About the National Film and Sound Archive

The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA) is Australia’s audiovisual archive, telling the national story by collecting, preserving and sharing audiovisual media, the cultural experience platforms of our time. The collection itself dates back to 1935, making it one of the world’s oldest audiovisual collections. It is also one of the country’s most used cultural collections, with around 125 million views of collection content each year. The NFSA is in a period of significant change. Following increased Government investment, the institution is in a process of digital transformation, establishing the NFSA as Australia’s most dynamic and valued cultural organisation. We are rebuilding our curatorial workforce and developing the NFSA’s capacity to digitise our collection at scale – to preserve it for the future, to make sure it can be discovered, and to share it with all Australians.

We continue to work on developing a stable, secure and future-proof workforce across our four physical sites based in Canberra and Mitchell in the ACT as well as in Sydney and Melbourne.

We are also undergoing a program of business improvement for many of our corporate systems to improve efficiency and reduce manual handling.

We are an ambitious organisation, and we aim to be an employer of choice within the Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums (GLAM) sector, providing exciting and challenging work, as well as favourable employment conditions and unique development opportunities for our staff.

The Opportunity

The Manager, Technical and Production (Manager T&P) will play a key role in refining our strategies, systems, tools and procedures to maintain our technical capacity and deliver the production and technical elements of our public and learning programs, events, interpretive experiences (such as exhibitions or installations) and venue hire.

The Manager T&P reports to and works in close collaboration with the Head of Programs and Operations to ensure alignment of strategy, creative direction and operations. They manage a team of technical staff and work closely with the Programs and Visitor Experience, Curatorial, Conservation and Learning teams to ensure the effective, safe and timely delivery of all programs.

The Manager T&P will be highly organised, proactive and collaborative, with strong project management and team leadership skills. They will be able to apply their technical, practical and creative mindset and experience in delivering the technical and production requirements for public programs, events, commercial activity and major projects within a cultural institution context.

A full job description is available at: nfsa.elmogov.com.au/careers/nfsa/job/view/476

Note: Applications for this role must be submitted via the NFSA recruitment portal (website above). Applications submitted to the SEEK website will NOT be considered.

Applications close at 11:59pm AEDT on Wednesday 2 April 2025