Why Join QM
“Qatar Museums” symbolizes Qatar’s cultural, educational and social aspirations and is a very diverse and interesting institution.
It inspires, preserves and promotes Art, Creativity, Culture and Heritage; giving opportunity to individuals to experience a journey of learning and exploration.
Working at QM means contributing toward building a cultural scene, showcasing component of human history, tradition and heritage; while working in a multicultural environment. It’s most powerful tool is its production of knowledge; and everyone working in this organization becomes part of this process.
What we offer
We offer suitable training and development opportunities including job shadowing, on the job trainings, Professional Exchange & Placement programs, in-house Coaching and Mentoring support to help you grow within the organization.
Our employees enjoy:
Competitive salaries and benefits.
Generous annual leave.
Medical insurance.
Convenient working hours – 07:30 am to 2:30 pm.
- Assist the director in long-range institutional planning, such as establishing programmatic, collection development, and research priorities, conservation planning, and annual/strategic planning, including the business plan review and implementation
- Work with curatorial departments to facilitate access to resources and cross departments collaboration, in-line with museum business plan.
- Advocate for the curatorial division, including collections, curatorial, conservation, research and Exhibitions, to ensure the staff has the support and resources to maintain curatorial excellence.
- Oversee the execution of loan requests; work closely with conservators, curators, registrars, and director to ensure all loans as per QM loan policies.
- Work collaboratively with curators, director, and centralized QM Acquisitions to oversee acquisition priorities and documentation.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Demonstrated ability of senior level skill sets and competencies within curatorial affairs division (curatorial, collections management, conservation, exhibitions)
- Experience in strategic planning and fiscal responsibilities
- Demonstrated knowledge of economics, budgeting, and accounting principles and practices.
- Demonstrated Knowledge of policies and procedures design and implementation
- Master’s or PhD Degree in art history, museum studies, visual arts, or related field
- Minimum of 15 years work experience in museums; minimum 5 year experience in a management role overseeing a curatorial program
