• Unique opportunity to join Newcastle's Museum and Libraries team in a leadership role
  • Flexible working options available
  • Permanent full-time role – 35 hours per week
Life at City of Newcastle (CN)

You’ll get to experience your work up close alongside the brilliant minds of your colleagues who care for one another and the region.

You’ll chip away at ambitious plans with a talented, passionate crew alongside you, shaping the very fabric of our community. Showing up for neighbours not shareholders.

Every single day offers the chance to think big and act local. Planning and prioritising to achieve the most important outcomes with the community.

You’ll add value in the moments that matter. From librarians to lifeguards, in a range of iconic places, we achieve a better Newcastle together.

Whether we’re planning to host major events, providing essential services or supporting creative artists, it’s what we do when the cameras aren't rolling that matters most.

And we’ll be there for you in important times in your life. We embrace flexible work arrangements to find a balance that allows us to enjoy the city we shape.

Our focus on inclusion and respecting culture, will help you feel a deeper connection with others. You'll connect with internal communities that will help you to feel a sense of belonging and reflect the diversity of the growing region.

You’ll do meaningful work and do it sustainably as you take ideas from plan to play, in your own backyard.

With hundreds of different roles, each person adds their uniqueness to our culture and plays their part as we head towards our 2040 vision.

With natural assets and a focus on the environment, co-create a sustainable region with us.

As a member of our team, you won't just work for the city; you’ll co-create it.
City of Newcastle (CN) currently has a unique opportunity for an experienced and passionate Head of Programming & Engagement to join our Museum Archive Libraries & Learning (MALL) service unit and play a vital role in MALL’s senior leadership team.

The Head of Programming & Engagement will plan and execute the vision, direction and strategic future of Newcastle's Museum and Libraries, as well as playing a significant strategic role in contributing to the cultural direction of Newcastle's Museum and Libraries; driving and leading the activation, engagement and reputation of our service unit and the City of Newcastle.

Drawing upon demonstrated industry experience, you will manage all aspects of planning and executing community activating programming and online engagement, leading leaders for the benefit of the diverse needs and interests of our visitors, members and city. You will also lead the cultural direction of MALL program through the delivery of high-quality, diverse, inclusive programming, events and online engagement for members, visitors and the city that demonstrate museum and library leadership on a national level.

With two direct reports, Program Lead and Engagement Coordinator plus a team of 13 programmers and engagers, this role will see you will lead the Programming and Engagement teams to ensure staff are developing, engaged, aware of their responsibilities, authorities and accountabilities and achieve project objectives in a timely manner and within agreed budget and delegation.

Here, your ideas and efforts directly shape the places where you and your community live, work, and play.

Why join CN?

At CN, we value our employees, and their wellbeing takes priority. We encourage employees to make time for what's important and provide the benefits to enable a work life balance that allow us to enjoy the city we shape. To read more, visit here!

- 35-hour working week with flexible work arrangements
- 4 weeks of annual leave, 3 weeks of personal leave, plus 2 additional paid public holidays
- 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment
- Paid parental leave for primary carers
- Industry leading employment conditions
- Corporate Fitness program from as little as $18.00 per fortnight
- Access to a range of exclusive CN employee benefits programs including Novated Lease options as well as access to reward and recognition vouchers
- Annual performance development plans and ongoing training and development opportunities
- Leading the CN Way leadership program
Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (IDE) employee networks and initiatives
- Access to Health & Wellbeing programs including an Onsite Physiotherapist and Psychology, Yoga and Mental Health Ambassador Groups

We champion inclusion so that everyone is valued, and we encourage innovation and creativity. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive workplace where different styles, backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, encouraged, and respected.

People with diverse lived experiences (including but not limited to, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, people with diverse gender identities and sexualities, people from different cultural, racial, ethnic, religious and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, carers, and veterans) are encouraged to apply.

Don’t just work for the city, co-create it. Join and expand your career at the City of Newcastle.

Application Closing Date: Thursday 6 August 2026

Remuneration: $138,049.95 + 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment + 12% Superannuation per annum for a 35-hour week

Contact: Julie Baird – Director Museum Archives Libraries and Learning – 02 4974 1415 or [email protected]
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06/08/2026

Julie Baird

[email protected]

02 4974 1415

Full Time
Newcastle
NSW
$138,049.95 + 17.5% annual leave loading yearly payment + 12% Superannuation
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