Coordinator Cultural Planning and Public Art

Blacktown City is a growing and thriving city, located halfway between Sydney City and the Blue Mountains. With 460,000 residents, we are the largest and most diverse city in NSW, spread across 54 suburbs. Blacktown City is vibrant, dynamic and multicultural, home to a large First Nations community and people from more than 180 different birthplaces and languages.

With $26.43 billion regional economy, Blacktown City is also home to 34,000 businesses. Working at Blacktown City Council provides widespread, exciting professional opportunities. Our Council is leading the transformation of Blacktown City and Western Sydney. We are implementing a vision for a modern city, full of opportunity for our residents and businesses.

Our Council is led by highly skilled and experienced professionals, working with talented and passionate teams across a diverse range of business units. We are delivering high quality, customer-focused services, experiences, and facilities, and leading a program of strategic planning, activity and investment.

Blacktown City Council strives to be an inclusive workplace for all people. We welcome applications from all ages and genders, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, the LGBTIQ+ community, veterans and people with disabilities.

About the opportunity

At Blacktown Arts, we walk alongside our First Nations Elders, Knowledge Holders, and broader communities of artists, partners and collaborators in our shared vision of creative and cultural experiences being part of everyone’s daily lives. A deep sense of culture, place and people sits at the heart of everything we do.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Coordinator Cultural Planning and Public Art to join our Blacktown Arts team on a term contract, full-time basis up to December 2027. Working in the City Living directorate and you will work closely with the leadership team of Arts and Cultural Development and provide city wide leadership and project management across cultural strategy and public art. You will influence and shape several ambitious public art projects associated with Council’s Transformational Projects, including the Western Sydney Infrastructure Grant projects. 

The Coordinator Cultural Planning and Public Art is responsible for providing key specialist advice to Council on arts and cultural planning and working to achieve a whole of Council commitment to the advancement of arts and cultural development within Blacktown City.

The role is also responsible for oversight of Councils public art policy to guide the effective commissioning, procurement, and management of public art projects across Council departments to ensure best practice public art delivery to Council and the community. 

Blacktown Arts is a division of Blacktown City Council. For Council, we deliver arts and cultural development in Blacktown City. We manage the City's art collection, commission and present permanent and temporary public art across the region, and lead cultural strategy for the City.

Qualifications and experience

Essential:

• Degree qualification in a related field
• Solid working experience in cultural planning, community engagement and stakeholder consultation in an arts or cultural development context
• Solid working experience in public art planning, strategy, delivery, and reporting
• Experience in leading teams to develop and deliver public art projects and arts programs
• Strong project management, communication, and negotiation skills
• Current class C driver's license
• Working with Children’s Check. 

Desirable: 

• Experience working in local government
• Demonstrated commitment to customer service. 

Remuneration and benefits

The salary and conditions of employment are in accordance with Blacktown City Council’s Enterprise Agreement.

• Entry level for this position starts at $2,338.60 per week
• 35-hour working week 
• Car allowance
• Opportunity to participate in Council's flextime arrangement
• Employee benefits such as leave entitlements (where applicable), 12% employer contribution payable to your nominated superannuation fund, Fitness Passport, gym membership discounts, and social clubs.

This position has been identified as child related work, in accordance with the Child Protection (Working with Children) Regulation 2013. Therefore, your application must include a Working with Children Check (WWCC) number. For further information, go to https://www.service.nsw.gov.au/transaction/apply-for-a-working-with-children-check

Our commitment to safety

Blacktown City Council is committed to safety. We have introduced alcohol and other drug testing at the pre-employment phase, and via a series of random and cause testing.

We are a child safe organisation that supports and promotes the safety, wellbeing and empowerment of children.

Position description 

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  Apply now using our fast and easy-to-use online application process:

1. Have your resume and any other relevant documentation ready to attach. 
2. Have a personal email address ready to use and complete your application without 'logging out' of the system.
3. Review the questions and decide on your responses before commencing your application.
   
   Best of luck.

Closing date:           Monday 22 June 2026, 11.59 pm    

Contact officer:       Alicia Talbot on 0402 617 754 or Alicia.talbot@blacktown.nsw.gov.au 

Internal ref:              BCC791, Term contract - up to December 2027