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Our people
The Institute employs a staff of approximately 120 people engaged in a range of programs of interest to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, academics, scholars and the general public.
Indigenous Staff
The Institute attracts Indigenous job-seekers to vacant positions through advertising in Indigenous newspapers and networks as well as through advertising in the mainstream press.
The Indigenous Caucus is an internal working group supported by management, which provides Indigenous staff with a forum to discuss various issues affecting them. The caucus has assisted management in reviewing policies such as the studies assistance guidelines, and is consulted when employment policies are reviewed or training courses developed. The caucus is represented at the Consultative Committee. This committee is the forum which brings staff and management together to discuss employment issues. At 30 June 2007 thirty-three percent of AIATSIS staff identified as Indigenous.
Indigenous staff members are eligible to join the Indigenous APS
Employees Network 
(IAPSEN), which supports and advocates Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander interests, values and perspectives in the Australian Public
Service. Staff members are encouraged to join the network and participate in
discussion groups.
AIATSIS Staff. Photo: AIATSIS
Key programs
The key program areas of AIATSIS are:
These program areas are overseen by the Institute’s Executive Board of Management
Research staff
AIATSIS maintains a highly productive interdisciplinary research team of Research Fellows, Research Officers and support staff to facilitate and coordinate research across academic, community and public sectors.