[InetBib] Stellenangebot der European Digital Library Foundation: Business Development Director

["Mathias Schindler" <mathias.schindler@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

ich leite dieser Liste diese Stellenausschreibung weiter, vielleicht
ist das ja für jemanden interessant.

Mathias


Please could you forward this job on to anyone you think would be
interested in the position. Its a great job, lots of fun BUT its paid
at Dutch civil service rates - so the person is not going to get rich!

Thanks for your help
-Jill

Company: EDL Foundation
Job Title: Business Development Director
Description: Are you interested in bringing the hidden treasures of
Europe's Museums, Libraries, Archives and Audio visual collections to
the web? Do you have a strong background in publishing for the web or
in European projects? Are you visionary and persuasive? Then join the
EDL Foundation at the National Library of the Netherlands and create
with us, the operational www.Europeana.eu to give the world access to
the cultural heritage of Europe.

The EDL Foundation, hosted by the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, National
Library of the Netherlands, is involved in several successful projects
aiming at developing Europeana: the European digital library.

We are looking for a dynamic, self starting Business Developer, with
international experience. You are able to get the biggest and best of
Europe's cultural institutions on board and contributing content. You
need to have an understanding of the techniques of internet
publishing, have a grip on European cultural heritage strategy and the
ability to convince at all levels. You will have fund raising
experience.

You will develop the business of Europeana, its partners, models, and
policies. You will oversee all projects relating to Europeana,
initially these include: Arrow, (publishers and libraries), an
Archives Portal, EDLlocal (regional museums, libraries, archives),
Athena (museums) and EFG (European Film Gateway). You will also seek
and develop new projects and opportunities for partnerships and
funding (both public and private) for Europeana and the EDL
foundation. You will be responsible for developing the longer term
strategies for the sustainability of Europeana. You will recruit and
manage a team of between 10 people rising to 15 by 2012. This team
will work to create: a partner programme; put in place and manage a
marketing and communication strategy; manage projects and help develop
policies for governments and ministries on the exposure of European
cultural heritage.

You will be experienced at a European level in the planning and
executing of projects with large technical components. You are not
expected to come from a technical background but some knowledge of web
publishing would be useful. You are a well organized, lateral thinker
with extremely good communication skills. Your tasks will include the
creation and management of the overall strategy, the development of
policy and selling of the idea.

The job will entail frequent European travel and management of your budget.

Profile:
Degree level
Prince II methodology
Results oriented and strategically aware
Broad knowledge of worlds of libraries, museums and archives or of publishing
Able to represent the service and its projects at all levels of meetings
Sales and marketing experience
Fund raising experience
Management experience

Competencies:
Initiative taker
Analytical
Decision maker
Visionary
Persuasive
Influencing
Logical
Budget creation & management
Very high level written and spoken English
Our Offer:
A 24 month contract based at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek in The Hague,
The Netherlands. According to the CAO – onderzoekinstellingen the
salary scale indicated for this job is 13, maximum of € 5266.00 gross
per month on the basis of a 40 hour week. In addition you will be
entitled to 43 days holiday per year plus holiday pay and an annual
bonus of 8 and 6.1% respectively. This is a contract job as the
funding is project based. If the project is successful, longer term
funding will be achieved and jobs renewed.

Closing Date has been extended to June 6,2008
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