Manager, Community and Personal Histories

Come and join the Community and Personal Histories Unit at the Department. We are looking for a leader who can manage a team dedicated to assisting Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people to access historical archival records. In this role you will maintain a high level of confidentiality and professionalism surrounding sensitive issues and provide direct support to the strategic operations of the Community and Personal Histories Unit and the Department. It is important to reflect on whether this is the right role for you.

It is important to note that in this role you will regularly come across historical records that often contain personal and culturally sensitive information. Given this, the Department prioritises a trauma informed environment that promotes physical, emotional and cultural safety. Your Contribution And Key ResponsibilitiesProvide high level strategic advice to senior management on a broad range of issues, projects and initiatives relating to facilitating access to records for Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people.

Provide leadership to the work unit, including the management of client request triage, client contact, training of staff; and resource allocations to achieve strategic and project outcomes. Foster stakeholder partnerships, and a professional and learning environment in accordance with agency governance arrangements, legislation, internal policies and procedures, ensuring outcomes are delivered within specified times, cost, risk, scope and quality. Manage, produce and quality assure briefs, reports, project plans, briefing notes, stakeholder and executive correspondence, submissions, strategies. Ensure staff wellbeing and professional development strategies consider, build on and are integrated within planning processes. What We Are Looking For. . . . . .

a team player who can communicate effectively with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and has a high level of knowledge around both cultures and societies from a historical and contemporary perspectiveability to recognise and articulate the interests of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples and to consult in accordance with cultural protocolsflexibility including taking initiative and the escalation of risks in leading the delivery of work outcomes, often where there are competing priorities, in a fast paced and dynamic work environmenthigh level communication skills, including empathy and the ability to cultivate and lead productive working relationshipsongoing reflection around working within a trauma informed framework, including managing vicarious trauma and supporting othershigh level planning and goal setting and the ability to provide accurate and timely advice on complex and diverse issues and priorities; recommend and implement improvements; and develop policies and procedures to ensure strong governanceApplications will remain current for 12 months.

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