City of Livorno seeks scientific director for City Museum

The City of Livorno today published a public selection notice based on qualifications and interview for the professional position of scientific director of the City Museum. The position will last 18 months and the expected gross compensation is 45,000 euros (including VAT if due). The application, on plain paper, must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, December 16, 2022.

The appointment in the intentions of the Municipal Administration is a prerequisite for further development in the operation and promotion of Livorno’s museum system, of which the Museum of the City - set up at the Bottini dell’Olio Cultural Complex is an integral and relevant part. The City Museum was inaugurated in 2018, divided into two sections: the first aimed at documenting Livorno’s history between archaeology and the 20th century through civic collections; the second, set up in the deconsecrated church of the Luogo Pio is dedicated to contemporary art. With the exhibition Modigliani and the Montparnasse Adventure, since 2019 the city has allocated museum spaces for temporary exhibitions.

As stated in the notice of the assignment, the administration’s intention today is to redesign the City Museum so that it can dynamically change its layout, initiating a review of the visitor route and museum layout in order to actualize its functions in light of the desire to to strategically reposition the City Museum within the regional cultural scene, with the aim of enhancing and strengthening the museum’s identity and reaching a local and international target audience.

“The rearrangement of the spaces of the Bottini dell’Olio Cultural Complex and the collection are aimed, among other things, at creating a renewed cultural offer synergistic with the F.D. Labronica Library. Guerrazzi - whose current section is housed on the second floor of the Bottini dell’Olio Cultural Pole - and with other cultural institutions, both public and private, in the area, to the creation of new target visitors, to the loyalty of contexts and social categories of the local community, to the adoption of participatory cultural processes, to a new educational offer aimed at the schools involved not only through activities didactic, but also with initiatives of a creative and artistic nature, in the conviction that museums exercise an indispensable educational function in society, in which the younger generations represent the ”heirs“ of the historical, artistic, anthropological, political, cultural, material and immaterial heritage of the city,” the notice reads.

To apply, these requirements are necessary: (a) Master’s degree (DM 270/04) in History of Art (LM-89), Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Heritage (LM-10) and Archaeology (LM-2) or Master’s degree (DM 509/99) in History of Art (95/S), Conservation of Architectural and Environmental Heritage (10/S) and Archaeology (2/S) or equivalent/equivalent degree (Interministerial Decree July 9, 2009, published in the Official Gazette of Oct. 7, 2009 no. 233); b) Experience in the scientific direction of public or private cultural facilities, preferably of museum character and/or in the field of protection and enhancement of cultural heritage; c) Experience in fundraising and cultural marketing activities; d) Experience in the conception and implementation of communication projects; e) Ability to use technologies, particularly in the museum and cultural institutions field; f) Good knowledge of written and spoken English.

Applications must be received strictly:

- by direct delivery to the entity’s URP (Public Relations Office) at the Municipal Palace, Piazza del Municipio 1 - Livorno, during the following hours: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m;

- via PEC (Certified Electronic Mail) - in the name of the candidate - to the following address of the Municipality of Livorno: comune.livorno@postacert.toscana.itsecondo the following ways:

- with attached scans in PDF format of the application duly completed and signed by the candidate, with a handwritten signature, together with a scan of the original of a valid identification document and the curriculum vitae in PDF format;

- with attached, in PDF format, the application duly completed and digitally signed along with the curriculum vitae. The envelope or the subject line of the PEC containing the application should be marked “Public Selection Scientific Director of the City Museum.”

Any further information may be obtained from the Personnel Planning and Development Office - Competitions (tel. 0586 820119) and the Cultural Activities, Museums and Foundations Sector (tel. 0586 820522/523) Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., and on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The full notice can be found at http://www.comune.livorno.it - link Competitions and Selections - Selections(https://www.comune.livorno.it/concorsoselezione/selezione-pubblica-titoli-colloquio-conferimento-incarico-professionale-direttore).

City of Livorno seeks scientific director for City Museum

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