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Director of the library and archives
Sciences Po Paris / IEP Paris · Île-de-France · no closing date given
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Civil servants (titulaires) and contract staff can apply. The post is category A+, a senior management job.
Category: Category A+ (senior management)
Diploma: Master's degree (level 7) in documentation, libraries or data administration
Experience: Expert level required
The profile they look for:
- Knowledge of Sciences Po's educational and research mission
- Library science and information science
- Team management
- Building a strategic vision and tracking performance indicators
- Ability to represent the institution
- English and another foreign language
2 Résumé and cover letter
A one- or two-page résumé and a short cover letter that takes up the duties of the offer with your examples. If you are a civil servant, you are often asked for your latest status decision (arrêté) and your latest annual review reports.
3 Apply
No deadline given: the offer can be withdrawn at any time, do not wait.
Apply on the employer's website, through the offer published on Choisir le Service Public.
4 Interview and answer
If your application is shortlisted, the employer contacts you for an interview, often with two or three people. Prepare: why this job, your experience close to the duties, and your questions.
Good to know:
- Management job, with a team to lead.
- Interviews planned with the HR department and the General Management.
- The post may become vacant from 1 March 2027.
- Remote work not stated in the offer.
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