[spectre] (fwd) Vacancy - LabforCulture, ECF Amsterdam

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 11:10:00 +0200
From: "Angela Plohman" <Angela at eurocult.org>


LabforCulture.org
Sharing Culture across Europe

Roemer Visscherstraat 18
NL - 1054 EX Amsterdam
The Netherlands
tel: +31.20 4121017
fax: +31.20 4122468
aplohman at eurocult.org

PLEASE CHECK http://www.eurocult.org/lab

An initiative of the European Cultural Foundation


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The European Cultural Foundation (ECF) and Partners are announcing the
post of the Director of the LabforCulture.org pilot project

Position: LabforCulture Director
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Closing date: 1 June 2006
Starting on: 1 September 2006
Contract: FTE for 2 years

LabforCulture (LfC) is a new, fully interactive online platform for all
those involved in arts and culture who collaborate and produce across
borders in Europe. It is backed by a vast network of partners and also
carries out a range of offline activities, such as workshops and
research. LabforCulture is a partner initiative of the European Cultural
Foundation (ECF).

Key Responsibilities
- Overall leadership and management of LabforCulture
- Further development of LfC as the innovative online reference point
for all those engaged in European Cultural Cooperation across the
broader Europe
- Close collaboration with existing funders and ongoing financial and
political lobbying to ensure sustainability beyond the pilot phase
- Ensuring successful networking and communication of the project
- Managing a team of employed staff members and free lancers

Key competences and qualifications
- Academic education
- 10 years working experience in new media development and cultural
management or cultural policy
- Profound knowledge in the field of online information and knowledge
management
- Profound knowledge of the field of transnational artistic or cultural
cooperation
- Excellent leadership capacity, lobbying and fundraising skills
- Excellent communication, public presentation and networking skills
- Fluency in English and another European language
- Experience of working in intercultural environment


Applications in English in the form of a covering letter, detailed CV,
2 references, salary expectations, only via e-mail, to:
gbidenbach at eurocult.org
Please review the application pack online at www.eurocult.org/lab for
further details.

The European Cultural Foundation would like to thank all applicants for
their interest however, only those applicants selected for an interview
will be contacted.