Job Advertisement: Museum Educator

Do you believe that insights from history are important for understanding our present? Are you passionate about making history accessible and meaningful for more people? Then this job is for you!

About the Historical Museum

We are Sweden's historical and archaeological museum. Here you can get to know and understand the people who lived before us. Our vision is to unite people through time and space. Our drive is to spark curiosity about how the past connects with the present and influences the future. We make history significant for more!

The Historical Museum is led by the museum director and consists of two units: Hospitality and Learning. About 30 people work at the museum. The Historical Museum is part of the National Historical Museums, which is Sweden's largest state museum group with approximately 350 employees. The agency includes the Economic Museum, Hallwyl Museum, Historical Museum, Royal Armory, Skokloster Castle, Sweden's Museum of the Holocaust, and Tumba Bruksmuseum. The agency also includes the Archaeologists' assignment activities. The National Historical Museums are tasked with promoting knowledge and interest in Sweden's history and preserving and developing the cultural heritage managed by the agency.

Read more about the Historical Museum and the National Historical Museums here: www.historiska.se (http://www.historiska.se) and www.shm.se (http://www.shm.se)

The Learning Unit

The unit works to create a public offering around lifelong and enjoyable learning. The offerings aim to be engaging, spark curiosity about history, and reach new visitors/participants based on their circumstances. The unit plays an important role in the visitor's experience of the museum and focuses on the entire country when developing activities, both physically and digitally.

Eleven museum educators work in the unit, either full-time or part-time. About half of the positions are intensive in exhibitions. Additionally, there are about seven seasonal museum educators during the summer period.

Job Description

The position is an exhibition-intensive role, which means your main tasks will be to meet our visitors. As a museum educator at the Historical Museum, you will meet a broad audience in the museum's exhibitions, studio, and through the museum's digital channels such as social media. You will plan and conduct tours and activities for school groups in various grades, SFI students, specially booked groups, and general museum visitors of all ages. You will also work with program activities aimed at children and youth on weekends and school breaks. The position also includes practical work such as preparing and cleaning up after public activities in the museum's premises, conducting evaluations, and contributing to the development of the educational offerings in consultation with responsible functions.

We work based on the museum's operational goals and vision, always keeping the target groups in mind.

We are looking for you:

• who is educated in relevant subjects such as archaeology, history, and pedagogy.
• who has documented experience leading groups, preferably in a museum.
• who can perform various educational activities for different types of groups based on people's varying needs.
• who has a good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish and English; you are welcome to speak another language.
• who is comfortable using digital solutions and creativity in your educational work.

You are:

• engaged and passionate about providing groups with inspiring encounters with history.
• structured and responsible.
• flexible and can engage based on needs in different situations.
• unpretentious and attentive.
• have a great understanding of young people and their needs and living conditions.
• interested in the world around you.
• a person who takes initiative.

Good to know

The Historical Museum wants more people to be able to access the museum's offerings and feel welcome. This places high demands on employees' competence and commitment. Therefore, we actively work with sustainability, competence development, and strive for equality and diversity in the workplace. The Historical Museum is a workplace where job satisfaction is highly valued and where collaboration is the key to success.

The position is a permanent employment at 21%. The working hours are adapted to the operations, which means you will work one morning a week and every other weekend. The position also includes working at other times beyond this, for example during school breaks and, if necessary, in the evenings.

The start date is as soon as possible, and we apply a probationary period of 6 months.

We want your application by January 25, 2025, and you can only apply by clicking the “Apply” button below.

For inquiries about the position, please contact the head of the learning unit, Jennifer Shutzberg, tel. 08- 519 556 98. Information about employment conditions can be obtained from personnel specialist Emelie Gloza, tel. 08-519 556 07. The union representative for SACO-S is Maria Lundberg, tel. 08- 519 556 21.

Warm welcome with your application!

The National Historical Museums is Sweden's largest state museum group. The agency includes Hallwyl Museum, Historical Museum, Royal Armory, Skokloster Castle, Sweden's Museum of the Holocaust, and the Economic Museum – Royal Coin Cabinet - with Tumba Bruksmuseum. The agency also includes the Archaeologists' assignment activities, with offices in five different locations in the country. The National Historical Museums are tasked with promoting knowledge and interest in Sweden's history and preserving and developing the cultural heritage managed by the agency. Our shared vision is “Together we make history significant for more.” The agency has about 350 employees.