Heritage Officer
18 week contract-Immerse yourself in the heritage assets of Sydney Trains and play a key part in ensuring they are properly utilized and taken care of
Summary about this job
Government - State
Company: Davidson Projects & Operations
Location: Sydney
Work type: Contract/Temp
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Phone: +61-7-1251-9986
Fax: +61-7-6131-1809
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Detail information about job Heritage Officer. Terms and conditions vacancy
About the Role
The primary purpose of the role is heritage conservation and collections management. Your support will enable Sydney Trains to meet legislative requirements of the Heritage Act 1977 and NSW Heritage Council State Agency Heritage Guide. Directly reporting to the Senior Heritage Specialist.
Day to day duties include:
- Providing expert advice on heritage matters and ensuring compliance given the need to interpret and understand the range of complex projects, range of different asset classes, business needs and heritage legislative requirements within an operational rail environment;
- Supporting organisational change and supporting delivery of Government program milestones whilst ensuring compliance and managing the range of internal and external stakeholders; and
- Ability to undertake administrative roles and deliver medium-term strategic projects, whilst also responding to day-to-day requests for advice and support.
- Heritage policy, procedure and process development involving heritage assets and collections management
- Heritage and collections database administration
- Heritage significance assessment and research on rail heritage
About You
- Tertiary qualifications in museum studies, heritage management (or aligned field);
- Experience in heritage collections management, registration and bets-practice movable heritage procedures and processes;
- Knowledge of heritage database systems and Excel spreadsheet data for buildings, places and objects of heritage significance;
- Proven ability and skills in historical research, archive management, and heritage significance assessment;
- Strong and responsive customer service focus, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and competing priorities to provide timely advice to meet business deadlines;
- Proven planning, problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to work through issues with moderate complexity and guide and/or coach others in the resolution of problems; and
Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills to engage with, influence and build and maintain relationships with stakeholders.
The Benefits
Short term contract with competitive remuneration
To apply, click the link and upload your current resume in Microsoft Word format only (.doc or .docx). If you would like to have a confidential discussion, please contact Katherine Fry on 02 8093 0629, quoting ref no. JO-1806-89848. Want to know more about Davidson? Visit us at www.davidsonwp.com