Jobs
The Europeana office is based in the Netherlands, at the heart of The Hague. 35 people work on a wide variety of European projects contributing to Europeana and a European Cultural Commons. Together with our partners from institutions all over Europe we expand and improve our portal and services. Through our portal, people can find millions of digitized images, texts, maps, paintings, sounds and audiovisual materials from Europe's Museums, Libraries and Archives. One of our aims is to engage people in Europe with their cultural heritage and to give them access.
Our ambition is to provide new forms of access to culture, to inspire creativity and stimulate social and economic growth.
In our Strategic Plan 2011-2015 we outline our approach to this challenge. Over the next 4 years,
Europeana will focus on four strategic tracks:
- Aggregate content to build the open trusted source of European heritage
- Facilitate knowledge transfer, innovation and advocacy in the cultural sector
- Distribute their heritage to users wherever they are and whenever they want it
- Engage users in new ways of participating in their cultural heritage.
This plan translates to the work we carry out and our individual responsibilities.
Organisation
We are a fairly flat organization that works with specialists who are part of teams. The areas covered are; Policy, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Business Development, Programme Management, Product Development, Operations, Technical Development and Scientific Coordination. The Management Team of Europeana is made up of 4 Directors who together with the Europeana Network and the Europeana Foundation Board define the strategy of the organization and set the yearly business objectives. Our support staff helps in the Financial and HR aspects of the work.
Recruitment
We regularly look for new employees and interns for one or more of these working team. In addition
to the specific skills and experience as mentioned in the job descriptions, we are building a team of
enthusiastic team players with a passion for cultural heritage.
Europeana is interested in people who are willing to explore their potential and push their boundaries.
People who can recognize and identify themselves with our three core values: Collaboration,
Creativity and Professionalism.
More information about our current job vacancies can be found below.
To apply for a job opening please send us your CV and motivation (in English). Your CV (resume)
should outline your educational and vocational qualifications, your relevant work experience and the
software packages that you are familiar with. When applying for employment, the motivation is just as
important as the CV. It introduces you to us, and it gives us a first impression of who you are.
Europeana is bound by, and applies the Collective Labour agreement for Research institutes. The full text of this Collective Labour agreement, in English, can be found here.
Open applications/internships
We are always on the lookout for talented and passionate people. Do you think you have something to offer Europeana? If you do not find the job you are looking for among our current vacancies, you can always send us an Open Application.
We would really like to get in contact with people with initiative who can contribute to the further development of our organization and our services. If you have experience and/or an education in one of the above-mentioned working areas, preferably in the cultural sector, we will gladly accept your open application. You will receive an acknowledgement of receipt from us and we will keep your application active in our database for six months. We will advise on appropriate available functions for that duration.
Europeana has opportunities for internships on a regular basis as well. Please send us your CV and your motivation outlining what kind of assignment or research you are looking for. Internships should preferably cover at least a period of three months.
Applications can be sent to: jobs.europeana@kb.nl. You can also find us on LinkedIn and Facebook.
Latest news
Job Position - The Hague, Netherlands, 03 May 2012
As a Development Team Manager you have two key areas of responsibility. First, you will manage the Europeana development team daily. Second, as ScrumMaster for your team you will drive and facilitate team's work using Agile methods. You and your team are responsible for the technical development and maintenance of the Europeana service. This includes the website, the back end ingestion processes and the applications for the distribution of content to other sites.
Job Position - The Hague, Netherlands, 02 May 2012
Personal Assistant – with office management responsibilities
(30-40 hours a week, 5 days per week)
We are looking for an experienced PA, with excellent office management and administrative skills, to support our Executive Director and the team of 4 Directors. Are you an excellent organiser and communicator? Are you proactive but friendly? Can you multitask ? Are you flexible enough to work in this dynamic and ever-evolving environment? Are you looking for a PA job at the centre of a multi-cultural organisation that allows you to work very independently? Then this could be the job for you.
Job Position - The Hague, Netherlands, 23 March 2012
Do you love engaging people with their cultural heritage? Do you have experience in creating concepts for marketing content on the web? Do you know how to make social media work for you? Are you capable of conceptual thinking and coordinating several projects simultaneously? In our European team of professionals, we are looking for a Senior Marketing Specialist at Europeana.
