Position at Bibliotheque de Geneve

Conservator in charge of Conservation
Bibliotheque de GeneVE (BGE)

City of Geneva job vacancies

The Bibliotheque de Geneve (BGE) is one of the major Swiss heritage
libraries. Its extensive collections are not only made up of
publications and periodicals but also of archives, medieval
manuscripts, papyri, geographical maps, posters, photographs,
engravings, paintings and musical scores. The recently created
Conservation Department is in charge of all preventive conservation,
restoration and binding operations. To head the department, the BGE
is recruiting a

Job description: As Head of the Conservation Department for
administrative, financial and human resources matters, you will be
in charge of defining and implementing the conservation and
restoration policy for the BGE's collections.

Your responsibilities: With the Director, you will draw up the BGE's
general strategy and its objectives in terms of preventive
conservation and restoration. You will plan, organise and supervise
the activities in your department, including the restoration and
binding studios and the studio for archival box-making. You will use
your expertise to supervise the conservation conditions of
collections and to ensure they are of the highest standard. Your
preventive conservation skills will enable you to manage the stores,
reading rooms and exhibitions. You will draw up and update emergency
plans for the collections in liaison with the other institutions
concerned in the City of Geneva and in Switzerland. You will also be
requested to take part in any construction or renovation plans or
promotion and communications initiatives in your field of expertise.

Your profile:

    You hold a university degree in conservation and restoration
    and/or social sciences, in which case you also have a recognised
    qualification in conservation and restoration. You have
    practical experience in the conservation and restoration of
    archive documents, books or heritage documents in libraries
    and/or professional experience spanning several years of
    heritage conservation in libraries. In addition to a sound
    command of written and spoken French, you have very good
    knowledge of German and English. You can use professional IT
    tools with ease and are able to manage personnel and budgets.
    You are exacting and passionate about your profession and will
    be successful in sharing this passion and obtaining colleagues'
    endorsement of innovative methods in your area of expertise.

    You live in the Canton of Geneva or in the authorised zone of
    residence.

Address for applications:

    Bibliotheque de Geneve
    For the attention of the Director - Promenade des Bastions
    1211 Geneve 4

Start date: To be agreed
Application deadline: 26 April 2011

The position is within the limits of category O of the salary scale.

Application procedure and conditions: Internal applications within
the public service:

Internal applications may be submitted by employees of the municipal
services.

Applications must be submitted via the job application form or a
curriculum vitae, together with a handwritten cover letter and a
recent passport-sized photograph, to the address stated in the
vacancy advertisement.

The job application form ("Demande d'emploi") and the map of the
authorized zone of residence are available from the Human Resources
Department or via the Intranet at the intranet.ville-ge.ch

Public applications: Applicants must submit their applications via
the job application form or a curriculum vitae including the
information requested in the application form, together with a
handwritten cover letter, copies of qualifications, work
certificates, and a recent passport-sized photograph, to the address
stated in the vacancy advertisement.

The job application form ("Demande d'emploi")and the map of the
authorized zone of residence are available from the

    Human Resources Department - Direction des ressources humaines
    Cour de St- Pierre 2

or at <URL:http://www.ville-geneve.ch>


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