Our Journey
AIATSIS has a proud identity as Australia's only Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander-led national cultural institution that celebrates, educates, and inspires people from all walks of life to connect with the rights, knowledge, cultures, and stories of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. We play a vital role in developing deeper and shared understandings of our Nation's history and future on Australia's truth-telling journey, working towards collective healing.
Our Vision
To create a world in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights, knowledge, cultures, and stories are recognised, respected, celebrated, and valued.
Our Purpose
We are the only national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural institution solely dedicated to telling the story of Australia's First Nations peoples. We collect, steward, and appropriately share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' knowledge through our collection, our leadership in research, and our network of collaborations and partnerships by:
Creating opportunities for everyone to encounter, engage with, and be transformed by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' rights, knowledge, cultures, and stories.Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural vitality;Shaping our national narrative.Our functions are established under the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989.
About the Group
The Partnerships and Engagement group leads and coordinates AIATSIS public engagement and communications works. This includes:
Providing access to the AIATSIS Collection and support clients undertaking Family History research.Marketing, communication, content production, event management services, and publishing.Facilitating the return of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage material held overseas;Developing AIATSIS commercial revenue streams and partnerships to further our mission.About the Program Area
The Return of Cultural Heritage (RoCH) program sits within the Partnership and Engagement Group. In close cooperation with communities, AIATSIS is leading the RoCH program to return Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage material held overseas to Australia. AIATSIS facilitates the return of objects, photographs, audio-visual records, artwork, and archival items to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander custodians. AIATSIS enables custodians to make decisions about their cultural heritage material and through the return process, decides where and how their cultural heritage material is best cared for in the present.
Role Summary
We are seeking a meticulous and enthusiastic Research Data Coordinator to join the RoCH team. The Research Data Coordinator is responsible for developing and managing the Return of Cultural Heritage research database and data management for multiple ongoing research projects.
Key Responsibilities Database curation.Develop the database in collaboration with AIATSIS IT.Initiating processes for regular updates and quality controls.Importing, merging, and reconciling data from various internal and external sources.Automating processing using macros.Resolving data discrepancies.Producing and reviewing data reports.Developing data queries.Establishing and maintaining Standard Operating Procedures for a variety of data-related activities.Liaising with external researchers and other stakeholders to manage research project data and create input processes.Providing advice to researchers for data cleaning and database use and documentation.Ensuring data practices comply with privacy regulation, ethical requirements, and Indigenous data sovereignty.Administrative tasks, collection research, and other duties as required.Cultural Capability - Essential
Roles at AIATSIS require candidates to have an understanding of the issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and proven culturally appropriate engagement and communications skills. The nature of this role requires the candidate to consistently demonstrate the following specific cultural capabilities:
An understanding of the AIATSIS vision to create a world in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people's knowledge and cultures are recognised, respected, celebrated, and valued.An informed, authentic, and respectful understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and societies, including ethical research and policy matters related to the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.The capability to incorporate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' voices, experiences, and perspectives in all of our work.Skills, Knowledge, and Personal Attributes A high level of cultural competency including experience working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and collections.Experience in cultural collections data/database management practices within a collections and cultural heritage background.Demonstrated understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander practices surrounding cultural heritage.Demonstrated experience working with Microsoft Office including Access, Excel, and Outlook, as well as general online skills.Demonstrated experience using the Drupal open-source content management system.Proficiency in creating and maintaining records and working with cataloguing.Demonstrated experience in contributing to procedure development.Demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills to build relationships with external and internal stakeholders.Comfortable solving complex problems.Strong time management and organisational skills including managing priorities and working to deadlines with excellent attention to detail.What We Offer Great salary conditions.15.4% Superannuation.Competitive leave entitlements, including 20 days annual leave, 18 days personal leave, cultural, ceremonial and NAIDOC leave, up to 18 weeks parental leave, and the ability to purchase extra leave.Health benefits including reimbursements for health promotion activities, eye health, and flu vaccinations.Generous study leave, course fee and materials assistance, to undertake relevant accredited study.Paid leave during end-of-year shutdown.Flexible working conditions.How to Apply
If this sounds like the opportunity you are looking for, we want to hear from you! Apply through our online recruitment system (eRecruit).
Closing Date: 11.30pm (AEDST) on Sunday 12 January 2025. You will need to address both the Cultural Capability and skills, knowledge, and personal attributes sections in your response. Provide a succinct summary outlining why you are interested in this position and why you believe that you have the cultural capability, skills, knowledge, and experience to be considered for this role.
Identified Positions
Identified positions are roles that require people to understand the issues affecting Indigenous Australians and a proven ability to communicate sensitively with them. These requirements are for jobs that involve providing services or developing policies for Indigenous Australians, and/or direct interaction with Indigenous communities.
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