Outreach and Engagement Officer

Salary: £4,500 fixed fee

The London Short Film Festival (LSFF) is seeking a part-time, freelance Outreach and Engagement Officer to work with local communities and groups on a new BFI-funded project, LSFF Orbital.

About the role

This project expands LSFF’s activity during our January festival to reach new audiences across London, with screenings in new venues and by new curators.

As part of our remit for LSFF Orbital, we are looking to engage local, multicultural communities in these new areas, and for our programmes aimed at families and young people. Our programme is always hugely varied, radical and focused on platforming and showcasing new filmmaking voices and stories, and we want to reach as many people as possible with our January festival programme.

This is a new role on the LSFF team, and will involve researching groups and organisations that are represented across the festival programme with particular focus on Black, Black African and Caribbean communities and young people and families, forming reciprocal partnerships with those groups to promote the festival programme, events and opportunities. The post-holder will also identify new opportunities for the festival to expand our work and potential avenues for new partnerships and funding.

Location: Remote or at our office in Bethnal Green, London
Salary: £4,500 fixed fee
Term: Freelance contract from November until the end of January 2024
Hours: Part-time flexible, equivalent to 25 days worked over the 3-month period
Reports to: Festival Co-Director, Festival Producer

Key responsibilities

• Work with the wider LSFF team in the run-up to our 2024 festival to foster new partnerships and relationships with local communities and groups across London
• Work closely with the marketing team to share materials, social media packs etc. with the relevant people to reach a wider audience
• Research the local areas for LSFF Orbital events and identify opportunities to share information about the programmes and events at those venues
• Contribute to outreach for the LSFF Industry programme, particularly reaching young people interested in a career in film, colleges, courses and universities
• Arrange and attend meetings with partners and groups to ensure the LSFF Orbital projects reach as wide an audience as possible
• Organise ticketing/complimentary ticket offers for communities and groups
• Contribute to our evaluation and reporting after the festival (late January)

Person requirements

• Experience working with community groups, doing outreach, volunteering in your local community, or working within an arts organisation (essential)
• Some experience compiling contact information, reaching out to people, and the ability to arrange and attend meetings and groups (essential)
• An interest in the work of the London Short Film Festival (essential)
• Enthusiasm for sharing arts and film with a broad audience and range of people living across London (essential)
• Experience working with a diverse range of people and multicultural communities, including children and families (desirable)

How to apply

LSFF is committed to reaching a wide range of applicants for our roles, and so have simplified our application process. We don’t require lots of professional experience – your lived experience and enthusiasm are more important to us. We’ve created a short Google Form that you can fill out below, and then will hold short Zoom interviews to select the right candidate.

• Fill out the Google Form here

The closing date for this position is 30/10/2023 at 17:00