Antiquarian with Focus on Cultural History

REGION STOCKHOLM · Full-time

Box 22550, Stockholm, Sweden

We are looking for you, our new antiquarian with a focus on cultural history who wants to contribute to our shared mission of promoting and building knowledge about the region's cultural environments. Are you passionate about sharing knowledge about history and cultural landscapes? Stockholm County Museum might be the right place for you! About Us Stockholm County Museum is part of the Strategic Coordination Department within the Cultural Administration in Region Stockholm. The Cultural Administration, working on behalf of the Culture Committee, implements Region Stockholm's cultural policy and is responsible for initiatives in the cultural sector. The Strategic Coordination Department is responsible for the Culture Committee's grants to cultural and civic organizations as well as to actors in public education. The department also includes regional cultural functions that work to promote libraries, circus, dance, crafts, film, music, cultural heritage, and public art in the municipalities, with a focus on children and young people. Stockholm County Museum is a digital museum with the task of coordinating scientific collection, processing, and dissemination of knowledge about the region's cultural environment, cultural heritage, and public art. We conduct promotional work directed at all municipalities in the region, heritage preservation movements, and civil society regarding cultural environment, cultural heritage, museum, and public art matters. Stockholm County Museum is a unit consisting of 15 employees with expertise in various fields. We are responsible for promoting and building knowledge about the region's cultural environments through digital productions, pedagogy and teacher training, advisory services to municipalities, and dialogue with civil society, as well as photo collection and collection management. About the Position As an antiquarian, you will be part of the county museum's knowledge-building activities, compiling and disseminating knowledge through various channels. You will write texts for websites, social media, reports, and knowledge materials. You will also work together with other experts at the county museum to develop materials in text, image, and film for the museum's digital exhibitions. In our cultural environment work, we provide support to municipalities and heritage preservation movements. We assist municipalities in their development work to utilize cultural environments as a resource as the region's population grows. In your role as an antiquarian, you will contribute to developing the county museum's role as a promoting expert function. This happens through dialogue with the region's antiquarians, cultural coordinators, and cultural environment officers at regional and municipal levels. Other important partners include the County Administrative Board, national agencies, universities, and other museums. Your work may involve organizing network meetings, collaboration meetings, training sessions, conferences, webinars, and similar activities. Who Are You? We are looking for someone with a university degree with expertise primarily focused on historical periods from the Middle Ages to today. You have specialized knowledge in history, and related expertise is a merit, such as archaeology and historical cultural geography, preferably a combination of subject areas. You have experience compiling and disseminating knowledge from work in museums, cultural environment consulting, or government agencies. You have experience working with various knowledge materials and sources such as research results, archival materials, maps, etc., related to historical sites and cultural landscapes. You have a strong commitment to public science and appreciate sharing knowledge and simplifying complex matters for a broad audience. You enjoy dialogue with the region's residents in various types of projects. Further, you have experience in project management and in creating and maintaining networks, as well as extensive experience in written and oral presentations. It is a merit if you have experience working in a politically governed organization. You have very good knowledge of Swedish and English in speech and writing. It is a merit if you have experience publishing on the web or in various digital channels. You are an engaged and positive person with the ability to work independently but who also enjoys being part of a team. You have good collaboration skills and an unpretentious approach. You are accustomed to planning your work so that you meet deadlines and can complete projects with high quality. You enjoy working in an environment characterized by high competence and focus on delivery, and you adapt easily to changing circumstances. You are social and enjoy speaking to large groups. Furthermore, you are analytical and structured, have good organizational skills, and work in a systematic and methodical manner. In this recruitment, we place great emphasis on personal suitability. Stockholm County is a large region consisting of 26 municipalities where cultural environments exist in many different locations. It is therefore a great advantage if you have a driver's license. A few evenings and weekends per year, you will organize or participate in various program activities around the region. Our Offer We have a collective agreement that includes collective agreement-based insurance, occupational pension, and the possibility of salary exchange. To help you take responsibility for your health, we offer fitness hours and a fitness allowance, as well as subsidized healthcare in the form of free outpatient care. Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home help you balance your daily life. Read more about the benefits in our collective agreement here. At the Cultural Administration, we are located at two different sites. Most of us work in newly renovated premises centrally at Södermalmsallén near Medborgarplatsen, and the Regional Archives in spacious premises in Flemingsberg with access to our own gym. Application If this sounds like something for you, we would be happy to receive your application as soon as possible with a personal letter and your CV. If you have questions, feel free to contact Unit Manager Eva Skyllberg: [email protected].