities for teachers, tertiary students, and museum colleagues.
Our ideal candidate is someone with the following attributes:
- High-level management skills to build team cohesion, supervise operations and coordinate staff training.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, deliver and evaluate innovate and engaging learning programs, both onsite and digital.
- Self-motivated with a proven commitment to consistently achieving results.
- Demonstrated experience in liaising with internal and external stakeholders to promote and enrich cross team initiatives and the civics and citizenship learning role of the museum.
- Demonstrated knowledge and capacity to apply Work Health and Safety within a work and team environment.
- Highly Desirable – Tertiary qualifications in Education.
The key duties of the position include:
- Manage the development and coordination of onsite and digital learning programs, including staffing, program bookings, operational systems and program delivery to ensure high quality learning experiences for schools and youth audiences.
- Manage the development, delivery and evaluation of onsite, offsite and digital Teacher Quality Institue (TQI) identified and accredited professional learning programs for teachers.
- Take a leadership role in the recruitment, supervision, professional development and mentoring of staff.
- Contribute to the Museum’s strategic direction for Learning.
- Support and promote productive stakeholder engagement and relationships across the Museum, within the broader museum sector and with critical external stakeholder groups including teachers, associations, tour operators and school communities.
- Promote the Museum and its vision to external stakeholders through social media platforms and representing the museum at conferences and external meetings
Eligibility
Employment with the Museum of Australian Democracy is subject to the following conditions:
- Citizenship – To be eligible for employment with MoAD, applicants must be an Australian Citizen.
- Security Clearance – The successful applicant will be required to obtain and maintain a security clearance at the baseline level.
- Working with Vulnerable People Registration – The successful applicant will be required to obtain and provide a Working with Vulnerable People card prior to commencement.
Notes
The Museum is open 364 days per year. After-hours and weekend work may be required at times.
Suitable candidates may be placed in a merit pool from this selection process and the pool may be used to fill similar ongoing or non-ongoing roles. Non-ongoing vacancies filled from a merit pool may be offered as a specified term. Applicants may have their application and assessment results shared with other Australian Public Service (APS) agencies looking to fill similar roles.
