Museum Technician
Kanton Graubünden
Chur
Key information
- Publication date:11 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Chur
Job summary
Join the diverse Kanton Graubünden, Switzerland's largest canton. Enjoy a vibrant work environment with great opportunities.
Tasks
- Maintain and oversee museum buildings and cultural heritage spaces.
- Plan and implement exhibitions with technical and craft skills.
- Manage exhibition setups and supervise assistants and interns.
Skills
- Craftsman qualification, preferably a furniture carpenter with experience.
- Versatile in woodworking, painting, electrical, and wallpapering tasks.
- Strong organizational skills and a proactive working style.
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Together for Graubünden
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally, and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts, and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape. Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden together with us.
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally, and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts, and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape. Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden together with us.
Museum Technician
Office for Culture | Rhaetian Museum | 80-100% | Chur
Due to the retirement of the current position holder, we are looking for a museum technician for the Rhaetian Museum in the Office for Culture starting March 1, 2026.
Your area of responsibility
- Building maintenance, upkeep, and supervision of the museum building, the cultural property protection room, the material storage, and the carpentry workshop with collection objects and all equipment
- Technical and craft planning and implementation of exhibitions
- Independent realization of exhibition architecture (furnishings and various constructions)
- Carpentry and craft work as well as procurement of necessary materials
- Setup and dismantling of exhibitions
- Collaboration in the organization, recording, and planning of object storage, transport, and management of the cultural property protection room's objects
- Provision of infrastructure for events
- Management and organization of the on-call service
- Supervision of temporary staff, civil service workers, and interns
What we expect from you
- Professional qualification as a craftsman, preferably as a cabinetmaker with several years of professional experience
- All-rounder for wood, painting, electrical, and wallpapering work
- Organizational skills and independent working style
- Sense for pragmatic, technical, and creative solutions
- Commitment, flexibility, and teamwork
- Interest in history and museum work
- Driver's license for passenger and small transport vehicles
- Residence near Chur (on-call service)
We look forward to receiving your online application and to getting to know you.
If you have any questions, Guadench Dazzi, Director, is happy to assist you at Tel. 081 257 48 21 or by email at guadench.dazzi@rm.gr.ch.
Application deadline: September 30, 2025
