IndirizzoJob categoriesEngineering, Urban Planning/Design
Vacancy codeVA/2024/B5131/27623
Department/officeECR, AUMCO, Albania
Duty stationTirana, Albania
Contract typeLocal ICA Specialist
Contract levelLICA Specialist-10
DurationRetainer (Up to 100 days within 12 months)
Application period27-Feb-2024 to 13-Mar-2024
Applications to vacancies must be received before midnight Copenhagen time (CET) on the closing date of the announcement.
Functional Responsibilities
The Museums in Durres and Kavaja are currently undergoing conservation and musealization processes. For this purpose, UNOPS is leading a number of processes, from the physical conservation of the building, the conservation and consolidation of artifacts as well as the interpretation and musealization including digital interpretation and multimedia. All these aspects need to be tied together in a unified final outlook of the Museums coordinated by a curator for both of the exhibitions.
Under the overall monitoring of the Cultural Heritage Advisor and in close coordination with the Infrastructure project manager and cultural heritage staff, the incumbent shall provide technical assistance and advice to the following activities:
Functional responsibilities:
Under the overall monitoring of the Cultural Heritage Advisor and in close coordination with the Infrastructure project manager and cultural heritage staff, the incumbent shall provide technical assistance and advice to the following activities:
- Curatorship advice and coordination for implementation of museum lines in Museums of Kavaja and Durres
Functional responsibilities:
- Liaise with the contractor, digital multimedia contractor, digital multimedia concept creators, design team and conservators and guide the implementation of a comprehensive interpretation of the Museums.
- Guide the contractor in the implementation of a comprehensive interpretation of the Museums including the aspects of artifacts, interpretation, and digital interpretation.
- Ensure all the quality standards are met and respected.
- Assure and follow-up on all elements of implementation, including museum expositors, interpretation tables/posters/labels and digital equipment are integrated in the flow of the museum lines and are all aligned with approved concepts.
- Check drawings, specifications and other design and construction documentation and instructing on aspects of interventions.
- Attend site meetings, discuss issues, provide efficient and effective solutions to issues, prepare meeting minutes and submit to CH advisor for approval.
- Ensure effective relationships are maintained with all stakeholders at all times, with special focus on the difficulties encountered when working in such remote areas in Albania.
- Assists in preparing the presentation to national authorities for follow up presentations and information.
- Follow up with site engineers of both UNOPS and the contractor on designing interior elements of implementation pertaining to museological lines.
- Instruct the contractor and site engineers of both UNOPS and the contractor on appropriate fit for all the design elements for the interior of both Museums for the final unified design outlook.
Education/Experience/Language requirements
Education
Language
- Advanced University degree (Master’s or equivalent) or higher in a heritage-related field which may include museum studies, history, history of art, fine arts and similar.
- Bachelor's degree in combination with 2 additional years of relevant experience may be accepted in lieu of the Master’s degree.
- Proven experience (5 years) museum exposition designs and musealization.
- Proven experience (5 years) in coordinating deliverables of different teams and tying them into comprehensive units.
- In-depth understanding and knowledge of cultural heritage and museological aspects is desired.
- Experience with official processes of cultural heritage interpretation in Albania is considered to be an advantage.
Language
- Fluency in English and Albanian is required.
