Public Realm Culture Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join Birmingham City Council as a Public Realm Culture Officer, playing a key role in delivering the city's ambitious public art and public realm vision. This role will lead and support the implementation of the city's Public Art and Realm Strategy, helping to embed creativity into regeneration, infrastructure, and placemaking projects across Birmingham. Working collaboratively across Council directorates and with external stakeholders, you will help ensure that public art contributes to creating vibrant, inclusive, and distinctive places for residents, businesses, and visitors. What you'll do...

• Lead delivery of Birmingham's Public Art and Realm Strategy.
• Coordinate and implement key strategic projects and initiatives.
• Provide specialist advice on public art and public realm matters across the Council.
• Work closely with planning, highways, regeneration and cultural partners to embed public art into development schemes.
• Lead and coordinate the Council's Public Art Gateway Group.
• Develop policies, procedures and frameworks that support public realm delivery.
• Identify funding opportunities and prepare grant applications.
• Manage artist commissions from concept through to installation and handover.
• Monitor public art assets across the city and support maintenance planning.
• Manage project budgets, procurement processes, payments and reporting.
  
  We are looking for a motivated and experienced professional with:
• Significant experience within public art, visual arts, public realm, cultural development or a related discipline.
• A degree-level qualification or equivalent relevant professional experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working within governance, risk management and decision-making frameworks.
• Experience engaging with communities, stakeholders and partner organisations.
• Proven project and budget management experience.
• The ability to develop and implement systems, policies and procedures.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results.
• Knowledge of current public art and public realm trends and issues.
• Availability to work occasional evenings, weekends and bank holidays when required.
If you are passionate about culture, creativity and placemaking and want to help shape Birmingham's public spaces for future generations, we would love to hear from you.

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.


• Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund - with generous employer contributions
• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement - 30 days, increasing with length of service
• My Rewards Scheme - access to over 800 brands providing discounts and savings
• Health and wellbeing support - independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling
Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application. Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here., In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.