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.

About the Team

The Capital Works team is part of the Collection Preservation Branch and works collaboratively with the Property and Security team in the delivery and management of strategic and capital works to a small property portfolio in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne. The team contributes to project and program delivery across the organisation, actively engaging with the Public Programs, learning, Collection Management, Curatorial, Digitisation and Digital teams.

The team supports the NFSA’s mission by providing a safe, resilient and fit for purpose environment for staff and visitors by managing the Agency’s capital works program, property strategy and workplace accommodation.

A full description is available here: eTalent Management - Administration - Career - View Job - 89761 | APS6 - Capital Works Coordinator

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 on Sunday 10 August 2025