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Job Description

The Västernorrland Museum is tasked with preserving, developing, and making accessible the cultural heritage and cultural environments of the region. The museum's activities are extensive and include a broad museum experience delivered in the museum's physical environments and digital channels, as well as collection management and cultural heritage care. The museum building and Murberget Open-Air Museum are located in Härnösand. We are now looking for a new Museum Director.

We are looking for someone who wants and can develop and lead the operations sustainably together with the museum's staff. As a leader, you are a responsive and inclusive leader who develops the museum's operations as a knowledge institution and meeting place.

The Museum Director has many external contacts, including with public organizations, civil society, business, and media.

As Museum Director, you are responsible for personnel, budget, and work environment.

Together, and in collaboration with other actors, we care for and develop cultural heritage and museum activities in Västernorrland.

You who apply have several years of work experience in a leadership position. You are a confident and courageous leader who is skilled at helping both individuals and groups grow and reach their full potential. You lead and develop with clarity and structure both in ongoing work and development. You have a relevant academic degree and work experience from the cultural heritage sector, e.g., from museums, libraries, archives, or other knowledge-sharing institutions. We will place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

The position of Museum Director is a permanent position, and the appointment will be made by agreement. Work will take place on-site in Härnösand, and travel may occur. We prefer that our new Museum Director lives in (or is willing to move to) our geographical area. 

In this recruitment, the Västernorrland County Museum collaborates with Randstad. If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, please contact recruitment consultant Pernilla Keusch at [email protected] or 070 149 87 85. To assist you in the best way, please attach your CV to your application. If you also wish to include a cover letter or other supplementary information regarding your application, please include it in the same document, e.g., as an introduction to your CV. Please submit your application no later than 2025-12-15.

For both the Västernorrland Museum and Randstad, it is important that all skills in the labor market are utilized. We welcome all applicants and strive for diversity. 

Responsibilities

• Personnel and budget management.
• Work environment.
• Manage and develop operations.
• Stimulate staff competence development.
• Daily work leadership.
• Promote collaborations and long-term funding. 

Qualifications

• Relevant academic degree.
• Work experience from the cultural heritage sector, e.g., museums, libraries, archives, or other knowledge-sharing institutions.
• Documented experience in strategic and operational leadership and management (Experience in organizational development, personnel and work environment responsibility, building engagement and inclusion, holistic and collaboration between operations/departments, change).
• Good understanding of budget work, financial management, and external funding.
• Ability to develop the museum as a relevant and important meeting place and knowledge institution.
• Experience initiating and leading collaborative projects with external actors in civil society, business, and public organizations.
• Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

Meritorious:

• Experience working in national and international contexts.

Personal qualities:

• Responsive, inclusive, and process-oriented leadership style.
• Strategic and analytical with the ability to see the big picture.
• Communicative and relationship-building.
• Empathetic and coaching.
• Structured and organized.
• Confident and courageous.

About the Company

Foundation Västernorrland County Museum

The Västernorrland Museum is a cultural-historical museum based in Härnösand that documents and communicates the history and cultural heritage of the region. The main building is located at the Murberget Open-Air Museum, where there are permanent exhibitions about the region's history from ancient times to the present, temporary exhibitions, a museum shop, and a café. The museum also has several other visitor attractions in the region, such as Gammelgården in Myckelgensjö, Ulvö Chapel, and Styresholm ancient fort, and offers a wide range of activities, lectures, and events. In addition to exhibitions, the museum focuses on knowledge building, collection management, cultural heritage issues, and promoting handicrafts.