Public Art Administrator

The Broward County Board of County Commissioners is seeking qualified candidates for Public Art Administrator.

The Broward County Cultural Division is a Division of Broward County Government and the official Local Arts Agency responsible for cultivating a rich cultural environment through development of the arts. The agency is dedicated to the growth and development of the County’s arts and cultural infrastructure through public art, community engagement programs, grants to artists and cultural organizations, and marketing initiatives. The Cultural Division enhances quality of life, economic vitality and plays a significant role in supporting the County’s arts and culture sector. The Cultural Division administers more than $7 million in grants annually and hosts IGNITE Broward, South Florida’s most innovative, large-scale immersive art and tech festival.

Broward County’s Public Art & Design (PAD) program is an award-winning program that will celebrate 50 years in 2026. The PAD section is one of the most visible and well-known sections within the Cultural Division. The County’s public art collection comprises more than 300 pieces of art with an appraised value of more than $30 million.

As a senior role within the Cultural Division team, the Public Art Administrator leads a team of project managers in the planning, organizing, and directing of complex, specialized PAD projects for Broward County. In addition to managing public art projects funded through the general capital budget, this position works with County Enterprise Agencies on the implementation and management of their public art programs, including Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport (FLL), and the Broward County Convention Center.

Additionally, this position will be responsible for developing new policy, processes, programs, and initiatives to include artist residencies within Broward County agencies, public art training programs, and more.

The successful candidate will:
• Possess excellent organizational management, budgetary, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Have a deep expertise in equity, diversity and inclusion as related to public art, art in public spaces and community engagement.
• Exhibit exceptional interpersonal skills and builds relationships within the cultural sector, the community, and staff at all levels.
• Be competent in collecting and reviewing data and using it to drive decisions.
• Have the ability to develop strategic plans and successfully implement them working with multiple partners.
• Have strong working knowledge of local, national and international urban cultural landscapes and art in public spaces in diverse communities.
• Have the ability to envision how a work of public art can change a city’s landscape.

The Public Art Administrator reports to the Director of the Cultural Division and works closely with the Public Art & Design Committee, the advisory committee to the PAD section.

Essential duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
• Creates Public Art and Design Committee Agenda, communicates with Committee Chair to ensure successful decision making in accordance with County Ordinance and Administrative Code; creates Annual Budget.
• Assigns tasks associated with day-to-day management of administrative projects; advises on processes and procedures; reviews, advises and approves all aspects of project manager’s work including progress reports, agreements, approvals and vendor payments.
• Monitors budget expenditures, directs activities of financial analyst and approves charge points and divisional charges.
• Manages the work of vendors/artists, draft agreements and amendments; approves payments to vendors, coordinates all project management activities and ensures there is communication and coordination with Construction Management Division and County Agencies.
• Directs public art collection management activities, record keeping and reporting; identifies and solves problems with projects or processes; meets with County agencies to determine project management needs.
• Reports public art activities to Division Director; attends Division meetings monthly and other Division meetings as needed; approves purchases and advises subordinate staff on purchasing procedures.
• Determines content of public art shell agreements with County Attorney; creates, reviews, edits and approves marketing plans and press releases; recruits, hires and trains staff.
• Drafts, edits, approves Board Agenda items; develops and implements new program initiatives including community workshops; makes presentations, answers questions and provide information to the community, other municipalities and the media.
• Keeps up to date with industry standards and activities through reading, attending conferences or making presentations at conferences and participating in professional association boards and committees.
• Determines content of Administrative Code as it pertains to public art; advises cities implementing public art programs.
• Performs related work as assigned.

General Description
Plans, organizes, and directs complex specialized Public Art and Design projects of the Cultural Division. Works independently, under limited supervision, reporting major activities through periodic meetings.

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in visual art, design art or architecture administration, or closely related field; Master’s degree preferred.

Requires four (4) years in art or design management, including public art project management and administration, and experience in the supervisory aspects of the work or closely related experience.

Special Certifications and Licenses Required
None

Preferences
Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in visual art, design art or architecture administration, or closely related field. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 

The functions listed below are those that represent the majority of the time spent working in this class. Management may assign additional functions related to the type of work of the job as necessary.

Creates Public Art and Design Committee Agenda, communicates with Committee Chair to ensure successful decision making in accordance with County Ordinance and Administrative Code; creates Annual Budget.

