The Swedish National Heritage Board is the national authority that leads and supports the work of preserving, using and developing cultural heritage. Their operations are located in Visby, Stockholm and Tumba.
They are currently looking to hire heritage scientists for the continued development of the Swedish National Heritage Board’s Heritage Laboratory.
The Heritage Laboratory is part of the Unit for Heritage Science. This unit is responsible for supporting research and knowledge building in the field of cultural heritage and for coordinating and propelling the interdisciplinary research area of heritage science in Sweden as well as internationally. The unit compromises approximately 10 employees, and is divided into activities related to the Heritage Laboratory, a research environment for runes and runic inscriptions, and work with international and national standardization in cultural conservation. The infrastructure is also open to collaborations that aim to uncover new cultural-historical knowledge. Partners come from universities, museums, other cultural heritage institutions and laboratories. The instrument park includes SEM-EDS, XRF, X-ray, multiband imaging, FTIR and Raman. The heritage laboratory is equipped with portable instruments and analyses are also carried out on site at museums or other locations.
The Swedish National Heritage Board runs the Heritage Science Sweden network and represent Sweden in the European infrastructure initiative E-RIHS.
Your task
In your role of heritage scientist, the candidate will:
- lead and participate in interdisciplinary research and development projects, where you will be responsible for scientific/technical competence.
- communicate results and work to ensure that experiences and methods are implemented by different target groups
- be responsible for tasks in the joint work to run and develop the Cultural Heritage Laboratory as a node for Heritage Science. This may include being responsible for the operation and procurement of instruments. It may also involve strategic work to promote national and international R&D collaborations, monitor and communicate relevant calls for R&D funds, or to highlight existing national resources within heritage science in the form of competences, laboratory resources, facilities and research environments.
Requirements
Your Competence
You have a PhD in a field relevant to heritage science, such as chemistry, physics, engineering, conservation science, or archaeology. You have experience participating in research and development projects in collaboration with others. You are experienced in disseminating and communicating results and methods, both through scientific publishing and in popular science contexts.
You must be proficient in both Swedish and English, in both spoken and written form. If you have an international background, you need to be willing to learn Swedish to carry out the work.
It is advantageous if you have experience in one or more of the following areas:
Knowledge of different materials’ components, degradation processes, and preservation
Experience with advanced documentation methods such as X-ray, IR, and UV photography
Experience with spectroscopic analysis methods such as SEM-EDS, XRF, Raman, and FTIR
Experience in identifying, applying for, and working with funding from various research financiers
Experience with research infrastructures
Documented experience in pedagogical and communicative work related to R&D
Education or experience in cultural studies, such as conservation, art history or museums.
As a person, you are structured and capable of working independently. You are goal- and results-oriented and have strong collaboration skills. You willingly share your knowledge and take an interest in the expertise of others.
For further information and to apply: https://raa.varbi.com/job/gotland/heritage_scientist-804789.html
For contact information: sara.norrehed@raa.se
