Community Engagement Coordinator

Salary: £15 p / h

Borderlines Festival is looking for a new Community Engagement Coordinator, based locally, with strong organisational ability, a pro-active attitude to engaging with new audiences and an aptitude for building on current community-based relations, together with exceptional customer relations skills.

The purpose of the role is to develop and extend community engagement with the Festival across a wide range of targeted groups from initial engagement through to servicing delivery of the Festival; to work with the Festival Director and Marketing Manager to capture and evaluate feedback during the Festival; and undertake administrative tasks to ensure the smooth running of the Festival from website input to co-ordinating the Festival Desk rotas at our main venues.

Role details:

• Freelance
• Part-time, 500 hours from 2 December
• Candidates must be available during the 2025 festival (28 February to 15 March)

Role responsibilities:

This role encompasses a variety of responsibilities in the run-up to the festival and during the event itself. For full details, see the Borderlines job pack.

Role requirements:

Essential

• Demonstrable experience in developing community engagement in arts-based activities
• Demonstrable experience in 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 and proven experience in reporting
• 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
• Available to start work on December 2.

Desirable

• Love of cinema and films
• A good understanding of potential barriers to engagement for different communities
• Ability to collate data and evaluate
• Strong customer relation skills both for audiences and sponsors
• Experience in fostering good working relations with volunteers
• Experience in running websites

How to apply:

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.

Interviews will be held 25-27 November.Travel costs (return standard class rail fare) will be covered if interviews are in person.

The closing date for this position is 19/11/2024 at 23:59