Volunteers & Outreach Coordinator

Salary: £31,236 - £33,135 annum, pro rata

The BFI is looking for a Volunteer & Outreach Coordinator to join their Special Collections team, helping to develop and co-ordinate a new volunteer programme to support activity across the BFI National Archive.

The post holder will also be expected to feed into the development of the BFI’s new and evolving organisation-wide volunteer policy and programme.  The role, and the volunteer programme, will be attached to the National Lottery Heritage Funded ‘Audit to Access’ project.

Fixed Term Contract: until 31 October 2025
Hours: Part-time, 2.5 days/20.5 hours per week (including 1 hour lunch break)

Key responsibilities include:

• Coordinating volunteer opportunities around the BFI’s Special Collections: an internationally recognised collection of filmmakers’ paper archives, scripts, photographs, posters and designs.
• Work with colleagues to develop a volunteer needs assessment, with a specific focus on the Audit to Access project, to ensure we offer volunteering opportunities to those who will get the most out of them
• Research local community needs and connections, recommending a network of potential partners and seeking out new relationships with educational and community groups
• Support the development of a robust and inclusive volunteer recruitment process, which attracts a diversity of volunteers to the BFI National Archive

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Knowledge of contemporary practice in volunteer coordination
• Prior experience of supporting the development of volunteering programmes
• An interest in the work of Galleries, Libraries, Archives or Museums (GLAMs)
• An interest in building relationships with a range of partners and community groups

This role is open to anyone who is excited by the prospect of supporting new relationships between the BFI National Archive and the local community and testing contemporary approaches to volunteer management within an archive.

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.

Applications

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by visiting our website.

First interviews will be held on Wednesday 11 September 2024
Second interviews will be held on Thursday 19 September 2024

The closing date for this position is 29/08/2024 at 23:59