Newcastle Art Gallery is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Curatorial and Registration Assistant to join our team in this newly created role.

Curatorial and Registration Assistant

• Unique opportunity to join Newcastle Art Gallery at a time of growth and renewal
• Permanent part-time role, 14-hours per week

As we prepare to open the reimagined Newcastle Art Gallery, we are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Curatorial and Registration Assistant to join our team in this newly created role, working 14-hours per week.

In this role, you will be part of the Gallery’s expanded Curatorial and Exhibitions Team, supporting the delivery of our ambitious artistic program. Working under the direction of the Curatorial Lead, you will assist with curatorial and collections programs, requiring strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

You will play a key supporting role in managing the Gallery’s nationally renowned collection, working both hands-on and in an office-based capacity. Your responsibilities will include cataloguing, condition checking, and ensuring the appropriate display of artworks, as well as maintaining collection management and digital asset systems. In addition, you will contribute to the delivery of our world-class exhibitions by assisting with freight and logistics, preparatory object research, and collection interpretation. In broadly supporting the Curatorial Team, this role collaborates closely with the Registration and Collections Officer and the Curatorial Officer (Collections).

We are looking for an organised individual with strong administrative skills, a keen eye for detail, and experience researching and writing about art. A broad knowledge of First Nations, Australian, and global art histories will be highly valued.

Find out more about your new career by viewing the position description here.

Life at City of Newcastle (CN) 

You’ll get to experience your work up close alongside the brilliant minds of your colleagues who care for one another and the region.

You’ll chip away at ambitious plans with a talented, passionate crew alongside you, shaping the very fabric of our community. Showing up for neighbours not shareholders.

Every single day offers the chance to think big and act local. Planning and prioritising to achieve the most important outcomes with the community.

You’ll add value in the moments that matter. From librarians to lifeguards, in a range of iconic places, we achieve a better Newcastle together.

Whether we’re planning to host the Matildas, providing essential services or supporting creative artists, it’s what we do when the cameras aren’t rolling that matters most.

And we’ll be there for you in important times in your life. We embrace flexible work arrangements to find a balance that allows us to enjoy the city we shape.

Our focus on inclusion and respecting culture, will help you feel a deeper connection with others. You’ll connect with internal communities that will help you to feel a sense of belonging and reflect the diversity of the growing region.

You’ll do meaningful work and do it sustainably as you take ideas from plan to play, in your own backyard.

With hundreds of different roles, each person adds their uniqueness to our culture and plays their part as we head towards our 2040 vision.

With natural assets and a focus on the environment, co-create a sustainable region with us.

Why join CN? 

At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what’s important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance that allow us to enjoy the city we shape. To read more, visit here!

•  17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
• Paid parental leave for primary carers
• Industry leading employment conditions
• Corporate Fitness program from as little as $12.90 per week
• Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
• Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
• Leading the CN Way leadership program
• Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
• Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.

People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.

Don’t just work for the city, co-create it. Join and expand your career at the City of Newcastle.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 13 April 2025

Remuneration: $26,778.50 + 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment + 11.5% Superannuation per annum for a 14-hour week

Contact: Peter Johnson – Curatorial Lead – 02 4974 5100 or artgallery@ncc.nsw.gov.au

If you need any adjustments to be made to the recruitment process or if you would like to discuss any accessibility requirements, please contact recruit@ncc.nsw.gov.au for a confidential discussion.

You must have the right to live and work in Australia to apply for this job.

CN do not accept unsolicited resumes, and we respectfully ask that recruitment agencies do not contact us at this stage.