Senior Interpretive Planner

1 day ago

Auckland City, New Zealand Auckland War Memorial Museum Full time

Posted: 17/01/2025

Closing Date: 03/02/2025

**Job Type**: Fixed Term

Location: Auckland

Job Category: Advertising, Media, Arts & Entertainment

**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.

**Mō te tūranga** | About the role**

Providing parental leave cover to February 2026, this role is responsible for:

- Advocating for the audience, ensuring the delivery of consistent, high-quality visitor experiences across exhibitions and the wider museum.
- Providing mentorship and guidance within the Interpretive Planning team.
- Leading the development of content and interpretation for specific exhibitions and visitor experiences in highly collaborative project teams.
- Developing high-quality interpretive approaches for exhibitions and associated media (moving image, audio, digital experiences, physical interactives, text, graphics) aligned with audience outcomes and objectives.
- Trialing and evaluating interpretive approaches for galleries and other visitor experiences.

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Ō pūmanawa** | What you will bring**
- Experience working on multidisciplinary projects in collaborative and creative team environments;
- Strong written and verbal communication skills;
- A minimum of five years experience developing and delivering complex audiences experiences in a museum or other environments;
- Possess a postgraduate or tertiary qualification in humanities, science, design, communication, education, museum studies or other relevant fields of study, or relevant work experience.

**Ngā āhuatanga kei a mātou** **| What we offer**
- Flexible work arrangements to enhance your work and home life.
- Availability to purchase additional annual leave
- An award-winning wellbeing programme including free membership with Boost app and Myeveryday wellbeing.
- An active social club which is part of the fabric of Museum life
- Life insurance from your first day and discounted Health Insurance
- Free museum membership and other staff discounts
- Discounted onsite parking
- Accredited by Rainbow tick

Check out our _Why Work For Us_ page to find out more about why we love working here:
**Closing Date**: Monday 3 February 2025. We may commence interviews prior to the closing date of the advert.

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, reflecting our unique place in the South Pacific.**
***He Oranga Tangata ka ao**
**Enriching lives. Inspiring discoveries

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