Assistant Registrar Grade 2, Exhibition

Parental Leave Cover until 30 June 2026

Powerhouse Parramatta

We are seeking a highly experienced Assistant Registrar to join our dynamic teams at the Powerhouse. This role undertakes registration activities for medium to large-scale exhibitions, including logistics, producing and maintaining documentation, managing the collection database, and installing objects. The Assistant Registrar assists with implementing Museum policies, processes, and procedures related to inward and outward loan management, collection administration, stores and logistics, object handling and documentation, exhibition support, and archives management.

About Powerhouse

Through the renewal and across its platforms, Powerhouse will redefine museums in the 21st century by renegotiating the terms of engagement with communities, radically returning to and reckoning with its legacy as a museum of industry and fortifying its vital role in the cultural and economic ecosystems of NSW, Australia and the world. The Powerhouse, one of Australia’s oldest and most important cultural institutions, continues the delivery of its renewal program across its five platforms, Powerhouse Parramatta, Powerhouse Ultimo, Powerhouse Castle Hill, Sydney Observatory and Powerhouse Digital, our space to tell stories and provide new levels of access to the Powerhouse Collection of over 500,000 objects. To find out more, take a tour through powerhouse.com.au

NOTE: Powerhouse is an on-site agency, and staff may be required to support teams across all Powerhouse sites, including Parramatta, Castle Hill, Sydney Observatory, and Ultimo.

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To Apply: Please submit a CV and Cover letter through the iWorkforNSW site

This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles that may arise over the next 18 months.

We welcome and encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI+, people with disability, people with caring responsibilities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, veterans and those living in regional locations.