BFI FAN Champion (Black and Global Majority audience inclusion)

Salary: £4,500 in 2026/27, growing to £5,000 in 2028/29 – this will represent a set number of days based on your daily rate.

Film Hub Scotland is looking for a freelancer or partner organisation to support UK-wide work with Black and Global Majority audiences.

Evidence shows that Black and Global Majority audiences remain under‑represented across UK independent exhibition. The BFI Film Audience Network EDI Champion (Black and Global Majority Audience Inclusion) will help to identify practical barriers and actionable opportunities for change, highlight effective models, and share achievable approaches that film exhibitors can adopt.

The Champion will conduct research, produce accessible, engaging resources, and provide advice for BFI Film Audience Network (FAN) member organisations. Ultimately, they will be responsible for helping film exhibitors welcome more Black and Global Majority audiences to their film screenings and events.

Purpose of the role

As the EDI lead for BFI FAN, Film Hub Scotland coordinates learning, resources and support to help Film Hub members make their organisations and events more equitable, inclusive and accessible. For the last three years, Access Consultant Charlie Little has led EDI work for Deaf and Disabled audiences. They have delivered webinars, regular Access Bulletins, an Access Directory, and have provided targeted support to Film Hub member organisations across the UK. Explore our EDI resources here.

Now, Film Hub Scotland is looking for a freelancer or partner organisation to support a new strand of EDI work: Black and Global Majority audience inclusion. This project aims to identify practical barriers and actionable opportunities for welcoming Black and Global Majority audiences to film screenings and events. Additionally, it will highlight effective models to stakeholders and partners and share learnings that can be adopted by film exhibitors across the UK.

This is a three-year project, running from 2026 to 2029.

The annual fee is £4,500 in 2026/27, rising to £5,000 in 2028/29 – this will represent a fixed number of days at your daily rate.

Currently, this is structured as a focused, time-limited project, and it is therefore understood that the scope might be limited. The practitioner/organisation will report to the Manager of Film Hub Scotland, who will work with you to shape the strategy of the project and determine the necessary deliverables, informed by the BFI’s wider Screen Culture 2033 Lottery strategy. The wider Film Hub Scotland team will support the project, and you will not be required to manage direct reports.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct secondary research into existing inclusion resources, training offers, and sector models
• Produce an Inclusion Directory summarising key findings, frameworks, and practical recommendations
• Develop case studies of UK film exhibitors successfully engaging Black and Global Majority audiences
• Provide consultations to FAN member organisations seeking to improve audience inclusion or develop anti‑racist programming
• Collaborate with the FHS team and, where relevant, with other FAN Champions, to explore cross‑cutting themes

Who can apply?

Film Hub Scotland encourages applications from freelancers or small organisations with practical experience relating to:

• Community engagement and/or audience development
• Anti‑racist cultural practice
• Curatorial or programming work
• Work with Black and Global Majority communities
• Freelancers/organisations based in Scotland are particularly encouraged to apply.

They are also interested in those who combine research skills with practical, on-the-ground experience of audience development or cultural programming.

Start date: Ideally beginning in May 2026, but can be slightly flexible.

How to apply

Please read the full Job Description for information on key deliverables, the project budget, and the timeline. If you require this application in a different format, please get in touch.

Begin your application via the online form.

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The closing date for this position is 11/05/2026 at 11:59