Touring Exhibitions Coordinator

Ongoing
Full-time, 35 hours per week
Sydney CBD – The Domain
Clerk Grade 5/6
Total Remuneration Package up to $120,972
Salary range ($97,027 to $107,059)

About us
Established in 1871, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is located in Sydney’s The Domain adjacent to the Royal Botanic Garden and near the Central Business District, the Gallery acknowledges the original custodians of this land – the Gadigal people of the Eora nation.

The Gallery attracts around 1 million visitors annually and runs Australia’s largest education program with over 90,000 student and teacher visits per year.

With our expanded campus recent opening the Gallery has a new state-of-the-art building located next to our existing and much-loved building. Providing us with close to double the exhibition space, the expanded Gallery enables us to share more art with more people and provide more family, learning and educational programming for all our audiences.

We are seeking diverse, collaborative, supportive and brilliant individuals to work alongside our existing talent and build on our rich history to create an even more inspiring Gallery for the future.
For more information about the Gallery and our future, please visit our website www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au.

Our commitment to diversity
We are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and flexible workforce and strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultures and people with a disability.

About the Role

The purpose of this role is to deliver allocated touring exhibitions from the Art Gallery’s collection and exhibition program, from initial concept through all stages of planning, to successful realisation at metropolitan and regional galleries in NSW and across Australia.

This role facilitates exhibition teams to realise the concept and presentation of agreed exhibitions and ensures that human and financial resources are responsibly managed for each assigned project. This role negotiates, manages and monitors the contractual obligations for allocated Art Gallery touring exhibitions.

We are seeking an experienced exhibition coordinator with an extensive track record in managing touring exhibitions and working with tour venue stakeholders.

For more information about the role please view the role description and information for applicants or call the nominated contact person listed in the advertisement.

What technical / soft skills you require

1. Appropriate tertiary qualification or relevant, equivalent professional experience.
2. Extensive touring exhibition project management experience including itinerary development and negotiation, budgeting, negotiating and managing contracts, risk assessments, resourcing and logistical planning, with a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
3. Working knowledge of exhibition design, construction and installation, experience working with tour venue stakeholders, designers and technical staff to resolve display issues.
4. Experience using project management software and museum specific relational databases
5. High level communication with strong facilitation, negotiation and interpersonal skills.
6. Current driver’s license

Targeted questions
1. Provide an example of a successful touring exhibition which you coordinated. Describe how you worked collaboratively with other team members and external stakeholders to optimise deliverables for all parties. (300 words)
2. Provide an example of how you used your organisational skills to manage multiple touring exhibition projects with conflicting priorities and deadlines, successfully meeting the expectations of all stakeholders. (300 words)

Part of the assessment process may include additional online capability testing, skills testing or work samples in accordance with the new Government Sector Employment Act 2013, therefore you may be contacted to participate.

The successful applicant will be required to undertake a National Police Records Check, refer to link; https://npcoapr.police.nsw.gov.au/aspx/dataentry/Introduction.aspx

Enquiries

If you require further details about this role, please contact Carrie Mulford, Touring Exhibition Manager via carrie.mulford@ag.nsw.gov.au.

Applications must be lodged electronically via the iworkfor.nsw.gov.au website. Applications submitted via email will not be accepted.

Closing date for applications: 9 April 2025 – we strongly recommend to submit by 4pm as there is no support available after 5pm. Late submissions may not be accepted due to technical issues if you have attempted submission after 4pm on the final close day.