Museum Voorlinden is a new museum for modern and contemporary art in Wassenaar. Voorlinden offers a total experience of art, nature and architecture; an oasis in the busy Randstad area. In addition to changing presentations of our own collection, we organize three to four international exhibitions a year. With a small enthusiastic staff team we run the museum, the collection, the store and the restaurant.
We are currently looking for a registrar to work 40 hours per week.
What will you do?
You will coordinate the various movements of the collection both within the museum and to and from other museums;
You are responsible for the registration and documentation of all objects in the collection;
You manage, preserve and register the collection, both physically in the depot and digitally in TMS;
You coordinate outgoing loans;
You arrange, supervise and oversee the execution of art transports;
You coordinate the maintenance activities in the depot;
You coordinate the installation of a new depot;
You report your progress to the management.
Who are we looking for?
You have completed at least a higher professional education (HBO) programme, for example the Reinwardt Academy or a university programme in the field of art history;
You have at least 3 years of experience in a similar position;
You have demonstrable experience with (inter)national loan traffic, logistics, planning and purchasing of art transports, art handling, administrative activities and collection insurance;
You have good organizational skills;
You are accurate, flexible, service-oriented and stress-resistant;
You are a team player, but can also work well independently;
You have an excellent oral and written knowledge of the Dutch and English language and preferably master another foreign language (German, French);
You live in the area of Wassenaar / The Hague;
You are in possession of a driving license.
What do we offer?
A dynamic position in a young museum;
A very close and dedicated team with many international contacts;
A substantive job in which you work for the largest private contemporary art collection in the Netherlands;
Employment conditions in line with the market, depending on education and experience.
Are you interested?
Then send your cover letter and CV written in Dutch to vacature@voorlinden.nl no later than 22 May 2021, with the subject ‘Vacature registrar’ to the attention of Suzanne Swarts, director of Museum Voorlinden. Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.