Total Remuneration package commences at $223,000 and includes superannuation.
Employment Status: Full-time
Location: Sydney Region / Sydney - Inner West
Contact Name: Lisa Ffrench
Contact Email: ****** Powerhouse Parramatta The Director of First Nations leads and sets the national and international cultural agenda to advance and advocate for Australian and international First Nations People, culture, places, knowledge, and stories through the Powerhouse Collection, Program, and Precincts. Alongside the Chief Executive, the Director of First Nations embeds the voices of the First Nations community, manages the First Nations team and workforce, and determines the Powerhouse institutional and cultural priorities.
This key leadership and creative role is responsible for developing and leading policies, strategies, museum practice, and organisational change through First Nations engagement, decolonial and sovereignty methodologies, and representation. The role is responsible for building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including NSW and Federal Government agencies, national and international First Nations organisations, and community and corporate entities. The Director oversees strategic First Nations projects, programs, and engagements across the Powerhouse Precincts. The role embeds First Nations Knowledge to inform collection, exhibition, publications, and program strategy, ensuring a First Nations perspective continues to be integrated into the Powerhouse culture.
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. In 2024, 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: You may be required to support teams across all Powerhouse sites, including Parramatta, Castle Hill & Ultimo.
This recruitment may be used to create a Talent Pool for similar future roles (ongoing or temporary) 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.
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