Art & Culture Liaison / / Proger

About our client :

Proger is an international company that offers the best Italian management and engineering expertise in a broad range of fields.

Founded more than 70 years ago as a small engineering firm, today they are the number one independent engineering company in Italy, with an established position among the worlds leading international design firms.

Counting on more than 600 professionals working on 3 continents, they propose a global approach to the integrated design and management of large-scale multidisciplinary projects.

Purpose of role :

The Art and Culture Liaison holds the responsibility for all issues related to the art component of the Art Program to lead operational implementation and successfully deliver the program as defined by the Client.

As part of the senior management team, the Art and Culture Liaison will liaise and coordinate with the Program Director and the rest of the senior management team / peers on all matters related to the Art component, in accordance with the Client expectations.

Key Responsibilities and Specific Accountabilities :

1. Respond directly to the Program Director for all matters related to the art component.

2. Develop and coordinate, for the 10 projects of the Art Program, the activities and relations with Curators, AMCs and all possible stakeholders related to the art component.

3. Attend executive meetings and progress meetings.

4. Select the Curators, in accordance with the Program Director and negotiate with them the economic terms and the Scope of Work of the contracts.

5. Accompany Curators, AMCs and possible stakeholders, related to the art component, to selected locations previously defined and verified by the Operations Manager, for the installation of the artworks.

6. Participate in the selection of the AMCs, identifying potential candidates for the RFP, determining the Scope of Work of the Art Component to be included in the RFP and participating in the development of the competitive selection for the Art component, and determine the Scope of Work of all the requests to be communicated to other possible stakeholders in case of direct acquisitions of artworks for the Art Project.

7. Coordinate the work of the Curators and AMCs, for the artists selection process, the latter in accordance with the results of the RFP.

8. Monitor the performance of selected Curators, AMCs and possible Stakeholders and coordinate the work of AMC Tender Managers / Program Managers.

9. Share information resulting from the activities described above with the different departments within the PMO, through specific written reports, to enable them to finalize the work and activities of their own competence, in particular with : The Project Director for the general coordination of the project and the presentations the Project Director will deliver to the Client; The Deputy Program Director and Contracts Manager for contracts and preparation of RFP; The Deputy Program Director and Deputy Program Director for Program operations for both the analysis of the sites being selected by the Curators, AMCs and for the management of installation, operation and maintenance of the selected artworks; The Deputy Program Director and Finance Managers for the Financial Analysis and Benchmarking of the artworks selected by the Curators and AMCs; The Deputy Program Director and the Finance Managers for budget control purposes.

10. For the activities listed above the Arts and Culture liaison will write and review the final version of the Scope of Work, related to the Art Component; will supply all artwork information necessary to perform those tasks (selected locations, artwork provenance, size, value, O&M requirements); will supply all artwork information necessary to perform those tasks (essentially proposed values); will supply all artwork information

necessary to perform those tasks (essentially proposed values and required payment schedules);

11. Review the activity of Curators, AMCs and possible Stakeholders and report to the Project Director comments and notes of non-compliance and / or possible concerns, and, if possible, suggest corrective actions. Lead management and control to ensure the conclusion of the deliverables for all the activities for the Arts component.

12. Inform the Project Director of any delay in the progress of his / her activities and scope of work, and propose, if possible, corrective actions.

13. Supervise and promote possible amendments and corrective actions that could arise from information given by other departments within the PMO in their work with Curators, AMCs and possible other Stakeholders, related to the art component.

14. Availability to travel, nationally and internationally, for a better management of the activities listed above.

15. If requested by the Project Director, suggests methods, procedures or alternative plans related to the program if related to the Art field.

Person Specification Job Knowledge / Education and Qualifications / Personal Attributes :

• The ideal candidate should hold a bachelors or masters degree in Fine Art, Art History, or Business and Administration from an internationally recognized university and over 18 years experience leading major government and / or semi-government international

programs and projects with a proven track record of delivering project excellence in direct project manager role.