Collection Management Officer – National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
📌 Vacancy Fact Sheet
- Reference Number: VN-0770033
- Agency: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
- Job Title: Collection Management Officer
- Position Number: 89817
- Classification: APS Level 3
- Closing Date: Thursday 11 June 2026
- Job Type: Full-Time, Ongoing;Non-Ongoing
- Location: Mitchell ACT
- Future Merit Locations: Various locations – ACT, Various locations – NSW,
- Salary: $70,545 – $76,833
- Office Arrangement: On Site (This role is on site)
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:
- In accordance with museum standards, examine and prepare collection material for long
- term storage using the NFSA’s Collection Management System, update/create accession
- records and carry out basic conservation treatments.
- Undertake tasks associated with maintaining a safe, secure and efficient collection storage
- environment including monitoring of vaults for areas that require repacking or cleaning to
- improve the storage of the collection.
- Safely load and transport collection items within the Canberra metropolitan area using a
- variety of commercial vehicle types.
- Work with and provide training, guidance and advice to NFSA staff working with the
- collection on the storage, labelling, packaging and handling of collection material from
- incoming and back log acquisitions and in the movement of collection material within the
- Collection Management System.
- Contribute towards updating and developing procedures, guidelines and workflows as
- required.
- Selection Criteria
- The successful candidate will demonstrate their capacity against the following:
- Demonstrated experience or understanding of handling and management of collection
- materials in an archive, museum or library environment and the associated movement,
- record keeping and storage practices for heritage material.
- Ability to work constructively as a member of a team in a client service environment.
- Good oral and written communications skills, including ability to maintain accurate
- record-keeping.
- Ability to apply organisational skills and patiently perform set tasks on a routine basis with
- consistently high-quality results.
- An understanding of the practices and principles relating to Workplace Health and Safety
- and Workplace Diversity and ability to operate in a participative and consultative work
- environment.
Eligibility / Notes
- Desirable:
- Experience working with collections in the gallery, museum, library, or archive sector.
- Relevant qualifications in cultural heritage management and/or collection management.
- A current forklift licence is desirable.
How to Apply
Position Contact Stewart Shannon, 02 6248 2017
Agency Recruitment Site https://candidate.aurion.cloud/nfsa/production/
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