Manager Building And Facilities

• Full-time, Ongoing, EL1 position
• $121,755 - $132,713 per annum plus 15.4% superannuation
• Australia’s leading museum located waterside in beautiful Darling Harbour

The Australian National Maritime Museum is seeking an experienced and dynamic Manager, Building and Facilities to join the Facilities and Security team in a full-time, ongoing role.
About the Australian National Maritime Museum

As one of Sydney’s most visited museums, the Australian National Maritime Museum shares our national maritime story across Australia and the world, online, onsite and through research, presentations and travelling exhibitions, and provides must-visit museum experiences that delight and inspire.

We connect our visitors with the oceans and waterways that are the heartbeat of who we are. From deep time to modern Australian and beyond, we explore our past, our present and future as an island nation shaped by sea, offering a sustainable and cohesive vision for the future.

The Museum welcomes over 2.5 million local, interstate and international visitors annually, and is supported by a thriving and passionate staff, membership, volunteer and education base. Find out more at sea.museum.

About the Role
As the Manager, Building and Facilities, you will play a pivotal leadership role at the heart of the Museum’s operations ensuring our spaces are not only safe and functional, but dynamic, high-performing, and welcoming for staff, visitors, and partners alike.

This is an opportunity to lead the operational backbone of the Museum, driving the delivery of facilities and maintenance services that enable world-class experiences every day. From capital works through to continuous improvement initiatives, you will shape and deliver a diverse portfolio of projects that directly influence how the Museum operates now and into the future.

You will bring together people, systems, and priorities to turn strategy into action ensuring projects are delivered seamlessly, on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and compliance. Your leadership will be central to strengthening operational capability and unlocking smarter, more efficient ways of working across the organisation.

With strong expertise across project governance, procurement, contract management, scheduling, and risk, you will confidently navigate complex environments providing clear direction, sound advice, and practical solutions that deliver real impact.

Working closely with internal teams, contractors, and suppliers, you will build trusted partnerships and foster a collaborative environment where challenges are solved and opportunities are realised.

Your ability to lead with confidence, think strategically, and deliver with purpose will ensure you thrive in this role.

This is a unique opportunity to shape the environments that bring the Museum to life, leaving a lasting impact on both our people and the millions of visitors we welcome each year.

Please note: This recruitment process is intended to fill both current and future vacancies. While the position on offer is ongoing, a merit pool of suitable applicants may be established to fill similar ongoing and non-ongoing positions within the next 18 months.

Key Accountabilities
Under broad direction, this position is responsible for delivering the following functions:

• Provide leadership and oversight of the Building and Facilities team, setting clear direction, building capability, and fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing environment that supports the delivery of quality outcomes.
• Lead and deliver complex facilities, safety and security projects, exercising independent judgement to ensure outcomes align with organisational priorities, risk settings and governance requirements.
• Establish, implement and maintain effective project governance arrangements, ensuring appropriate controls, documentation, reporting and clear executive visibility of performance, risks and issues.
• Provide high-quality, evidence-based advice, options and recommendations to senior stakeholders to support informed decision-making and effective delivery of complex projects.
• Oversee and manage procurement and contract arrangements, ensuring compliance with the Commonwealth Procurement Rules and the PGPA Act, and achieving value for money, probity and compliance outcomes.
• Identify, assess and actively manage project risks in a live public environment, implementing mitigation strategies and escalating emerging issues as required.
• Lead, influence and negotiate with internal and external stakeholders to manage competing priorities, resolve complex issues and achieve agreed project and portfolio outcomes.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives in project management practices to enhance organisational capability, consistency and compliance.

Selection Criteria
The successful candidate will demonstrate their capacity against the following:

• Demonstrated leadership and management capability, including leading multidisciplinary teams, setting clear direction, building capability, and fostering an inclusive, collaborative and high-performing culture that delivers quality outcomes.
• Proven experience leading and overseeing complex building, facilities, safety and security projects, exercising independent judgement to deliver outcomes aligned with organisational priorities, governance requirements and risk settings.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain governance and risk management arrangements, including project controls, reporting, assurance and executive visibility across complex delivery environments.
• Strong experience providing high quality and evidence-based advice and recommendations to senior stakeholders, supporting informed decision-making and effective delivery of complex projects and initiatives.
• Well-developed stakeholder engagement, negotiation and commercial capability, including managing procurement and contract arrangements in compliance with the CPRs and PGPA Act, balancing competing priorities, and achieving value for money and compliant outcomes.

Qualifications and/or relevant experience required

Desirable:

• Qualifications and/or certification in project management (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile, PMBOK) or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading teams or supervising staff, including performance and capability development.
• Experience in building, facilities, safety or asset management environments, particularly in complex operational settings.

When applying via our online e-recruitment system, please provide a written application addressing each Selection Criteria. Your current resume is also to be included in your application.
In addition to an application and your resume, the assessment process for this position may also include an interview and referee reports.

Applications Close: 11:30pm AEST, Wednesday 27 May 2026. No applications will be accepted by mail or email.

Selection for this position will be made on the basis of relative merit which will be assessed against each item of the selection criteria. Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered for shortlisting by the Selection Panel. As part of the selection process the Selection Panel may invite candidates to undertake online testing, skills-based assessment and provide samples of written work at interview.

This position is open to all eligible members of the community, and we welcome and encourage applications from people with disability, the LGBTIQ+ communities, from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. To be an eligible member of the community, you must be an Australian citizen. Applications may be accepted from Australian permanent residents who are in the process of acquiring Australian citizenship. All employees will be required to satisfactorily complete an Australian Federal Police National Police Check and obtain and maintain a Working with Children Check registration.

What We Offer You
Working at the Museum offers a stunning office location plus access to a range of benefits including:

• A competitive salary, plus 15.4% superannuation
• Generous leave and flexible working arrangements
• Great training and development opportunities
• Rewards and recognition initiatives
• Our Employee Assistance Program (EAP – a free counselling service for you and your family).
• Wellbeing initiatives including free flu shots and reimbursement for optical
• Staff Regatta – Sailing on the Harbour.

RecuitAbility
RecruitAbility applies to this vacancy. Under the RecruitAbility scheme you will be invited to participate in further assessment activity for the vacancy if you choose to apply under the scheme; declare you have a disability; and meet the minimum requirements for the job. For more information see: RecruitAbility | Australian Public Service Commission (https://apsc.gov.au)

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