University of Pavia
Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage

  • Start date: 1 October 2025
  • Application Deadline: 9 September,  12 noon (Rome time)
  • Interviews: 25 September 2025

The Department of Musicology and Cultural Heritage invites applications for a professional collaboration contract as Project Manager for the ERC Synergy Project REM@KE (Reconstructing Embodied Musical Knowledge at the Keyboard). The successful candidate will join an interdisciplinary research team based in Italy, Sweden, and the UK, collaborating with leading scholars in organology, empirical and historical musicology, music cognition, artistic research, psychoacoustics, and digital humanities. 

The professional will work closely with the corresponding Principal Investigator, Prof. Massimiliano Guido, both remotely and in person at the project’s institutional main office, based in Cremona. (While there is some flexibility with remote working days, availability is required for key in-person events, including research seminars, outreach events, and other activities requested by the PI.)

The Project Manager will assist the Corresponding PI and the other PIs and act as a liaison with the administrative offices of the Universities of Pavia, York, and Gothenburg. 

The Project Manager will monitor the activities and coordinate the research travel, seminars, conferences, and dissemination events of the first year. 

The Project Manager will act as Social media coordinator and spokesperson for the project, following the guidelines provided by ERCEA and the PIs.

The working language is English, but fluency in Italian is also required. 

 

Funding and Benefits

The collaboration contract includes:

  • The gross fee is set at €35,000, excluding charges borne by the University, payable in bi-monthly instalments.
  • Travel allowance for visiting the host institution and other research-related events, up to € 3.000,00.

Eligibility

The job is open to both EU and international applicants. Candidates should meet the following criteria:

Essential Criteria

  • Secondary school diploma or equivalent foreign qualification;  
  • Previous and documented experience as Project Manager; 
  •  Knowledge of English;  
  • Knowledge of Italian. 

 

Candidates possessing the essential requirements will be admitted to a comparative evaluation, consisting of an assessment of qualifications (50%) and an oral exam exclusively in English (50%).

 

Desirable Criteria

The successful candidate will have strong competencies in the following areas:

  •   Independent and collaborative work within an interdisciplinary team ;
  •   Basic principles of project management software ;
  •   Website and social media management;
  •   Italian university administrative regulations;
  •   Dissemination activities related to cultural heritage, museums, and basic research;
  •   Fundamentals of musical, musicological, or organological research;
  •   Fundamentals of Digital Humanities.

 

How to Apply

See the official call: Link

Informal Enquiries

For an informal discussion about the opportunity, please contact:

We encourage applications from diverse backgrounds and are committed to fostering an inclusive research community.