Assigns tasks associated with day-to-day management of administrative projects; advises on processes and procedures; reviews, advises and approves all aspects of project manager’s work including progress reports, agreements, approvals and vendor payments.

Monitors budget expenditures, directs activities of financial analyst and approves charge points and divisional charges.

Manages the work of vendors/artists, draft agreements and amendments; approves payments to vendors, coordinates all project management activities and ensures there is communication and coordination with Construction Management Division and County Agencies.

Directs public art collection management activities, record keeping and reporting; identifies and solves problems with projects or processes; meets with County agencies to determine project management needs.

Reports public art activities to Division Director; attends Division meetings monthly and other Division meetings as needed; approves purchases and advises subordinate staff on purchasing procedures.

Determines content of public art shell agreements with County Attorney; creates, reviews, edits and approves marketing plans and press releases; recruits, hires and trains staff.

Drafts, edits, approves Board Agenda items; develops and implements new program initiatives including community workshops; makes presentations, answers questions and provide information to the community, other municipalities and the media.

Keeps up to date with industry standards and activities through reading, attending conferences or making presentations at conferences and participating in professional association boards and committees.

Determines content of Administrative Code as it pertains to public art; advises cities implementing public art programs.

Performs related work as assigned.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
 

Physical Demands
Physical demands refer to the requirements for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.

Performs sedentary work that involves walking or standing some of the time and involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis or sustained keyboard operations.

Unavoidable Hazards (Work Environment)
Unavoidable hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.

None.

SPECIAL INFORMATION
Competencies

•Manages Complexity
 Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. Looks at complex issues from multiple angles; explores issues to uncover underlying issues and root causes; sees the main consequences and implications of different options.

•Balances Stakeholders
Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders. Ensures that own efforts meet the needs and requirements of internal and external stakeholders. Works to identify all relevant issues and satisfy the interests of multiple stakeholders during the decision-making process.

•Cultivates Innovation
Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful. Offers creative ideas, finds unique connections between previously unrelated elements. Actively encourages and supports others’ creativity; builds upon and strengthens new solutions in a positive and collaborative manner.

•Plans and Aligns
Plans and prioritizes work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals. Stays focused on plans and improvises in response to changes, including risks and contingencies. Aligns own team’s work with other workgroups’. Looks ahead to determine and obtain needed resources to complete plans.

•Drives Results
Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances. Regularly pushes self to achieve outstanding outcomes; consistently establishes bold goals for own performance; is passionate about excellent results and significant contributions. Shows great tenacity to complete goals/initiatives in a timely way.

•Interpersonal Savvy
Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people. Takes time to build rapport in meetings; speaks about common interests and priorities; shows tact and sensitivity in difficult interpersonal situations. Maintains productive relationships with a wide variety of people and from a range of backgrounds.

•Communicates Effectively
Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Disseminates knowledge, insights, and updates in a polished, precise, and compelling manner. Demonstrates a deep interest in others’ comments. Creates rich documents and reports.

•Situational Adaptability
Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. Takes steps to adapt to changing needs, conditions, priorities, or opportunities. Understands the cues that suggest a change in approach is needed; adopts new behaviors accordingly.

County Core Values

All Broward County employees strive to demonstrate the County’s four core behavioral competencies.
•Collaborates: Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.
•Customer focus: Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
•Instills trust: Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity.
•Values differences: Recognizing the value that different perspectives and cultures bring to an organization.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Compliance
Broward County is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to inclusion. Broward County is committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. We support the hiring of people with disabilities; therefore, if you require assistance due to a disability, please contact the Professional Standards Section in advance at 954-357-6500 or email Profstandards@broward.org to make an accommodation request.

Emergency Management Responsibilities
Note: During emergency conditions, all County employees are automatically considered emergency service workers. County employees are subject to being called to work in the event of a disaster, such as a hurricane, or other emergency situation and are expected to perform emergency service duties, as assigned.

County-wide Employee Responsibilities
All Broward County employees must serve the public and fellow employees with honesty and integrity in full accord with the letter and spirit of Broward County’s Employee Code of Ethics, gift, and conflict of interest policies.

All Broward County employees must establish and maintain effective working relationships with the general public, co-workers, elected and appointed officials and members of diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, familial status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or gender identity and expression.