Kanton Luzern
Luzern
Research Associate Focus AV Media State Archive (a)
- 04 September 2026
- 40 – 60%
- Permanent position
- German (Intermediate)
About the job
Audiovisual media are your passion and their long-term preservation is important to you? At the State Archive Lucerne, you take on a central role in preserving and indexing the audiovisual cultural heritage of Central Switzerland and also contribute to other indexing projects.
Your tasks
- With care and system, you evaluate and index AV collections in close collaboration with the responsible archivists.
- You competently and clearly answer enquiries about image rights, AV archiving and related specialist topics thanks to your communication skills.
- You assess the conservation status of the collections with a trained eye and carefully coordinate the necessary measures.
- For public relations, you prepare image material with a sense of visual language.
- You actively contribute technical understanding and initiative in digitisation.
Your profile
- You have a completed degree in history, art history or information science or a comparable qualification.
- You bring several years of experience in archival indexing, especially in the field of AV media.
- Whether independently or in a team - you feel at home in both working styles.
- Ideally, you have further training in the archiving and conservation of AV media.
- Knowledge of the Lucerne cultural scene as well as familiarity with local building and monument history are also advantageous.
What you can look forward to
Our fields of activity are as diverse as we are.
Environment, infrastructure, finance, security, health, education and much more - together we shape the canton of Lucerne.
Environment, infrastructure, finance, security, health, education and much more - together we shape the canton of Lucerne.
With us you get ahead.
We offer attractive and exciting career and development opportunities - both in leadership and for specialist experts.
We offer attractive and exciting career and development opportunities - both in leadership and for specialist experts.
We work flexibly and smartly.
Mobile-flexible working is highly valued with us. More than half of our employees work part-time and realise their professional goals in harmony with their private commitments.
Mobile-flexible working is highly valued with us. More than half of our employees work part-time and realise their professional goals in harmony with their private commitments.
You benefit with us.
Attractive continuing education offers, discount platforms for employees, mobile and internet offers, Next Bike, fleet discounts, and other benefits.
Attractive continuing education offers, discount platforms for employees, mobile and internet offers, Next Bike, fleet discounts, and other benefits.
Your employer
Working for the Canton of Lucerne means shaping the future - that of the canton, its residents and not least your own. More than 7,000 employees in 200 different professions contribute daily to the excellent quality of life in our canton.
The State Archive is the "memory" of the Canton of Lucerne. It secures unique cultural assets and makes them available for research into the history of the canton. The archive also advises the cantonal administration as well as secular and ecclesiastical communities on the management of their documents.
The "a" in the job title stands for "all". The Canton of Lucerne stands for diversity and variety.
The State Archive is the "memory" of the Canton of Lucerne. It secures unique cultural assets and makes them available for research into the history of the canton. The archive also advises the cantonal administration as well as secular and ecclesiastical communities on the management of their documents.
The "a" in the job title stands for "all". The Canton of Lucerne stands for diversity and variety.
Your contact
Department of Justice & Security
Commercial Register and State Archive
Dr phil. Jürg Schmutz
Head of Office
+41 41 228 5362
https://staatsarchiv.lu.ch
Commercial Register and State Archive
Dr phil. Jürg Schmutz
Head of Office
+41 41 228 5362
https://staatsarchiv.lu.ch
