Work with NAVA: First Nations Outreach Coordinator
NAVA is seeking a First Nations Outreach Coordinator to join our team.
Overview of NAVA
The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is a Membership organisation that brings together the many voices of the contemporary arts sector to improve fundamental conditions of work and practice. We do this through advocacy, education and the Code of Practice for Visual Arts Craft and Design (the Code).
The Code is endorsed in National Cultural Policy, Revive, and covers good practice approaches to working relationships, ethical standards of access and inclusion, and payment rates for artists and arts workers. It is recognised across the sector as a fundamental reference document.
Alongside advocating for artists’ rights and equitable conditions of engagement, NAVA supports artists and arts workers through services including insurance, workshops, the Artists’ Benevolent Fund, and one-on-one advice and support.
Why join the NAVA team?
NAVA is committed to creating a welcoming, respectful and non-discriminatory environment that centres voices from underrepresented communities. We strongly encourage First Nations peoples to apply and join us in supporting artists, arts workers and arts organisations.
The NAVA team believes that a variety of perspectives enhances our work and contributes to the organisation’s vision to ensure that the visual arts are vital, sustainable and ethical. If you are passionate about the arts and eager to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you.
Join a committed, dynamic team with a culture of flexibility, trust, integrity, and respect.
About the role
NAVA seeks a dedicated First Nations Outreach Coordinator to lead a funded program focused on enhancing access, awareness and application of the Code. The coordinator will be responsible for effectively communicating what the Code is, why it is important, and how it can assist artists, arts workers, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art centres and other organisations.
The role includes presenting workshops, staffing industry booths at major art fairs, commissioning First Nations artists to interpret and respond to the Code, and developing tailored resources that support artists in understanding their rights, responsibilities and self-advocacy opportunities. By strengthening awareness and application of the industry standards and good practice recommendations outlined in the Code, NAVA aims to support stronger and more equitable working conditions across the First Nations visual arts sector.
Location: Any (within Australia)
Reports to: First Nations Policy and Advocacy Manager
Working with: NAVA staff located in a Sydney office and interstate; key stakeholders, partners and media; NAVA Members
Position type: Part-time or casual 15 hours / week. Flexible conditions available.
Salary details: $80,000 pro rata pa + 12% superannuation + 17.5% holiday leave loading
Employment period: Start date to be negotiated with successful applicant. Contract until June 2027. Renewable pending funding.
Applications due: 5 July 2026. Applications will be considered as they come in. Late applications will be accepted at the discretion of the First Nations Policy and Advocacy Manager.
Identified role: This position is only open to applicants of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander descent, pursuant to Section 56 (2) of the Equal Opportunity Act, 1984.
Queries: To discuss the role, please contact Georgia Mokak, NAVA's First Nations Policy and Advocacy Manager via georgia@visualarts.net.au.
This role is supported through the Australian Government’s Indigenous Visual Arts Industry Support (IVAIS) program.
Image credit
Georgia Mokak with Eunice Yu, Art Centre Manager and Sara Brook, artist, Nagula Jarndu
ID: Three people looking at a laptop screen together and smiling, one is holding a Code of Practice postcard. Brightly coloured textiles are hanging in the background, they are out of focus.
The National Association for the Visual Arts (NAVA) is a national organisation with staff who work across multiple states. The NAVA Board, and the artists, arts workers and organisations that we represent are based across hundreds of sovereign nations and unceded lands throughout the continent that has become colonially known as Australia.
NAVA acknowledges the Traditional Owners, Custodians and knowledge-holders of the unceded lands on which we live, learn, and work. We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first artists and storytellers on this continent and pay respect to First Nations communities' ancestors and Elders.
Sovereignty was never ceded.
Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
