Senior Curator of TV – BFI National Archive

Salary: £46,362 - £54,762

The BFI seeks a Senior Curator of Television to join the BFI National Archive’s Curatorial department on a permanent basis.

This is a key role in the BFI’s Programme directorate, comprising the BFI National Archive, BFI Southbank, London Film Festival, Sight and Sound, Distribution and Blu-ray/DVD teams.

Key responsibilities

• To be the BFI’s lead advocate and accountable for the television collection of the BFI National Archive, including being a high profile member of the BFI’s ‘Programme’ directorate and actively presenting and representing the collection within the BFI, to the general public and to external partners including broadcasters, the broadcasting regulator, academia and the media.
• In accordance with the BFI collection policy, to develop and lead on an agreed programme of contemporary and other acquisitions into the BFI National Archive.
• To develop the Collections Development Plan and Stakeholder Plan on an ongoing basis and ensure that collections and individuals highlighted in them are prioritised and targets monitored.

Minimum requirements

• Educated to degree level or a demonstrable level of equivalent experience and knowledge.
• An authoritative knowledge of, and proven track record in, one or more key areas of British television history and of the contemporary British television industry. You will also have a broad and deep knowledge of and enthusiasm for a wide range of historic and contemporary British television.
• Extensive contacts across the contemporary TV industry.

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, both of non-white ethnicity and/or those who identify as D/deaf and disabled.

Based at Stephen Street, 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.

For full details and to apply, browse BFI opportunities. 

First interviews will be held in the week commencing 17 May 2021.

The closing date for this position is 05/05/2021 at 23:59