Registration Assistant, Projects

The Position

Sharing the national collection is a landmark initiative for the National Gallery. It represents an elevation of one of the country’s leading art institution brands and a significant expansion of the reach of visual art across regional, remote and suburban Australia. Being part of this project team is a significant opportunity to engage with cultural institution partners across the country and be a part of a noteworthy chapter in the art history of the nation.

This position works to facilitate the coordination of scheduling, workflow and related administration for moving, packing and storing works of art that are to be prepared for travel and long-term loan to regional and outer metropolitan cultural institutions as part of the Sharing the national collection project. A sound knowledge and judgement about safe & appropriate manual handling skills is required for scheduling and resourcing moving works of art and the operational steps involved to support the successful completion of the project.

A very good level of organisational skill is required including the ability to organise others for the completion of the allocated tasks of workflows within known guidelines and collection processes. Knowledge and experience in using and interrogating a Collection Management System (EMu) for the provision of reports and data input and to assist with planning and required for workflow management is required. Experience in the use of other electronic tools for project administration such as Excel, Word, SharePoint is expected. Liaison across a variety of stakeholders is essential to build rapport for the project and to capture the operational complexity as much as possible for successful project completion.

Contact

Further information about the position may be obtained by contacting Jennifer Barrett on +61 2 6240 6417 or jennifer.barrett@nga.gov.au.