Exhibitions Manager at the University Library of Southern Denmark, Odense

The University Library of Southern Denmark in Odense seeks a skilled employee to plan, coordinate and facilitate our work with research and culture communication, especially in the area of exhibitions. In recent years the university library's exhibition activities have significantly increased: We are seeking a colleague who, with skills and commitment, can contribute to further developing and strengthening the library's strategic profile in the area.

About the job

• Responsible for coordinating and delivering the library's exhibition activities
• Participation in the development, planning and execution of the library's audience-facing campaigns and events, including Citizen Science activities
• Collaboration with colleagues from SDU's other units in the Shared Administration and external partners, including collaboration with external suppliers, etc.

You will also participate in the daily work with public-facing dissemination and a sustainable study environment.

In daily work you will be part of the Team for Media and Communications in the library's Administration Department, where you report to the university library's head of communications.

The development of exhibition activities is a strategically important effort that takes place in close interaction between the person responsible for exhibitions and the university library's other units, e.g. Team for Special Collections and the Department for Dissemination and Teaching, as well as various subject and research environments at SDU.

About you

• You have a relevant education and concrete experience in the field
• You have the desire and ability to work outward-facing and development-oriented with involvement of colleagues from several departments
• You are adaptable, creative, dynamic and have good collaboration skills
• You have good language skills (minimum Danish and English)
• You are a skilled communicator who can translate complex messages into visually and communicatively strong solutions.

The following qualifications are an advantage

• Experience with dissemination work, including exhibitions
• Qualifications related to project work
• Experience with strategic communication and the exhibition area
• Practical experience with user or customer involvement
• Experience working from visual identities and design manuals and ensuring visual consistency
• Experience with a wide network of partners in a large public organization and external partners
• Experience with dialogue with professional environments.

Personal qualities

You are sociable, robust, proactive and prepared to communicate with colleagues, researchers, teachers and students at SDU as well as external partners. You have a practical mindset, are interested in students' everyday life, researchers' projects, are flexible and enjoy working both independently and with colleagues across the entire library.

Salary and employment terms

The appointment is made under the applicable collective agreement and negotiation according to the principles of New Pay (Ny Løn).

The position is a full-time role of 37 hours per week with commencement on 1 January 2027.

Salary is determined in accordance with the applicable collective agreement and based on objective and gender-neutral criteria, including the content of the position, responsibilities and qualification requirements.

You as an applicant have the right to information about the starting salary and the salary range for the position. This information can be obtained in connection with the recruitment process.

SDU does not obtain information about applicants' previous salaries.

Application

Application deadline: 6 November 2026 at 23:59:59.

Interviews are expected to be held shortly thereafter.

Applications must include a cover letter, CV and diploma. All documents in connection with the application should not contain a CPR number – if so, the CPR number must be crossed out.

All attached files must be in Adobe PDF format.

Syddansk Universitet wishes to reflect the surrounding society and therefore invites everyone, regardless of personal background, to apply for the position.

Further information about the position

Contact Communications- and Deputy Head Thomas Kaarsted at telephone 60112623.

About us

The University Library is open 24/7 for students and staff with service hours from 8:00 to 16:00 on weekdays. We are a World Sustainable Development certified and public research library with approximately 110 employees distributed across service points in Esbjerg, Kolding, Vejle, Odense, Slagelse, Sønderborg and Copenhagen and in many subject areas, all passionate about contact with the university environment and the broad public.

We are happy and proud of our workplace and our function, and we prioritize well-being, humor and job satisfaction highly. We have a good esprit de corps and are happy to help each other.

The library works from a mission, vision and strategic themes – read more here https://www.sdu.dk/da/bibliotek/om-biblioteket/strategi

Syddansk Universitetsbibliotek is an attractive workplace with many different staff benefits such as a vacation fund, art association and many courses, including free access to Folkeuniversitetet, as well as a local coffee arrangement. We offer a flexible work life in the form of a flexitime scheme and the possibility of distance work.

SDU creates value for and with society and shapes the future through high quality, talented people and excellent environments.

Syddansk Universitet is a university of international standard driven by an ambition to promote research results that develop society. The 21st century's great challenges are characterized by being complex and multifaceted; sustainable changes and solutions require new – and often interdisciplinary – research-based knowledge, and Syddansk Universitet is a key actor in the transformation process.

Value, quality, talented people and excellent environments are the focus of Syddansk Universitet's strategic initiatives. Read more: https://www.sdu.dk/da/om_sdu

About SDU

Syddansk Universitet was established to create value for and with society. Whether our contribution comes in the form of excellent research, innovative solutions, education or learning, we shall make a positive difference for society and contribute to a sustainable future. We do this by nurturing talents and creating the best environments for research and learning. It is essential that SDU retains, develops and recruits talents.

At the same time, we must ensure constant high quality in all our activities – and that can only be achieved with the right people. It is the university's researchers, teachers, students, leaders and technical-administrative staff who form the foundation of our success.