6 days ago
  • LevelJunior
  • ProfessionsCommunications Manager, Copy Editor, Content Editor
  • TypeFull Time
  • LocationLondon, United Kingdom

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Description

Closing Date: 28-Oct-2024

We are looking for an Outreach & Engagement Coordinator who will deliver across projects in the BFI National Archive with a key focus on the major national lottery funded project ‘Our Screen Heritage’ and BFI Replay, the new free archive streaming platform.
Our Screen Heritage is the BFI National Archive’s new lottery-funded project, it is the third chapter of our screen heritage story, bringing the BFI national collections up to date – to preserve the story of moving-image as it moves into the digital/online era.
Key responsibilities include:
  • Support teams and colleagues as they research, develop, and deliver a wide range of initiatives and activities for people to learn about, access and experience the screen heritage of the UK.
  • Your duties will range from administrative to operational, as well as taking sole responsibility for bespoke sub-projects and events focused on broadening audience engagement.
  • You will also operate across several major strategic project initiatives across the BFI National Archive
We are looking for candidates who have:
  • Experience of working on or supporting outreach and engagement initiatives for a cultural organisation (or equivalent), where developing and maintaining partnership with others was key to their success
  • Experience of supporting the delivery of events
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills, with experience of writing and editing copy.
  • A high level of administrative and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and plan complex programmes of work, and to manage and meet deadlines.
A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description.
About the BFI
We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow.
At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and additional paid time off at Christmas), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.
We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.
Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by clicking the link to the left.

Skills Required

  • Copyediting
  • Administrative Skills
  • Time Management

People who have worked with British Film Institute (BFI)