Assistant to The City Manager OEDCA (Public Art Director - Office of Cultural Affairs)

Public Art Program Director

The City Manager's Office of Economic Development & Cultural Affairs (OEDCA) has three integrated divisions :

The City of San Jos is an equal opportunity employer. The City of San Jos is committed to offering reasonable accommodations to job applicants with disabilities.

The classification for this role is Assistant to the City Manager with a working title of Public Art Program Director.

OCA is seeking a proven, visionary leader to serve as its next Public Art Program Director. The new Public Art Director will lead an innovative and award-winning public art program in the 12th-largest U.S. city, and one of the most demographically diverse, known as the Capital of Silicon Valley.

The ideal candidate will be a detail-oriented individual with the necessary initiative, flexibility, and creativity to succeed in a team-oriented, fast-paced, and high-volume work environment.

Duties and Responsibilities include :

• Seek to advance San Jos's cultural life in alignment with the goals of the City's Economic Strategy Work Plan, Cultural Connection : San Jos's Cultural Plan, and Public Art NEXT!
• In partnership with stakeholders, develop the Public Art Five-Year Capital Improvement Project Work Plan.
• Manage public art projects, integrating temporary and capital improvement projects into the public realm.
• Oversee the conservation of the public art collection.
• Manage the public art program budget, comprised predominantly of capital fund and interagency contract revenues.
• Lead, supervise, and foster professional development for three public art staff.
• Serve as the primary liaison to the Public Art Committee and support the Arts Commission.
• Negotiate and manage contracts with intergovernmental agencies, artists, and contractors.
• Coordinate annual work plans; project predevelopment; budget development and monitoring; scheduling; artist / vendor selection as needed; contract negotiations and monitoring; outreach, communications, and marketing; and reporting.
• Serves as an internal and external advisor on civic design and community art projects.
• Identify grant, fundraising, and partnership opportunities. Develop grant proposals. Manage grant administration and reporting.
• Develop and recommend policies, guidelines, and procedures.
• Effectively prepare written and verbal reports on programs for City Council, City leadership, Arts Commission, and Public Art Committee.
• Represent the City of San Jos within the community.
• Support the operations and services of OEDCA, performing other duties of a similar nature or level.

Minimum Qualifications include a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Public Administration, Arts, Public Art Studies, Architecture, Urban Planning, or a related field; and six (6) years of management and / or administrative experience in arts, public art, public works, or design-related programs for community entities. A Master's degree is preferred and may be substituted for one (1) year of the required experience.

Licensing Requirements : Possession of a valid California Driver's license is required.

Other Qualifications include :

The ideal candidate will possess a combination of the following skills and qualities to ensure success :

The selection process will consist of an evaluation of the applicant's training and experience based on the application and responses to all the job specific questions. You must answer all questions to be considered or your application may be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays / responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.

Tentative Recruitment Timeline (Subject to Change) :

Additional Information :

Employment Eligibility : Federal law requires all employees to provide verification of their eligibility to work in this country. Please be informed that the City of San Jose will NOT sponsor, represent or sign any documents related to visa applications / transfers for H1-B or any other type of visa which requires an employer application.

You must answer all job-specific questions to be considered for this vacancy or your application will be deemed incomplete and withheld from further consideration. Applicants are expected to write their own essays / responses. Please be advised that use of AI content in your responses may result in your removal from the hiring process.

Please note that applications are currently not accepted through CalOpps or any other third party job board application system.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions in this, or other divisions or departments. If you are interested in employment in this classification, you should apply to ensure you are considered for additional opportunities that may utilize the applicants from this recruitment.

Please allow adequate time to complete the application and submit before the deadline or the system may not save your application. If your online application was successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation email to the email address you provided. IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE THE CONFIRMATION, please email CityCareers@sanjoseca.gov and we will research the status of your application.