Museum cultural mediator

The employer is looking for a:

Head of cultural mediation (reported profession)

Tasks:

• participates, under the responsibility of the Museum management, in defining the mediation action programs;
• defines, coordinates and evaluates mediation activities and the necessary supports; in particular defines and implements the program of specific days, involving adults, youths and families;
• creates and maintains relations with bodies external to the Museum that act as intermediaries for the various publics of the Museum (communication, promotion);
• defines together with the Museum management the supports necessary for the promotion of cultural mediation activities and writes the promotional texts for them (for printed matter, website, newsletters);
• updates the website regarding cultural mediation activities;
• recruits, trains and directs the collaborators who participate in cultural mediation projects (guides, animators, accompanying staff);
• contributes, together with the Museum management, to the training of reception and surveillance staff for its specific sector;
• is responsible, under the supervision and in agreement with the Museum management, for the budget of cultural mediation activities;
• stays updated on the latest news and trends concerning cultural mediation and takes care of maintaining contacts with colleagues in the sector.

Requirements

• academic degree in art history, history, anthropology or equivalent titles;
• experience as a cultural mediator in a museum institute;
• critical sense and creativity;
• organizational skills and ability in the field of communication and in text writing;
• experience in coordinating a team constitutes a preferential title;
• predisposition to perform work independently or in teams and organizational skills;
• capacity and ease in interpersonal relations and aptitude for contact with users;
• flexibility in the tasks assigned to him/her;
• availability to work outside regular hours (may be called to work in the evening, during weekends and holidays on the occasion of events and inaugurations);
• knowledge of at least one second national language and/or English;
• knowledge of the office suite.

Employment details:

• workplace Bellinzona
• employment at 50%
• employment from 01.01.2027 (or date to be determined), permanent
• Sunday work and holiday work
• salary to be agreed upon

We offer:

• work in a close-knit team;
• diversified and stimulating activities;
• the opportunity to participate in the development of the Museo Villa dei Cedri in the territory.

Conditions:
The employment contract is subject to the Code of Obligations (CO).
The salary conditions will be bilaterally agreed upon between the parties.

Application:

• offers accompanied by curriculum vitae, photocopies of study and work certificates, must arrive by

2 November 2026

to the Museum management in a sealed envelope and with the external indication:

Concorso mediazione culturale
Museo Villa dei Cedri
Piazza San Biagio 9
6500 Bellinzona

Applications must arrive exclusively in writing.
Applications received via e-mail will not be taken into consideration.

Applications that arrive after this date cannot be taken into consideration.

Further information can be requested from Ms.:
Carole Haensler
Direttrice Bellinzona Musei/Museo Villa dei Cedri
(tel. +41 58 203 17 30)

The Board of Directors reserves the right not to proceed with the hiring in the absence of candidates deemed suitable for the position.