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APPLICATIONS CLOSE: 5.00 pm Tuesday 28 January, 2025

This is a new position. The Operations / Office Manager’s main role is supporting the Executive Officer in managing all areas of:

• IT Management;
• Property and facility management and development;
• Project Management.

The Operations / Office Manager has the responsibility for ensuring that the management of the society’s IT, property and facilities and projects / events are conducted efficiently and ethically in accordance with established standards and such that all statutory and compliance obligations are met.

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The Royal Historical Society of Victoria is looking for a part-time marketing officer to work two days per week from our 1938 heritage-listed home on Flagstaff Gardens and a short stroll from Queen Victoria Market. 

If you are a tech-savvy marketing professional looking for a part-time position we would like to meet you.

THE POSITION INCLUDES (but is not limited to) THE FOLLOWING:

• Prepare simple marketing strategies, plans,

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For most historical societies we are entering the season for extreme weather – fires and floods and we should all be thinking preparedness! 
 
The Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material Inc (AICCM) has developed some great disaster-response material including a calendar: 
https://aiccm.org.au/disaster/disaster-preparedness-calendar/
 
Other resources concerning fire, flood and mould can be found on their website
https://aiccm.org.au/disaster/
 
Being prepared really works in times of emergency when you will probably be battling disaster on your home-front as well as for your historical society.

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This is Charles Sowerwine’s letter in full that was sent to historical societies and community action groups in late November. A template letter that can be adapted and sent to the Minister follows. You can read two further articles here: Hong Kong Without the View  and Charter 29 Planning System Reforms

 

25 November 2024

To all RHSV members and historical societies,

Dear Friends,

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Please complete this form to claim your reimbursement of expenses for the HSSC Network Day held at the RHSV in Melbourne on Friday 26 July 2024. 

 

 

 

Expense Reimbursement form

This form is for claiming reimbursement of travel and accommodation expenses for the Network Meeting on 26 July 2024

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Melbourne was growing fast in the 1850s. No longer a colonial outpost it had boomed into one of the leading cities of the Empire.

People flocked here, people were born here, people died here. And it was the dying that created the problem.

Melbourne needed a morgue but wasn’t sure it wanted one. This was the beginning of a 150-year-journey through place, time and purpose as the morgue evolved from an unpleasant necessity to an internationally respected institution.

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Monday 25, Tuesday 26, Wednesday 27 November

Open until 7pm

For these three days we’ll extend our bookshop hours for Christmas shopping. Don’t forget we’ll be able to gift wrap your books. We will also have a mini-book fair of our second-hand titles from the book shop and lots of books which simply haven’t made it on to our website yet.

As I write this post, Christmas is only 13 weeks away and our extended shopping nights are only 9 weeks away.

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After 6+ years at the RHSV, our fabulous Treasurer Daniel Clements is standing down from the role. Daniel has moved out of Melbourne to Port Arlington and the commute, despite the bracing ferries, is just too arduous. Daniel has overseen a period of growth and reform for the RHSV and, financially, we have never been in a better position.

So the search is on for a new Treasurer. The full PD can be read here

The Treasurer automatically joins the RHSV Council and a couple of other committees.

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DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 31 JANUARY 2025.

Do you know an unsung hero who has left a lasting legacy in the local history of your community? You are invited to nominate someone who has made a significant contribution to be considered for commemoration in a new place name.

Anyone who has left a lasting legacy can be nominated. For example, the person may have been known for community and volunteer work,

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Sadly, our lovely Emily Maiolo is leaving the RHSV as she is finishing her librarian’s degree and is leaving administration behind and moving into a new profession.

So we are looking for a new Administration Officer full-time and permanent.

The full position description with selection criteria and how to apply can be found here.

Applications close
5pm (AEST) Tuesday 13 August 2024.
Interviews will be held soon after the closing date and we hope to confirm the appointment by late August 2024.

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Applications close 5pm Tuesday 30 July 2024.

The RHSV is looking for a part-time Archives Officer to work 2 days per week on two large heritage-focused collections.

We have received funding to employ an Archivist for 5 days per week for 3 years to catalogue these two large collections. The 5 days per week will be split between our current Gidleigh Archivist (3 days per week) and this new Archives Officer position which is 2 days per week.

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