Education Project Officer

Location
Sydney NSW
 
Full job description
Education Project Officer

Join us at the Australian Museum and help us achieve our Mission to ignite wonder, inspire debate and drive change

About the Project
Are you a high-performing, passionate educator with a love for natural history, science, and First Nations cultures? Do you want to make a significant impact by developing and delivering innovative educational programs? The Australian Museum is looking for two enthusiastic Education Project Officers to join our team in a temporary basis.

About the Roles
Education Project Officers at the Australian Museum focus on developing and delivering high-quality educational programs that highlight and celebrate history, natural sciences and First Nations cultures. These temporary roles involve researching and designing learning programs and resources that align with NSW education curricula, the Early Years Learning Framework and museum policies, with a strong emphasis on First Nations perspectives.

We are recruiting to fill two roles;
Clerk Grade 5/6
Temporary, fixed term up to 30 June 2027
One part-time role, 28 hours/4 days per week. Focused on early years and access education
One full time role, 35 hours/5 days per week. Focused on primary education audiences.

Both roles will work collaboratively across the Australian Museum and with community members and scientists to ensure a culturally appropriate approach towards content and delivery.

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Role Description
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You will be paid a competitive annual salary rate $99,938 - $110,271 pro-rata, plus employer's contribution to superannuation (currently 12%) and annual leave loading.

About you
We are seeking two high-performing, passionate educators with a love for natural history, science, and committed to promoting First Nations cultures. The ideal candidates will be knowledgeable and experienced educators with a proven ability to develop and deliver education programs and resources that meet the needs of teachers and students.

They should be creative and culturally sensitive with experience in developing and delivering science and history education content that authentically represents First Nations perspectives. Successful candidates will be collaborative team players, able to work effectively with both internal and external stakeholders. While these roles are non-identified, First Nations candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Knowledge & Experience
Ability to teach a variety of education programs and experience in and understanding of how to translate complex scientific and cultural content for students and community audiences of a range of ages, abilities, and backgrounds.
Demonstrated experience in curriculum-aligned education program development
Understanding, knowledge and interest in natural sciences, climate solutions, First Nations and Pasifika cultures, and cultural heritage issues.
Essential requirements
Tertiary qualifications in Education, and/or extensive experience in a similar role.
Hold a valid NSW Working with Children clearance

About The Australian Museum
The Australian Museum is truly a great place to work. We aim to be a leading voice for the richness of life, the Earth and culture in Australia and the Pacific. We commit to transform the conversation around climate change, the environment and wildlife conservation; be a strong advocate for First Nations’ cultures; and continue to develop world-leading science, collections, exhibitions and education programs.

Recent staff survey results confirm that our staff feel valued, accepted and supported and that they believe the AM is an inclusive workplace. AM staff also report a high level of job satisfaction.

The AM is located on the homelands of the Gadigal people and acknowledges and pays respect to the Gadigal people as the custodians of the land, sky and waterways, paying respect to Elders past and present.

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Benefits
Besides working together with other like-minded people, you will have access to professional development and dedicated Wellbeing programs.

How to apply

Applicants must submit (if submitted as attachment, please upload as PDF):
A one to two page covering letter which addresses the role description’s essential requirements, key knowledge and experience.
Resume

As part of the online application process, you will be prompted to answer two targeted questions.
Describe a specific education program or initiative you have developed that embedded First Nations or Pasifika cultural perspectives. What were the key elements you included to ensure cultural authenticity and relevance. How did you collaborate with community members or cultural experts during this process, and what was the outcome? (300 words maximum)
Describe a specific situation where you discovered that an educational program or initiative you had developed was not meeting the actual needs of its intended audience. How did you realise there was an issue? What was the gap between your assumptions and the reality? What steps did you take to realign the program or initiative, and what was the outcome? (300 words maximum)

For more details, Frequently Asked Questions and how to apply for the role go to I Work for NSW.

The successful applicant will be subject to national criminal records check. As recommended by Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), the Australian Museum encourages all applicants who can be safely vaccinated for COVID-19, to be so.

Contact person: Vanessa Gardos, Head of Education, vanessa.gardos@australian.museum

Inclusive and welcoming
The Australian Museum is an NSW Public Service organisation and aims to attract and retain the right people for the right jobs. The AM is a diverse and inclusive workplace where genuine participation and contribution is enabled, and everyone, regardless of their background, identity or circumstances is valued, accepted and supported to thrive at work.

This means that we are embedding diversity and inclusion in everything we do on a daily basis, whether it be our recruitment processes, workplace culture, career development programs, customer service or policies and procedures. If we can make some adjustments to our recruitment process to better enable you to shine, please reach out to the contact person or note this in your application.