Chief Curator at the Röhss Museum

About the Workplace The Cultural Administration works to promote a broad arts and cultural life for everyone to participate in. We strive for a sustainable and open city that places culture and art at its center. The Cultural Administration has approximately 800 employees who primarily work within libraries, cultural centers, museums, and other cultural activities. Job Responsibilities We are seeking a Collection Curator responsible for the museum's collections with the mission to build knowledge about and communicate the collections, prepare the move of collections to new storage facilities, and project manage collection exhibitions. The Röhsska Museum manages a unique collection of approximately 50,000 objects in design, craft, and fashion. Most items are older Swedish and European crafts, but the museum also has Greek and Roman antiquities, as well as materials from Japan and China. Current acquisition focus is on contemporary design. Through innovative and socially relevant exhibitions, programs, and educational activities, we actively work to make design accessible and relevant to a broad audience. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment where history meets the present. Your expertise and experience will be crucial in inventorying and digitalizing collections in preparation for the upcoming move to new storage facilities. As Collection Curator, you are responsible for making the museum's collections visible and representing them internally and externally. You will have contacts with other museums and cultural institutions, both nationally and internationally. You will actively participate in the museum's public work through guided tours, lectures, and panel discussions. You will promote and enable knowledge building through active collection management, acquisitions, and exhibition production. You will respond to external inquiries about the collections, collaborate with researchers, and contribute to knowledge building in public activities and on social media. You will develop text materials for exhibition productions and can also curate, plan, and project manage public collection displays and collection exhibitions in close collaboration with the museum's other functions. The role includes responsibility for project budgets, financial planning, purchases, reporting, and documentation. Together with colleagues and your manager, you will work on long-term and secure collection management, with the next few years involving an active role in planning and packing objects for relocation to new storage facilities. The Collection Curator role includes working with the museum's object database, loans, and seeking external financing with partners for various collection projects. Qualifications We are seeking someone who is responsible and solution-oriented and is accustomed to project management and organizing work. You have the ability to independently drive matters while enjoying the role of a collaborative team partner. Your collaborative approach and ability to develop and maintain good relationships are crucial as you will represent the museum and collaborate with many actors. Your strong communication skills will be expressed in the museum's programs, guided tours, and text production for exhibitions, such as exhibition texts, catalogs, websites, and social media. For the Curator position, the following are required: - Degree in Art History at a minimum bachelor's level. Master's degree is meritorious - Experience working with museum collections and curation in design and crafts - Strong digital administrative skills and experience independently planning, initiating, and project managing exhibition projects, with documented experience in budget work - Experience with digitalization and database work - Excellent Swedish and English language skills, both spoken and written, necessary for text production and participation in public programs Broad subject expertise in design and crafts is meritorious. Welcome to submit your application for this developmental and significant role at the Röhsska Museum. Additional Information We strive for diversity where our employees' backgrounds, experiences, knowledge, and personalities enrich our operations. We recruit with a norm-critical approach and consider the diversity perspective to better reflect Gothenburg's population structure and complement our work group. Interviews are planned for December 2, 3, and 4; we may start calling candidates before the application deadline. However, all applications within the application period will be considered. For your interview, you need to bring a passport/national ID/personal document issued by the Swedish Tax Agency and possibly proof of residence permit if you have citizenship outside the EU/EEA. This is to ensure your identity and right to work in Sweden. The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to counteract discrimination. We care about our employees' health and offer, among other things, wellness allowances, discounted gym cards, and bicycle benefits. We maintain a smoke-free work environment. We recruit using a competence-based recruitment process to ensure fair and equal hiring. In this recruitment, we do not use cover letters; instead, you will answer a series of selection questions related to the position's requirements and content. 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