"Museum Registrar"

Job Description:

• UQ Anthropology Museum | School of Social Science
• Full-time, fixed-term position until 31 July 2026
• Base salary will be in the range $91,658 - $98,330 + 17% Superannuation (HEW Level 6)
• Based at our St Lucia location

About This Opportunity

We are seeking a detail-oriented and passionate Museum Registrar to support the accessibility and preservation of the Anthropology Museum’s collections. This role is central to maintaining our collection management systems, registering new acquisitions, and coordinating digitisation projects.

The Anthropology Museum holds a significant collection of contemporary Pacific and Australian Indigenous art and artefacts, as well as audio visual material and over 8,000 historical photographs. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the stewardship of culturally important materials and support research, exhibitions, and community engagement.

Key responsibilities include:

• Maintain and update collection management system (CMS), including co-ordination and implementation of data enhancement projects
• Coordinate rights, permissions, and licensing, including consultation with source communities
• Supervise volunteers, students, and casual staff involved in registration and digitisation activities
• Support exhibitions and research, including preparation, installation, and assessment of acquisitions
• Maintain Museum web content and contribute to public programs and events

About UQ

As part of the UQ community, you will have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world. Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you will have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• Up to 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave
• 17% superannuation contributions
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options, flexible start/finish times, purchased leave, and a condensed fortnight
• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family
• UQ Study for Staff
• On campus childcare options
• Affordable parking (from just $6.15 a day)
• Salary packaging options

About You

You will bring strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and experience working with museum collections and digital systems. A background in museum studies, anthropology, or a related field is highly desirable, along with a commitment to ethical collection management and community consultation.

• Completion of a degree in anthropology, museum studies or a cognate field and at least 2 years subsequent relevant work experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training
• Experience working with collection management systems, preferably KE EMu
• Demonstrated awareness of cultural protocols around ethnographic museum collections
• Highly developed organisational skills with the ability to meet deadlines and work accurately

The successful candidate may be required to complete a number of pre-employment checks, including: right to work in Australia. You must maintain unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Employer sponsored work rights are not available for this appointment.