The documenta and Museum Fridericianum gGmbH in Kassel is looking for a

Lead Registrar (m/f/d)

documenta und Museum Fridericianum gGmbH is a non-profit organization supported by the City of Kassel and the State of Hesse as shareholders. It is responsible for the documenta exhibition, which takes place every five years, the Fridericianum, the documenta archiv and the documenta Halle.

We are looking for a responsible and art-loving person to start on 01.01.2026 who is keen to help shape the upcoming documenta exhibition.

Your activities will include

• Organization and scheduling of international art transports

• Obtaining offers and awarding transportation services

• Coordination with the customs authorities

• Creating and managing exhibit lists and condition reports

• Preparation of loan contracts

• Registering exhibits with insurers, reporting and processing claims

• Coordinating set-up and dismantling in consultation with lenders, couriers and the production team

• Checking safety precautions during unpacking, assembly, exhibition operation, dismantling and repackaging

• Updating and maintaining the database (Moliri)

Your profile:

• Completed studies (e.g. museum studies, art history, cultural studies, cultural management) with subject specialization/further training

• At least two years of relevant professional experience

• Independent, structured and precise way of working

• Time flexibility and ability to work under pressure with tight deadlines

• Communication and teamwork skills

• Sensitivity in dealing with all interlocutors

• very good written and spoken English skills (B2 according to CEFR)

• Confident handling of common Office programs and databases

We offer you an interesting and responsible position in an internationally active team in the arts and culture sector. Your weekly working hours will be 40 hours. This is a temporary position until 31.12.2027.

We subsidize the employee's JobTicket subscription for the purchase of public transport season tickets in the amount of so-called Deutschlandtickets.

Please send your application with the usual documents, stating your salary expectations and earliest possible starting date, exclusively in electronic form by e-mail (one coherent PDF, max. 5 MB) to: bewerbungen@documenta.de

The place of work is Kassel.

Please send your informative application exclusively by e-mail as one PDF file (one continuous PDF, max. 5 MB) by 15.11.2025 to: bewerbungen@documenta.de

Contact for questions about the job:
Martin Fokken, Head of Production & Technology Department
martin.fokken@documenta.de, Tel. +49 561 70727-21

Contact for questions about the application process:
Geert Frieler, Head of Human Resources
geert.frieler@documenta.de, Tel. +49 561 70727-17