Working in culture: open positions at the Guggenheim Collection and the Bargello Museums


The weekly appointment for cultural heritage job seekers. This week open positions at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice and the Bargello National Museums.

As every Friday, here is the long-awaited appointment for job seekers in cultural heritage. So here are vacancies, open positions, competitions, selections, and opportunities that we have gathered during the week of December 3-10, 2021.

In Venice, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection is looking for a Manager of Retail and Visitor Services. The figure will play a key role in services aimed at museum reception. In fact, the placement includes the responsibility of two departments both addressed to the public: Retail and Visitor Services, to ensure-through the staff for which he/she will have direct responsibility-the best welcome and a very positive experience in the shop. He contributes to the strategic decisions of the Management, to whom he is directly accountable, proposing innovative solutions consistent with the institutional image of the Foundation and its educational goals. Actively collaborates in e-commerce implementation. Experience and college degree required. For info visit the website of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

In Venice, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection seeks an Assistant for Individual Development and Membership. The placement is within an office structured in two areas of activity: Individual Membership and Individual Development. Initiatives aimed at these two areas are ongoing, diverse, and require a person dedicated to operational tasks while holding responsibility. Experience and college degree required. For info visit the website of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice.

In Turin, the Circolo dei lettori Foundation announces a selection process aimed at finding a candidate for the graphics office support position. Deadline December 14, 2021. The position is permanent. For information go to the Turin Circolo dei Lettori website.

In Turin, the Circolo dei lettori Foundation announces a selection aimed at finding two support figures for the cultural programming office, one fixed-term and one permanent. Deadline December 14, 2021. For information go to the Turin Circolo dei Lettori website.

In Milan, Cairorcs Media S.p.A., the advertising concessionaire of Cairo Communication Group and Rcs MediaGroup, is seeking a marketing strategist for its Milan office. The person, placed in the Strategic and Operational Marketing structure, will contribute to the conception and presentation of the group’s cross-media offer (TV, daily and periodical press, digital). He/she will support the sales network in the proposition of products in the portfolio with taylor made arguments, aimed at responding to specific needs of clients/sectors. site of Cairo Communication.

In Florence, the Musei Nazionali del Bargello are announcing a selection notice, by means of a comparative procedure based on qualifications, for the awarding of three professional positions related to cataloging and digitization activities of catalog cards. The three positions concern: cataloging and captioning apparatus for Palazzo Davanzati; cataloging Bargello ivories; cataloging and digitizing Bargello. Deadline December 31, 2021. For info go to the Bargello Museums website.

In Florence, the agency Gi Group SPA is looking for a Librarian figure to be placed in the context of a General Directorate within the Ministry for a well-known Company of qualified services aimed at the preservation, enhancement and enjoyment of cultural heritage. The resource will be responsible for carrying out the selection and purchase for the library’s holdings, will be able to organize, conserve and catalog the book and documentary collections and manage lending operations in accordance with the rules and internal regulations, as well as provide the bibliographic information and consultancy service and promote the institution’s marketing activities and services. A bachelor’s or master’s degree in archival and library science with specialization diploma or Ph.D. or master’s degree from a university in subjects related to cultural heritage and experience in the field of at least 36 months, including non-consecutive experience, are required. For information see the GI Group SPA website.

In Rovereto (Trento), the Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto announces a public call for applications based on qualifications and interviews to fill a permanent part-time position of 30 hours per week for a museum operator in the earth sciences section. Part time weekly. Deadline December 30, 2021. For info go to the website of the Fondazione Museo Civico di Rovereto.

In Rovereto (Trento), the Santa Chiara Cultural Services Center announces a public selection notice, based on qualifications and interview, for the recruitment of a custodian on a permanent basis and establishment of a list with the faculty to hire on a fixed-term basis for the institution’s service needs. Deadline Dec. 12. For info go to the St. Clare Center website.

In Carpi (Modena), theUnione dei Comuni delle Terre d’Argine (Union of Municipalities of the Terre d’Argine ) announces a public competition, for examinations only, to fill three positions, permanent and full-time, of Cultural Instructor - Cat. C, at the Municipality of Carpi. Deadline is December 18. For info go to the Unione Terre d’Argine website.

In Pontelongo (Padua), the Municipality of Pontelongo announces a public competition by exams for the permanent, part-time (18 hours per week) recruitment of a library executive instructor - Cat. D. Deadline January 3, 2022. For info consult the website of the Municipality of Pontelongo.

In Montelupo Fio rentino (Florence), The Montelupo Museum System is seeking a scientific director. The figure will be included in the Museum’s staff with the tasks of: promoting and implementing scientific research and the enhancement of the collections; taking care of the ordering and presentation of the museum’s holdings, as well as the related exhibition criteria, and the management and care of the collections; contributing to the definition of the Museum System’s mission, the definition of objectives and programmatic guidelines, and the elaboration of multi-year and annual programs. Deadline January 14, 2022. For info see the City of Montelupo Fiorentino website.

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Pictured: the Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Photo by Matteo De Fina

Working in culture: open positions at the Guggenheim Collection and the Bargello Museums
Working in culture: open positions at the Guggenheim Collection and the Bargello Museums


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