Temporary Position as Museum Host at the Regional Museum

We are now looking for someone who is inspired by meeting people and has the ability to create a welcoming atmosphere for all visitors to the regional museum!

As a museum host, you will be part of the public operations team, with colleagues who have extensive knowledge about the museum's activities.

Together, we work to welcome and meet visitors of all ages, from different backgrounds and with various needs, to create cultural experiences that touch and enrich.

Would you like to join us?

Job Responsibilities

The main responsibilities include:

• Welcoming and meeting visitors. Providing good service and circulating in public areas.
• Conveying information about the museum's exhibitions and activities.
• Maintaining order and performing light cleaning in public areas.
• Being responsible for opening and closing, as well as supervision and monitoring.
• Acting in alarm and emergency situations. Responsible for evacuation.
• Participating in the planning and execution of public activities.
• Preparing and restoring venues and equipment for public activities.
• Conducting tours as needed.

Some retail work and sales in the museum shop are also included.

Qualifications

As a museum host, you focus on the visitor and ensure that all guests feel comfortable at the museum. The work is varied and includes both busy and quieter periods, depending on visitor flow.

You possess personal maturity and confidence, the ability to prioritize and act quickly in pressured situations. To succeed in this role, you need to be attentive and have a strong ability to work independently as well as collaborate in a team.

We place great importance on your personal competence to carry out the tasks.

In addition, you also need to have:

• A high school diploma, preferably with a focus on service, tourism, sales, or child and leisure.
• At least a couple of years of experience in similar tasks within service and hospitality.
• Some experience in giving tours and feeling comfortable speaking in front of groups.
• Good ability to handle digital technology in exhibitions and events.
• Administrative skills to manage tasks via Office 365.
• Good language skills in Swedish and English.

It is an advantage if you also have experience in retail work. An interest in cultural history and art is certainly a benefit in the job.

You will be working in an environment with a lot of activity, where you will be walking and standing for extended periods, and high noise levels may occur.

Employment

The position is a full-time temporary contract, from August 18, 2025, to August 10, 2026.

Working hours are scheduled and vary during the day, evenings, and weekends.

Before a potential employment, you will need to provide a criminal record extract.

Workplace

The regional museum offers a safe, inclusive, and flexible workplace that contributes to societal benefit in a changing time. With us, meaningful tasks await in a dynamic environment, good professional development, active work environment efforts, good working conditions, and not least, wonderful colleagues!

Application

We warmly welcome your application by May 11, 2025. We plan to conduct interviews during week 21.

In your application, please attach a personal letter and CV, clearly stating how you meet the qualifications requested. For a faster recruitment process, we ask you to include relevant certificates and grades.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Johan Gärskog, museum director, tel: 036-301810 or Henrik Johansson, Academic Association, tel: 036-301812.

Other

In preparation for this recruitment, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and therefore kindly decline offers for advertising or recruitment support.

The Jönköping County Museum is an art and cultural history museum that builds knowledge and makes cultural heritage accessible, preserves, and develops it through participation in the region.

The Jönköping County Museum works for the development of a democratic society by contributing to research and free opinion formation as well as cultural experiences on equal terms for all.

In the heart of Jönköping, our visitors encounter the link between history, the present, and the future. A wide range of exhibitions in beautiful halls with light and space. A large selection of programs – from bold to creative and fact-filled. We are about 50 employees working throughout the region with everything from object care to exhibitions, contemporary documentation, archaeology, building preservation, and conservation.