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Country Always

Caring for Country

A Corner of the Empire

The Garden Palace

Sepia photograph of the Technological Museum and a cow in the foreground

The Holding Pen

The Agricultural Hall

Sepia photograph of the Technological College and Museum in Broken Hill

Regional Networks

Across New South Wales

A Museum of Doing

Technological Museum

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Transforming the Tramsheds

Powerhouse Stage 1 and the Harwood Building

A Symbol in Time

Sydney Observatory

Powerhouse Museum, Stage 2 exterior from high angle, city skyline in background

Ongoing Transformations

Powerhouse Ultimo

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Applied Arts and Sciences

Defining the terms in the 21st century

Powerhouse Renewal

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Powerhouse Food: Producers

Across Western Sydney24 Aug 2024 — 25 Jul 2025
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Sydney Design Week

Across Sydney13—19 Sep
Shadows cast by the Powerhouse Parramatta exoskeleton on concrete

Exoskeleton

Powerhouse Parramatta

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Blak Powerhouse

Powerhouse x We Are Warriors

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Opportunity

Powerhouse opportunities span careers, volunteer projects, residencies, fellowships, design accelerators and research programs. We are always looking for new talent and great collaborations.

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Careers

Powerhouse is committed to bringing together a diverse staff of professionals with outstanding expertise in their areas. We are a collaborative, entrepreneurial and creative institution dedicated to working with equity and respect as we deliver original new practice in the service of our communities.

Technology Operations Partner

Closes 15 Sept 2024
Full Time

The Technology Operations Partner is responsible for ensuring the standard and consistency of technology used by visitors, the community, and the workforce across all Powerhouse locations. The roles are highly skilled and client-focused, dedicated to implementing and responding to technology requirements and issues, with an emphasis on meeting client needs. In response to the Powerhouse renewal, the Technology Operations Partner provides a wide range of administrative services and coordination support to geographically dispersed teams undertaking service desk and field support activities. The positions assist with resource planning, scheduling, prioritising, and work allocations.

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Precinct Coordinator

Closes 15 Sept 2024
Full Time

Join our team at Powerhouse as a Precinct Coordinator, where you'll take charge of ensuring our environment is safe, functional, and efficient every day. You'll lead the coordination of service providers, consultants, and contractors, and support our Facilities Engineering and Services departments to deliver top-notch proactive and reactive asset management. If you're passionate about maintaining excellence in operational facilities, this role is for you. We are looking for two Precinct Coordinators. One of which will work across Ultimo and the Sydney Observatory and one across our Castle Hill site.

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Assistant Exhibition Curator

Closes 8 Sept 2024
Full Time

The Assistant Curator works collaboratively within an interdisciplinary team, providing curatorial and project support for research, collection development, content, exhibition development and administrative outputs for various curatorial disciplines within the Powerhouse Collection or Program Directorates. 

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Initiatives

We support and invest in a range of initiatives that sustain industry development and individual creative practice across the applied arts and sciences and creative industries.

All initiative programs are currently closed.

Powerhouse Initiatives

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Vocational

Powerhouse Tertiary Internships and Secondary Student Placement Programs give students a snapshot into the world of cultural institutions and an industry they might one day be part of.​

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Volunteer

Volunteering at Powerhouse provides opportunities to expand knowledge, skills and experience.

Visitor Experience Volunteer

Volunteers play a significant role in enhancing the visitor experience at Powerhouse Ultimo, Sydney Observatory and Powerhouse Castle Hill. They actively promote visitor engagement by initiating conversations, narrating stories in the exhibitions, collaborating in guided tours and facilitating interactive activities.

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Museum Research Volunteers

Volunteers support staff in researching recently acquired objects in our collection. This role involves working with museum staff and volunteers on-site or virtually across a range of activities related to recently acquired objects.

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Collection Conversations

Experience the Powerhouse Collection from home through our virtual Collection Conversations series. Our passionate volunteers share captivating stories that spark memories and conversations

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Volunteer FAQ

Commonly asked questions about being a Powerhouse volunteer

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Contact

For questions about joining the Volunteer Team please email our team

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