26.08.2024
Archivist (f/m/d)
Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity (MfN), Berlin
The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) is an excellent and integrated research museum of the Leibniz Association with an international reputation and globally networked research infrastructure. It is active in three closely interlinked fields: collection-based research, collection development and cataloguing, and research-based public and educational work. Over the next ten years, the Museum für Naturkunde will realise its plan for the future. New laboratories and jobs for cutting-edge research will be created. At the same time, one of the world's most comprehensive natural history collections with over 30 million objects will be housed in modern collection buildings and completely digitized in the process. The implementation of the Future Plan, funded with a total of 660 million euros from the Federal Government and the State of Berlin, will only succeed with strong interdisciplinary national and international partners.
Become part of our team
Archivist (f/m/d)
- Work schedule: Part time 50 %; equivalent to 19 hours and 42 minutes per week
- Duration: Fixed-term contract with third-party funding, as soon as possible, ending on 31.10.2026
- Salary level: E 8 TV-L
- Code: 50/2024
Project Description:
As part of the DFG-project „Research and Responsibility: Virtual access to integrated fossil and archival material from the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909-1913)“ dinosaurs fossils and related archival materials of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin are being digitised. Based on the knowledge of the violent history of colonial objects, we are developing a model for responsible cataloguing, presentation and research that treats archival and palaeontological data as inseparable. The objective is to communicate the colonial origin of the objects transparently and to create access to palaeontological and archival materials. A precondition for this is the responsible and sensitive handling of scientific material and archive data from colonial contexts. The position holder is therefore expected to have an awareness of these contexts and the ability to handle these sources sensitively.
Further information on the project can be found on the website: https:/www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/science/virtual-access-fossil-and-archival-material-german-tendaguru-expedition-1909-1913
Your tasks:
- Continuous indexing and digitisation of the historical image and written documents of the German Tendaguru Expedition (1909-1913) in the museum's archive and in other external archives, completion of the documentation in ActaPro
- Preparation of all archive data for import into other database systems to create an interdisciplinary virtual research environment for the Tendaguru expedition
- Keywording and indexing the archive materials
Your profile:
- Completed training as a specialist for media and information services (specialising in archives) or comparable with several years of professional experience in archives, alternatively completed studies in archival sciences (BA) or information sciences with a focus on archives (BA) or comparable studies
- Experience with archive information systems (e.g. ActaPro)
- Professional experience in the archive of a research institute or in a larger museum
- Experience in the conception of a cataloguing system desirable
- Knowledge of relevant database systems and online portals in the archive and museum sector
- Knowledge of digital archiving and long-term archiving
- Knowledge of conservation requirements in archives
- Knowledge of the history of biology, geography or palaeontology desirable
- Basic knowledge of the relevant legal provisions (data protection, copyright, archive law and similar)
- Very good written and spoken German and English skills
- Communication skills and ability to work in a team
- Basic knowledge of the digitisation of images and written material
- Knowledge of colonial contexts of the collections desirable
- Diversity competence and sensitivity to discrimination of the archive materials
We offer you:
- exciting working environment in an attractive research museum with varied tasks in a dynamic and future-orientated market
- very good public transport connections in the centre of Berlin
- extensive further training opportunities on a personal and professional level
- flexible working hours and a wide range of options for balancing work and family life (e.g. flexitime or individual part-time models)
- depending on the job, mobile working is possible for up to 60 per cent of individual working hours
- remuneration according to TV-L with company pension scheme (VBL), special annual payment and capital-forming benefits
- employee events, company health management and German and English language courses
- 30 days' holiday plus 24 December and 31 December off
Special notes:
In support of equal rights applications from qualified women are particularly welcome. Handicapped individuals will be given preference in cases of identical qualifications.
We look forward to receiving your application with the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, certificates) by 16.09.2024, preferably via our online application portal.
https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/jobs-and-career/jobs
For information on the application procedure, please contact recruiting@mfn.berlin.
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