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Project Photographer, Centenary Project

10/04/2025
27/04/2025
Fixed Term
Auckland
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Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Tui tui hono tangata, whenua me te moana.

Auckland War Memorial Museum: Connecting through sharing stories of people, lands and seas

Auckland Museum is a much-loved culture and heritage organisation at the heart of Auckland's identity, committed to outstanding management of its world-class collections, developing and sharing engaging content through its galleries, exhibition, events, educational programmes and the permanent and volunteer staff who tell the Museum's stories. We are Auckland's home of commemoration as well as the country’s oldest research institution and a major tourist destination.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced professional to photograph the decant of our Māori and Pacific galleries as we refresh them ahead of the path to 2029 centenary project.

The position of Project Photographer, Centenary Project is primarily focused on using photography and other imaging techniques to improve the richness of object records within the decant project and to provide support to the wider photography team. The position will collaborate closely with the decant project team comprised of the Team Leader - Centenary Decant Project, Project Manager, Collection Special Projects, Conservators and Decant Specialists.

The Museum is a bicultural workplace and the person in this role will uphold the principles of He Korahi Māori and Teu Le Vā. This is a full-time and fixed term position running till the end of November 2026.

Desired Skills and Experience

To be successful in this role, you will have the following knowledge, skills, competencies and experience in the following areas:

  • Tertiary qualification relevant to the sector, or a good level of relevant experience in image capture
  • Working as part of a team and communicating with wider teams within an organisation
  • Demonstrated experience in photography
  • Knowledge of photographic processes and digital file formats
  • Knowledge of museum collection management practice and collection care practice is desirable
  • Experience in meeting needs of Māori in relation to enquiries about taonga is highly desirable
  • Knowledge of tikanga Māori, especially relating to collections is highly desirable
  • Sound understanding of Mātauranga Māori

Please find a copy of the job description here.  

Closing Date: Sunday, 27 April 2025

You must be eligible to currently work in New Zealand to be considered for this position.

Auckland Museum offers a rich and fulfilling work life where we embrace diversity and nurture our bicultural capability as demonstrated in our Teu le Va and He Korahi Maori strategies. We also offer a range of great benefits such as flexible work and leave and an award-winning wellbeing programme.

This is a great opportunity for someone looking to be part of a fabulous New Zealand organisation committed to telling our national and Auckland stories and reflecting our unique place in the South Pacific.

He Oranga Tangata ka ao

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