Director for Skissernas Museum - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Description of the workplace
Skissernas Museum – Museum of Artistic Process and Public Art at Lund University is a dynamic and creative place where artistic process and art in public spaces are at the center. Here you find the world's foremost collection of sketches and preparatory work for public art. Based on the collections and a rich and varied range of exhibitions, programs and pedagogy, we enhance the museum experience and create an attractive meeting place for a wide audience. Skissernas Museum also manages Lund University's art collection, which houses a large variety of works from the university's founding to the present day. The Museum is part of Lund University's Culture and Museum Activities (LUKOM).

Skissernas Museum will be an internationally leading museum and a knowledge resource for art in public spaces and the artistic process. The Museum's mission is to collect sketches, and models for art in public spaces and to manage, make available and mediate the collections. Skissernas Museum will keep parts of the collections available through basic exhibitions and provide an infrastructure for research and education. The Museum works closely with other activities within LUKOM and with the university's faculties in teaching and research, and there is an ambition to expand the collaboration. Through temporary exhibitions and public programs, the Museum will convey knowledge within the museum's area, influence the discussion about art in public spaces and shed light on the artistic process. The Museum must work actively to lower the thresholds for a museum visit and be accessible to all. We conduct art education activities for children and adults and work for information and act as an expert body within the museum's area.

Lund University is looking for you who are ready to lead the museum's activities. You contribute with a new visionary leadership for the collection and the outward-looking activities where public art and creative process are at the center.

Duties and responsibilities
As Museum Director, you manage, lead and develop the museum's areas of responsibility in close collaboration with the deputy museum director and the office for the university's special activities and Lund University's Culture and museum activities. You have strategic and operational responsibility for leading the work and strengthening the museum's position nationally and internationally. You conduct organizational and business development work where you take advantage of the museum's collective competence and support and elevate employees in a way that safeguards sustainability and creativity. Active surveillance of the world nationally and internationally and representing the museum are important parts of the work.

As Museum Director, you are responsible for employees, ensure a good working environment as well as skills supply and staffing. You have budget, personnel and work environment responsibility for the museum's approximately 15 employees as well as for approximately 20 assistants. You report to the museum's board, Vice-rector and form part of LUKOM's management group. The work involves some travel, especially nationally, to participate in various conferences and network meetings. As a Museum Director, you also participate in expert groups in the field of public art.

Qualifications

Requirements for employment are

• Academic degree with an art history focus.
• Management and leadership experience in the arts and / or culture area.
• Very good knowledge of modern and contemporary public art.
• Very good leadership qualities and experience of organizational and business development.
• Experience in the personnel, budget and work environment area.
• Well-developed networks, nationally and internationally, in the art and culture world.
• Good knowledge of some Scandinavian language and English in speech and writing.

Desirable qualifications for employment are

• Doctor of Philosophy degree in art history or other documented scientific competence in the subject area.
• Experience of museum work.
• Experience of working in public activities.
• Experience of working with art exhibitions at an international level.

The position requires good leadership qualities and the ability to engage, enthuse and create job satisfaction. The person we are looking for must have good planning skills, broad cultural interest and ideas on how the museum should be developed. The Museum Director is expected to develop collaboration internally within Lund University and externally with national and international art life.

We are looking for you who are confident and have self-insight. You are a distinct team player and have a holistic view of the business. To succeed in the role, you start from a public focus and can shoulder both management and leadership as well as organizational development and the artistic work. You show good judgment, communicate clearly and create structure. For you, the most important thing in the managerial and leadership role is an open, close and inclusive work climate. You have a coaching approach and create conditions so that everyone can contribute to the goals of the business, and you work for diversity. We attach great importance to personal qualities when filling the position.

Other
The employment is 100 percent with access according to agreement. Probationary employment may be applied.

Interviews will be held in our premises in Lund during the weeks 41-43, between October 10 and October 28. Work tests will be applied.

We offer
Lund University is a government agency, which means that you receive special benefits, generous holidays and a favorable occupational pension. As a manager, you have access to special training and development opportunities through the university's manager platform.

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How to apply
The position is applied for via the university's recruitment system. The application must contain a personal letter with justification as to why you are interested in the employment and in what way the employment matches your qualifications. The application must also contain a CV, diploma or equivalent and other things that you wish to invoke (copies of grades, information for references, letters of recommendation, etc.).