Events Coordinator

Salary: £24,996 - £28,727 per annum

The BFI is seeking an Events Coordinator to join the Cinema & Events team on a fixed term basis until September 2022.

The Events Coordinator will work on production and event coordination for the BFI’s year-round public programme, external clients hiring BFI venues, the online BFI at Home virtual event programme  and, from time-to-time, BFI events at external venues.

Key Responsibilities

• To support Head of Business Development and Production, Lead Events Producer and Events Producers by coordinating the delivery of events across the department’s cultural, digital and corporate hire events portfolio at BFI Southbank, BFI Stephen Street and online.
• Coordinate technical aspects for events, liaising closely with both in-house and external technical teams.
• Coordinate, and maintain good communication with all event stakeholders – internal and external including clients, partners, guests, front-of-house, programming, catering and technical teams.

Skills & Experience

• A minimum of 2 years’ previous experience working in an events-based environment in the arts and heritage sector or similar.
• Experience of team working in a high-pressure environment.
• Interest/curiosity in the ever-changing event landscape and the mixed programme of in-person and digital events.
• A proactive and customer focused approach delivered within a best practice framework.

About the BFI

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 ethnically diverse.

We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements. How we are doing, including our pay gaps can be found on our website.

We operate a hybrid working model at the BFI. Exact working arrangements for this role are to be agreed with the hiring manager.

You will enjoy benefits such as our pension scheme, excellent support for working parents, 28-33 days annual leave, tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.

To Apply

Further details about the post can be obtained by visiting the BFI website.

First interviews will be held on Tuesday 12 April 2022.

The closing date for this position is 04/04/2022 at 00:00