Head of Department State Archives Hamburg

Head of State Archive Hamburg Department of Culture and Media, Office State Archive Job ID: J000040696 Start date: as soon as possible Type of employment: full-time/part-time (unlimited) Payment: EGr 15Ü TV-L BesGr. A16 HmbBesG Application deadline: 14.04.2026 About us We are Hamburg’s memory – a modern archive and competence centre that preserves and makes the city’s cultural heritage accessible in analogue and digital form. Open to all, networked and forward-looking, we actively participate in the historical education and research in Hamburg. As the Office of the Department of Culture and Media, the State Archive combines the tasks of a public and municipal archives as well as the responsibility as the top archive and cultural property protection authority. The department “Central archiving tasks, protection of the movable cultural heritage” combines a variety of exciting tasks. In five units, topics such as key issues of archiving, stock conservation and emergency planning, digital archiving and digitization, as well as the management of the necessary resources are responsible. As colourful as the tasks here are the professional groups that work together: archivists, restorers, information scientists, administrative staff, household technicians and an architect who takes care of the new building of a magazine building. In the dedicated team with about 30 colleagues, the variety of tasks ensures a change every day. For the department we are looking for an experienced managerial personality who brings with it joy in conceptual work, interest in basic questions, strategic sense and willingness to take responsibility.

You lead the department with a strategic view and manage the implementation of the diverse tasks, responsible for strategic tasks such as the digitization of offers and civil alarm planning for the field of cultural goods, take over tasks of superior importance and, together with relevant interfaces, manage the project of the magazine expansion building as well as the operational controlling, provide impulses for the further development of the state archive and the representation of the Head of the State Archive Office. Do you have any questions about the tasks or requirements and want to get to know the area better? Please contact Dr. Axer (+49 40 428 31-3105) - we look forward to your interest!

Required You have at least three years of practical experience and a university degree (master or equivalent) in the field of history or law and in addition a completed study of archives (master or equivalent) or a successfully completed archive repository; or as official: The qualification acquired by an archive repository for the category 2, second entry office of the General Service of the category Archive Service and are already in an office of at least the grade A14; or Qualification for the category 2, second entry office of the Department of General Services on the basis of a completed study of law (qualification for the judges' office) and are already in a position of at least the grade A14 A safety review (Ü3) under the Hamburg Security Audit Act is a prerequisite for the activity. We require the willingness to carry out a security check in accordance with the Hamburg Security Review and Security Act. The willingness to participate in occasional missions is assumed. Advantages wide-ranging archival knowledge of advanced knowledge of archival law as well as an interest in historical topics and current historical issues advanced knowledge of archive management and public management strong conceptual skills as well as the competence to control complex topics in parallel and to keep track of challenging situations goal-oriented, motivating leadership style with pronounced management competence, design power, decision-making competence and preferably multi-year experience in managing executives

a place, indefinitely, as soon as possible Payment by pay group 15Ü TV-L or grade A16 flexible and family-friendly working hours, 30 days vacation per year at a five-day week Promoting the reconciliation of family and work, including through the possibility of teleworking or mobile work, as far as possible within the framework of the job occupational pensions and asset-effective benefits as well as the possibility to acquire the EGYM Wellpass (company fitness) good further and further training opportunities for personal and professional training objectives convenient location on the Wandsbeker Markt (bus/subway station (U1) “Wandsbek Markt”, nearby StadtRAD station)