Cultural Facilities
Corporation
Position Description
Position details
Position title:
Director, ACT Historic Places
Position number:
9009
Classification:
Senior Professional Officer Grade B
Branch:
ACT Historic Places
Security clearance:
Not Required
Date of review:
18 January 2016
Organisational environment
The Cultural Facilities Corporation (CFC) is an ACT Government statutory authority
established under the Cultural Facilities Corporation ACT (1997), to manage the following
significant cultural venues in Canberra:
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The Canberra Theatre Centre
ACT Historic Places (Lanyon, Calthorpes' House, and Mugga-Mugga)
Canberra Museum and Gallery and The Nolan Collection Gallery
Position objective
To manage the operations and activities of the three ACT Historic Places: Lanyon,
Calthorpes’ House and Mugga-Mugga.
Reporting relationships
This position reports to the Chief Executive Officer, CFC and works in close liaison with the
Chief Finance Officer and the Director, Canberra Museum and Gallery.
Supervising responsibilities
Historic Places Collections Manager
Manager, Property and Grounds
Team Leader, Horticultural Services
Front of House Manager
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Principal responsibilities
1. As part of the senior management team of the CFC, manage the operations and
activities of ACT Historic Places: Lanyon, Calthorpes’ House and Mugga-Mugga,
within the parameters of the long-term strategic plan and annual corporate plans of
the CFC, and report as required to the Chief Executive Officer and Board of the CFC.
2. Manage the staff of ACT Historic Places, including managing staff work programs and
identifying and managing staff training and development requirements.
3. In consultation with the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Finance Officer, and Director,
Canberra Museum and Gallery develop and manage the budget of ACT Historic
Places.
4. Provide high-level strategic direction for the presentation, conservation, access,
interpretation, promotion and venue hire of ACT Historic Places, including the
collections.
5. In liaison with the Director, Canberra Museum and Gallery and Assistant Director,
Access and Learning, contribute to the strategic direction for the development and
implementation of education and public programs, and policies and procedures in
relation to the ACT Historic Places and their collections.
6. Represent the CFC in professional, government and community fora and develop
partnerships with other cultural institutions, professional organisations and community
groups, which facilitate the delivery of business priorities.
7. Work with the Historic Places Advisory Committee and report to the Board of the CFC
as necessary.
8. Perform other duties as directed.
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Cultural Facilities Corporation
PO Box 939, Civic Square, Canberra ACT 2608
Selection criteria
1. Demonstrated high level ability to provide strategic vision for ACT Historic Places and to
contribute to corporate goals, preferably in a government context, as a member of the
CFC's senior management team.
2. High level ability to implement contemporary cultural heritage management practices,
provide curatorial oversight of historic buildings/sites/collections, implement current
conservation and museum collection management procedures, and ensure compliance
with heritage legislation.
3. High level people management skills, preferably in the context of historic
buildings/sites/collections, including the ability to provide oversight and supervision of an
interdisciplinary team.
4. High level financial management skills, preferably in the context of historic
buildings/sites/collections, including the ability to secure resources from internal and
external sources.
5. High level asset management skills, preferably in the context of historic
buildings/sites/collections, including the ability to oversight capital works and upgrade
programs.
6. High level verbal and written communication skills, interpersonal, presentation and
liaison skills, and demonstrated experience in the writing of policies and reports.
7. Demonstrated awareness of, and commitment to, the principles of Workplace Diversity
and Equity, workplace relations and workplace health and safety, and the ability to apply
them to work practices.
Additional information/Qualifications
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Tertiary qualifications in cultural heritage management, Australian social history
and/or other relevant discipline highly desirable.
Current driver’s licence essential.
Occasional out of hours work will be required.
Other requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an
employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hand
to input data and write. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear in person and on
the telephone. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk and occasionally lift
items up to 15kg. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the
ability to adjust focus.
Where a person can perform the inherent requirements of a job, the CFC may make
reasonable adjustments to the workplace or work practices to accommodate any additional
needs that the person may have. For example, providing a large screen could enable a
person with a vision impairment to use a computer.
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Cultural Facilities Corporation
PO Box 939, Civic Square, Canberra ACT 2608