Documentary Information Specialist on fixed-term contract at 80% - 12 months

• 07 August 2026 • 80% • Temporary • Promenade des Bastions, 1205 Genève La BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE GENÈVE (BGE) is a service of the Département de la culture et de la transition numérique. Founded in the 16th century, in charge of the cantonal Legal Deposit, it possesses the oldest and most important heritage collection in French-speaking Switzerland, composed notably of manuscripts, books, maps, posters, scores, photographs, and archives - important for the university community and for the general public of the region. The collections of the Bibliothèque de Genève are distributed across four sites located at Les Bastions, Centre d'iconographie, La Musicale, and Les Délices. BGE participates in ProjNum, a transversal large-scale digitization project of municipal heritage collections led by the Département de la culture et de la transition numérique (DCTN) and alongside other cultural institutions of the City as well as support services. In order to contribute to the deployment of the ProjNum project, BGE is looking for a Documentary Information Specialist en fixed-term contract at 80% - 12 months Your mission and responsibilities: • Take part in all work related to the management of a documentary information service within the framework of the digitization project of the heritage collections of the City of Geneva (ProjNum); • Update and manage the collections selected for digitization; • Catalog, inventory, and index documents on all types of media, ensuring the consistency of metadata; • Guarantee the storage and physical management of collections before, during, and after digitization operations; • Perform documentary research necessary for the identification, call numbering, pagination, and description of holdings; • Take part in digitization operations and ensure the coordination of documentary activities with the various project stakeholders, including external ones; • Perform corrections and updates in inventory files; • Participate, at the request of management, in working groups established within the framework of the project; • Write in a concise and structured manner after analysis and synthesis of the homogeneous data collected (e.g., production reports and reporting requested from the service provider); • Organize and distribute documents according to the defined indexing, classification, and numbering rules; • Ensure active information monitoring to present updated choices in a specific field; • Perform specialized research on a subject and identify the diversity of media to guarantee complete research. Your profile: • Hold a HES Bachelor's degree in information science or an equivalent training. • Demonstrate at least 3 years of professional experience in the field of documentary information and mastery of document management, indexing, cataloging, and information retrieval principles. • Be comfortable with standard IT tools as well as specialized software in the documentary field, and possess excellent analysis, synthesis, and writing skills. • Be interested in technological developments and demonstrate rigor in the exercise of one's activity. Demonstrate a strong capacity for research, information monitoring, and organization of documentary content. • Be able to communicate easily with various audiences and interlocutors. • Appreciate teamwork while being able to work autonomously. Why join us? By joining the Bibliothèque de Genève, you contribute to the influence of a major cultural institution in the region, actively engaged in large-scale architectural, organizational, and technical transformations. Conditions and application Application deadline: 27.08.2026 Start date: December 2026 Remuneration: Class F of the salary scale to be found on our website Application file The application file must contain the following elements: • motivation letter; • detailed curriculum vitae or, failing that, completed "Demande d'emploi" form (to be downloaded from our website); • copy of diplomas and work certificates. In its desire to fight unemployment, the city encourages applications from the Office cantonal de l'emploi. Applications via Jobup only. Follow-up of applications In the City of Geneva, the recruitment process is decentralized. This means that each service or department is responsible for following up on applications for the positions it offers. An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent to candidates. Terms of employment You are comfortable in a protected and secure workplace (conservation of heritage objects). The employees of the Ville de Genève must be domiciled in the authorized domiciliation zone and benefit from a valid work permit or authorization. More information on the working conditions of the Ville de Genève: https://www.geneve.ch/emploi