Universität Basel
Bottmingen
Curator of the Archaeological Anthropology Collection of the IAG
- 14 October 2026
- 50%
- 4103 Bottmingen
About the job
The Intercantonal Working Group for the Care of Anthropological Finds (IAG) is an association with the aim of jointly storing, cataloguing, and scientifically researching the archaeological anthropological finds of its members. With around 40,000 skeletons spanning 8,000 years, its collection is among the largest of its kind in Europe. Members are cantonal official specialist offices for archaeology. The position is affiliated with the Integrative Prehistoric and Natural Scientific Archaeology (IPNA) at the Department of Environmental Sciences of the University of Basel. The workplace is in Bottmingen (BL).
Your Tasks
- Care of the anthropological collection as well as responsibility for depot management and loan services
- Acceptance, inventory, database entry, and proper storage of anthropological finds
- Advice and support for member cantons in anthropological specialist and research questions, field operations, and strategic issues
- Scientific evaluation of selected collection holdings
- Sample collection
- Supervision of student internships
- Development of guidelines for an in-depth, standardised recording of collection material, together with the lecturer for archaeological anthropology at the IPNA
- Professional networking nationally and internationally, coordination of research projects, and representation of the collection to the public and science, in consultation with the IAG and the IPNA
Your Profile
- Completed university degree in the field of archaeological anthropology/human osteology, preferably with a doctorate
- Extensive experience in handling archaeological anthropological material in all its facets (inhumation and cremation graves, collective and multiple burials, morphology, osteometry, palaeopathology, knowledge of sampling strategies and sample collection for scientific investigations)
- Confident application of common morphological and metric determination methods
- Archaeological field experience, especially in the excavation and documentation of graves
- Experience in the scientific evaluation and publication of archaeological finds
- Experience in acquiring third-party funding, project management, and project leadership
- Teamwork skills, forward-looking working style, service orientation, and confident handling of databases
- Good networking and commitment in archaeological research in Switzerland and its surroundings
- Driving licence category B
We Offer You
- A varied activity between collection management, scientific specialist work, and collaboration with the member cantons of the IAG
- Employment according to the personnel and salary regulations of the University of Basel
Application / Contact
We look forward to receiving your application by 13 November 2026.
The complete application dossier with cover letter, CV, and references must be submitted as a PDF document via the University of Basel's online application portal.
For content-related questions, Dr Thomas Doppler is available (+41 56 462 55 12). For questions regarding employment conditions, please contact Dr Claudia Gerling (+41 61 207 42 38).
Further information about the IAG:
https://archaeologie-schweiz.ch/iag/
Anthropology / Collection of the Intercantonal Working Group for Anthropology IAG | University of Basel
We look forward to receiving your application by 13 November 2026.
The complete application dossier with cover letter, CV, and references must be submitted as a PDF document via the University of Basel's online application portal.
For content-related questions, Dr Thomas Doppler is available (+41 56 462 55 12). For questions regarding employment conditions, please contact Dr Claudia Gerling (+41 61 207 42 38).
Further information about the IAG:
https://archaeologie-schweiz.ch/iag/
Anthropology / Collection of the Intercantonal Working Group for Anthropology IAG | University of Basel
University of Basel
4103 Bottmingen
4103 Bottmingen
