Art Coordinator - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty Vinci

Balfour Beatty Vinci

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Balfour Beatty Vinci has an exciting opportunity for an Art Coordinator to join our team based in Birmingham (with specific focus on Washwood Heath, Delta Junction and Kenilworth Greenway), working on the HS2 project
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About The Role:

Coordinate the delivery of the BBV arts and culture strategy, managing the art consultant already appointed.
Responsibility for budget and managing cashflow/payments to the art consultant.
Manage the arts and culture programme to ensure proposed key deadlines are met.
Researching and building relationships with external stakeholders 'on the ground' to support BBV's work with Art &Culture, landscape and community engagement.
Delivering regular engagement with external stakeholders regarding the arts strategy and landscape.
Supporting the arts consultant team and artists in delivering their role in the key locations.
Assist the landscape lead in their role reviewing design and inspecting on site works.

What You'll Be Doing:

Experience in management of a consultant, including budgets and programme.
Understanding of incorporation of art into the landscape design coordination with the project landscape architects and eventual appointed artists.
Experience in engagement with external stakeholders and the public.
Confidence to present to others, internally and external.
Work collaboratively with the HS2 arts team, the art consultant and the artists.
Experience and knowledge of landscape design on site. Site inspections of landscape works.
Understanding of landscape specifications, planting schedules, planting plans, master plans and maintenance plans.
Attendance of design review meetings with the subcontractor and client.

The following qualities/ experience are essential:

Project management experience of consultant, budgets and programme.
Landscape architecture qualification degree level.
Site experience of landscape implementation.
Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome for the project.
Good interpersonal and communication skills ability to consult with others and present.
Determination to see tasks through to completion, with excellent planning and organisation skills.

The following qualities/ experience are desirable:

Experience of building and developing relationships with community stakeholders.
Experience of working with and supporting artists to deliver artworks within a community context.
Experience of working with landscape contractors.
Experience of soil handling management.

Why work for us:

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is responsible for designing and building part of the most exciting and challenging infrastructure project in Europe: HS2.

We are building the West Midlands section of HS2's Phase One route, spanning approximately 90km from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

We will be employing thousands of people from the region to design and build the civil infrastructure for HS2 and we are looking for a wide range of skills to join the team and support this unique and ground breaking project.

- Diversity and Inclusion**:

We aim to be a leader in equality, diversity and inclusion by creating a safe inclusive working environment for all - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

We are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging all staff to engage in a diverse range of year round learning opportunities and provide personal development opportunities.

Our aim is to attract more people from diverse backgrounds to help us build on our inclusive culture.

- Disability confident**:

- Flexible working**:

About Us:

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long established joint venture between two global leaders in the delivery of critical infrastructure.

Working together for over 30 years, we have been successful in delivering a number of significant infrastructures; creating unrivalled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond.

In 2008, we announced our formal alliance with the aim of delivering modern and innovative solutions to the UK's infrastructure needs.

Since then, our collaboration has gone from strength to strength. We've successfully bid and delivered many key projects for Crossrail and Highways England Smart Motorways Programme. Balfour Beatty VINCI is a powerhouse for critical infrastructure.