Festival Coordinator
Borderlines Film Festival CIC
Remote + Hereford and surrounding area during the festival
Salary: £12 per hour
Borderlines Film Festival is seeking a Festival Coordinator/Administration Assistant to join the Festival team to deliver the next edition of the film festival in March 2024.
About Borderlines Film Festival
Borderlines, recognised by the BFI as a film festival of national significance, celebrates its 22nd birthday in 2024. It is the UK’s largest rural film festival, with an enviable attendance, peaking at over 23,000 attendances in 2020. Screening the best new cinema from all over the world, the programme highlights include a strong line-up of previews. It is the only film festival programmed by the Independent Cinema Office.
Borderlines takes place in up to 25 different venues, ranging from multi-discipline arts centres to community cinemas and village halls across 200 square miles of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Malvern and the Welsh Marches. Venues include The Courtyard in Hereford, Malvern Theatres, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Kinokulture in Oswestry, the Flicks in the Sticks network and, back for 2024, The Regal Cinema in Tenbury Wells.
Borderlines Film Festival will run in cinemas only from Friday 1 – Sunday 17 March 2024. A role in this successful film festival represents an exciting opportunity for someone who is both passionate about film and cinema exhibition and wishes to develop their career in this field.
About the role
The post will require a mixture of working remotely and on the ground in the area (Herefordshire, Shropshire, Malvern and the Welsh Borders) in the run-up to and throughout the Festival. Applicants must have access to their own transport and stay in the area for the duration of the Festival period. They will provide effective administrative support to the Festival Director, Marketing Manager and Marketing and Events Officer and ensure the smooth-running operation of the Festival Desk at the Courtyard Hereford during the Festival dates.
Location: Remote + Hereford and surrounding area during the festival
Salary: Hourly rate £12.00, Real Living Wage
Hours: 250 (approx.)
Contract: Fixed term
Start date: January 2024
Personal requirements
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of a full range of IT skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel), Google Forms, and proficiency with social media platforms
- Attention to detail and proof-reading abilities
- Proven ability to work independently and under pressure
- Good interpersonal skills
- Valid driving license and access to personal transport
- Location – you must be based in the area that we cover and able to undertake distribution and marketing tasks in the run-up to the Festival
Desirable
- Love of cinema and films
- Ability to collate and evaluate data
- Strong customer relation skills both for audiences and sponsors
- Experience of fostering good working relations with volunteers
- Experience of running websites
Applications
To apply, send your CV together with 2 referees and no more than 2 x A4 pages detailing your experience, why you want to apply for the post and how you meet the requirements of the job description to Naomi Vera-Sanso at: hello@borderlinesfilmfestival.co.uk
The closing date for this position is 10/12/2023 at 17:00