BFI Flare 2024 Guest Assistant

Salary: £28,038 per annum

The BFI is seeking a Guest Assistant to work closely with its Guest Services and Partnerships Manager Programme and Assistant Guest and Programme Manager and support in delivering an excellent festival experience to all attending filmmakers.

BFI Flare is the BFI’s long-running LGBTQIA+ festival, with a growing audience in London and on BFI Player, and one of the most inclusive film events of the BFI’s annual calendar. The 2024 festival runs from 13 to 24 March 2024.

This is a Fixed Term Contract position, running from: 05 February 2024 – 05 April 2024.

Key responsibilities

• Act as the key contact for all short filmmaker guests, leading in all festival arrangements from sending initial scheduling information through to briefing and hosting them for screenings.
• Ensure the festival database is accurately updated with all relevant details regarding festival guests – including intros and Q&As with visiting filmmakers, hospitality details, special requirements, and any other screening or special arrangements.
• Be helpful and anticipate filmmaker guest needs for their visit to London to present their work.
• Enter, review and maintain up-to-date information regarding attending filmmakers on our festival database (Artifax).

The ideal candidates will have:

• Demonstrable work experience gained within a cultural organisation either in a paid or voluntary capacity.
• Demonstrable organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and to manage and meet deadlines.
• Ability to build effective relationships with key contacts across BFI and stakeholder organisations, and to communicate effectively and tactfully with stakeholders at all levels.

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description on BFI jobs and opportunities.

As the BFI continues to address underrepresentation and increase access to our opportunities, priority will be given to applicants who meet the minimum requirements and fall within the BFI’s under-represented groups: those who identify as D/deaf and/or disabled and/or are Neurodivergent and/or identify as Black and Global Majority.

This role is predominantly based at BFI Southbank.

About the BFI

The BFI is 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.

To apply

For full details and to apply for this role online, browse BFI jobs and opportunities.

First interviews will be held in w/c Monday 8 January 2024.

The closing date for this position is 20/12/2023 at 23:59