Cultural Arts Coordinator

Salary : $75,648.00 – $102,120.00 Annually

Location : Redmond, WA

Job Type: Regular, Full-time

Job Number: 2300077

Department: Parks and Recreation

Division: PARKS-ADMINISTRATION

Opening Date: 07/07/2023

Closing Date: 7/23/2023 11:59 PM Pacific

JOIN REDMOND!
A Fulfilling Career Awaits You!

If you love and appreciate the arts in all forms – visual, theater, literary, dance and more – or are an artist yourself and have an ability to get things done, you will be very excited to learn we might be looking for you to be our new Cultural Arts Coordinator.

Known as a national center for technological invention, Redmond embraces the idea that innovation in the arts and creative expressions will nurture and sustain community. As the Cultural Arts Coordinator, you will collaborate with the Cultural Arts and Events teams to support Redmond in creating a vibrant city where cultural diversity is celebrated.

Public art is integrated with urban design in the public realm to enrich Redmond’s character and identity, and to influence the design quality of public and private projects. Our public art programs are designed to build a strong community, strengthen cultural and economic vitality, contribute to the quality of life of residents, and attract and retain workers and businesses in Redmond. You can explore our public art collection here. .

So, if you are passionate about the role public art and artists have in our vital and diverse community and want to leverage that passion with your experience in project management, event coordination, arts programming, entertainment, design, community outreach, or event planning, we’d love to see you apply!
ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES
About You:

This position is for a Do-er! You are the person who can take the dreams and ideas from others and put them into real actions and events. You are the kind of person that people come to because you know how to get things done.

You are very well organized and love to keep track of all the details and important relationships from, for example, contracts with our artists, grants for local artists and art organizations, and maintenance agreements with vendors.

While you are very skilled at making things happen, you also exercise great patience and understanding without becoming frustrated when the process demands it. That’s why if you have municipal government experience, you already know that we work in service to the community and many procedures and approvals are there for good reasons.

You have natural marketing skills, and can curate content for social media. A bonus might be that you have amateur or professional photography experience and can help beautifully capture the work of our artists and share it with everyone.

About the Job:
If selected to join us, this position will give you a chance to be integral in some of these essential functions:

• Research, plan, and implement community-wide cultural, visual, performance and literary arts programs, special events, art dedications/openings, artist training workshops and community projects, including acting as logistical point person for events and programs.
• Managing artist calls, selection processes, contracts for public artists, Poet Laureate, Artist-in-Residence, and other City Contracted Artists.
• Coordinate the City’s permanent and rotating public art collection, including inventory management, maintenance contracts and scheduling, making recommendations for purchases or loans, and gallery installations.
• Research and writing grant applications and managing grant contracts

QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:

• An Associate’s degree and two (2) years related work experience in event production, arts programming, or experience working with artists or arts organizations.
• Equivalent combination of education, experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities will be considered.
• Bachelor’s degree and experience working in arts administration and project management is preferred but not required.

Licenses and Requirements:

• Must have a valid Washington State driver’s license by date of hire and a driving record that meets City standards.
• Current First Aid and CPR certifications required within 6 months of hire. May be required to drive City vehicles including 14-passenger vans.
• Fulfillment of bargaining unit membership is required within 30 days of hire.
• To learn more about this position and additional knowledge, skills, abilities, physical demands, and responsibilities, please review the full job description for

Selection Process:
We expect this to be a high-volume recruitment. We will begin reviewing applications and scheduling video screening calls with top candidates. Once a pool of qualified candidates is identified, this position may be closed prior to the published closing date.

Video Screening Calls will be held on July 25.
Virtual Interviews are scheduled for August 1.

The City is accepting applications from internal and external applicants. The City may review existing application pools to fill this position or use this pool to fill future vacancies.
BENEFITS
BENEFITS
The City of Redmond offers an excellent benefits package including:

• MEDICAL INSURANCE – Choice of two plans for employees and their eligible dependents: Premera or Kaiser Permanente, all employee premiums paid by the City of Redmond
• PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE – Included with each medical plan
• DENTAL INSURANCE – For employees and their eligible dependents
• VISION INSURANCE – For employees and their eligible dependents
• OTHER INSURANCE – Life, accidental death & dismemberment insurance, short and long-term disability, optional employee-paid voluntary life insurance
• FLEXIBLE SPENDING ACCOUNTS – For tax savings on healthcare and dependent care expenses
• PAID VACATION & HOLIDAYS – with (13) paid holidays per year
• EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (EAP)
• RETIREMENT PLANS – Department of Retirement Systems (DRS) PERS plus additional options that include Municipal Employees Benefit Trust (Social Security replacement plan) and MetLife 457 Plan
• Annual COLA adjustments
• Annual merit increases of up to 5%

To learn about benefits at the City of Redmond, please visit C2MB (ajg.com)

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Benefit rates are subject to change without notice due to federal and state mandates and contractual changes as applicable.

01

At the time of hire, will you have a valid driver’s license?

• Yes
• No

02

Please indicate your level of experience with Microsoft Office:

• No experience.
• Beginner: Use Outlook and can perform the basic functions in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Intermediate: Use Outlook daily, utilize half of the tools available in PowerPoint, and comfortable creating and using formulas in Excel.
• Expert: Frequently utilize more than 75% of the available tools available in Outlook and PowerPoint and comfortable using pivot tables in Excel.

03

Are you currently CPR/First Aid certified?

• Yes
• No

04

Do you have grant writing experience?

• Yes
• No

05

Please indicate your years of experience in a progressively responsible public arts management position.

• None
• 1 to 11 months
• 12 to 23 months
• 1 – 2 years
• 2 – 3 years
• 3 – 4 years
• 4 years or more

06

Describe your experience as it relates to the arts.

07

If selected, within a month of your hire date will you be resident of WA state?

• Yes
• No
• No: would like to discuss

08

At times, this position may require working evenings and/or weekends. Are you able to work a flexible schedule as needed, including occasional evenings and weekends?

• Yes
• No

09

Why are you interested in this opportunity?

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