BFI Doc Society Fund Executive

Salary: From £60K depending on experience

Doc Society are looking for a BFI Doc Society Fund Executive to manage and lead the BFI Doc Society Fund and the associated support programme.

About Doc Society

We are an innovative non-profit organisation founded in 2005 that works with the most inspiring independent documentary filmmakers all over the world. We are a team of around 25 people working from the UK, US, The Netherlands, Colombia & Australia.

Our mission:

We bring people together to unleash the transformational power of documentary film. We stand in solidarity with filmmakers and work to unite them with new friends and allies, building new models globally. We aim to innovate, share and innovate again.

A commitment to anti-racism, economic justice and climate justice is embedded in all we do and how we do it.

Our driving principle:

Great documentaries enrich the lives of individuals. They have a unique ability to engage and connect people, transform communities and improve societies.

Equity and Inclusion:

We want Doc Society to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come, to stay and to do their best work. Doc Society’s promotion of diversity and inclusion is clearly reflected in all of our documentaries and across all of our programmes. We are fully focused on equality and believe in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin and all the other characteristics that make us who we are. For this reason we strongly encourage applicants from under-represented groups.

Main purpose of position

To manage and lead the BFI Doc Society Fund and the associated support programme, to place inclusion and creativity at the heart of UK documentary and to provide a robust platform for British documentary film making to flourish in the UK and on the global stage.

What’s the job’s core purpose?

• To contribute towards the strategy of and articulate a clear vision for BFI Doc Society Fund.
• To create, enable and support the strategic plan for the BFI Doc Society Fund ensuring alignment with Doc Society’s and BFI’s goals.
• Contribute thought leadership to the documentary sector working groups to build and sustain a robust and sustainable future for documentary film in the UK.
• Through short and feature funding, foster new forms, new content, new talent and fresh ideas to UK documentary making.
• Oversee all aspects of the Film Fund including the application processes, assessment, shortlisting, decision making, grant allocation and team management.
• Maintain overview of creative and business affairs progress on all funded projects across the slate.
• Collaborate on providing practical advice and creative support to projects at critical stages
• Ensure that the associated Support Programme is effectively supported and managed. Managing regional outreach events and Edit Lab to ensure their success. Ensuring that new filmmakers not connected with the industry are given routes in to the industry. Attending events to represent the fund.
• Acting as the BFI’s day to day point of contact for running the Documentary Programme.
• Liaising with Doc Society Directors on progress, challenges and strategic issues.

Knowledge, skills, experience

Essential

• Knowledge of Doc Society’s mission and work and enthusiasm for independent documentary film
• Highly proactive and organised, able to manage and prioritise a busy workload and stakeholders to deadline with consistent quality
• Team player, establishes good working relationships and works confidently with more and less experienced colleagues
• Meaningful experience in similar roles at a comparable sized organisation
• You will have a desire to amplify the voices of the people we support and have demonstrable experience of having done this previously.

Terms

• Optional office working at 180 Strand
• 28 days including bank holidays and extra days on top between Christmas and New Year when we close the office
• Employer pension contribution after 3 months
• The role runs to the end of Doc Society’s delegation, March 2023.

Location

Position can be based from home or our London offices. If home based, will require occasional travel to those offices.

Salary

• From £60K depending on experience
• Probationary period: 6 months (with 3 months mid-point review)

Interested to apply?

Please submit a CV along with a cover letter that speaks to what excites you about the position and what opportunities you see to develop UK independent documentary via in this role.

Please include examples of specific experience related to this role.

You also have the option to submit a short video (up to 3-min) to outline how you are suited to the role.

If you have access needs and require additional support in order to apply, please get in touch by emailing jobs@docsociety.org and put BFI Doc Society Executive in the subject.

We would also appreciate you filling out our Equality Monitoring Form, which is anonymous, so we can better track who we are reaching.

How to apply

The closing date for applications is Monday 1st November 12pm BST.

To apply, please follow this link:

https://airtable.com/shrJ0vcon1P2lCjX1

and then answer the Equality Monitoring form, available here:

https://airtable.com/shrmJrh4pAlmR7oGZ

Interviews in the first instance will be by Zoom. We may, lockdown permitting, request a follow-up interview in person.

Should you have not heard from us by 12th November you should assume that your application has not been successful. We will be unable to give feedback to applicants not selected for interview.

The closing date for this position is 01/11/2021 at 23:59