AV Conservation Technician – National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770032
- Agency: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
- Job Title: AV Conservation Technician
- Position Number: 89713
- Classification: APS Level 3
- Closing Date: Thursday 11 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Acton ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – ACT, Various locations – NSW,
- Salary: $70,545 – $76,833
- Office Arrangement: Flexible (You may apply for flexible working arrangements)
About National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is Australia’s audiovisual archive, telling
the national story by collecting, preserving and sharing audiovisual media, the cultural experience
platforms of our time. The collection itself dates back to 1935, making it one of the world’s oldest
audiovisual collections. It is also one of the country’s most used cultural collections, with around
125 million views of collection content each year. The NFSA is in a period of significant change.
Following increased Government investment, the institution is in a process of digital
transformation, establishing the NFSA as Australia’s most dynamic and valued cultural
organisation. We are rebuilding our curatorial workforce and developing the NFSA’s capacity to
digitise our collection at scale – to preserve it for the future, to make sure it can be discovered, and
to share it with all Australians.
We continue to work on developing a stable, secure and future-proof workforce across our four
physical sites based in Canberra and Mitchell in the ACT as well as in Sydney and Melbourne.
We are also undergoing a program of business improvement for many of our corporate systems to
improve efficiency and reduce manual handling.
We are an ambitious organisation, and we aim to be an employer of choice within the Galleries,
Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector, providing exciting and challenging work, as well
as favourable employment conditions and unique development opportunities for our staff.
Cultural Values
We are an equal opportunity employer, embracing a diverse range of applicants such as veterans,
and people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, LGBTQIA community
members, individuals with disabilities and/or health conditions, as well as those from varied faith
and cultural backgrounds. At the NFSA we prioritise the development of a safe, inclusive, and
high-performance culture through shared actions and behaviours that align with our strategy and
direction. This empowers our employees to effectively contribute to our goals.
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia is committed to ensuring a child-safe and
child-friendly environment. All employees are expected to demonstrate a commitment to, and
support for these principles in theory and practice.
Duties
- Under general supervision, this position is responsible for delivering the following functions:
- Prepare AV collection material, including repair to preservation standards, for internal and
- external collection access requests.
- Undertake a range of AV conservation treatments including examination and research
- Examine and identify content of AV materials in their various formats, to ascertain intellectual
- and physical content.
- Engage with and provide recommendations for collection material in accordance with NFSA
- policies such as selection or deselection of AV materials.
- Document collection condition and interrogate data and technical records in Collection Data
- Management systems.
- Contribute towards updating and developing AV conservation procedures, guidelines and
- workflows as required.
- Selection Criteria
- The successful candidate will demonstrate their capacity against the following:
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- Demonstrated understanding of cultural material conservation and sustainable collection
- care and/or experience working in audiovisual practice with an understanding of
- conservation principles and ethics.
- Ability to maintain accurate records and documentation using data management systems
- and digital asset management systems as they apply to collections.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and within a team, showing initiative, sound
- judgement, good time management and problem-solving skills in a busy work environment.
- Ability to effectively communicate with internal stakeholders and foster productive working
- relationships.
- A sound understanding of Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) requirements associated
- with conservation work and audiovisual collections and the ability to apply practices and
- principles of WHS in the workplace.
Eligibility / Notes
- Desirable:
- Tertiary qualifications in cultural materials conservation or museum studies and/or relevant
- experience working in a collecting institution, archive or audiovisual industry with
- photographic or film-based material.
- How to Apply
- When applying via our online e-recruitment system, please address the details in the ‘Key
- Responsibilities’ and ‘Selection Criteria’ by outlining in 500 words or less, how your skills and
- relevant experience demonstrate that you would be our ideal candidate. Your current resume is
- also to be included in your application.
- In addition to an application and your resume, the assessment process for this position may also
- include an interview and referee reports.
- We welcome and encourage applications from people with disability, the LGBTIQ+ communities,
- from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, and people from culturally and linguistically
- diverse backgrounds.
How to Apply
Position Contact James Campbell, 02 6248 2112
Agency Recruitment Site https://candidate.aurion.cloud/nfsa/production/
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