Local Advisor

Salary: Expenses Only

The Sheffield DocFest Local Advisory Group, now in its third year running, is open for applications for the next cohort for the 2025 and 2026 festival editions.

Live in South Yorkshire or North Derbyshire and want to attend Sheffield DocFest – the UK’s leading documentary festival? Are you interested in shaping the future of the festival and having your say?

As part of our mission to make our festival welcoming, accessible and enjoyable to all, our Local Advisory Group scheme invites people from across South Yorkshire and North Derbyshire to attend the festival in June and provide feedback on their experience that we can use to shape and inform decisions for the following year’s festival and beyond.

Six applicants will be invited to attend the festival (taking place 18-23 June 2025) with a complimentary festival pass, plus 4 in person meetings in May/June 2025, July/August 2025, September 2025 and January 2026 (dates tbc).

We aim to continue this scheme for future editions and wish to welcome this year’s successful applicants to take part in the 2025 and 2026 festival, as we believe impact and change can only be achieved gradually and over time.

Who is eligible?

• You must be aged 18+
• Open to anyone living across the South Yorkshire region (Sheffield, Doncaster, Barnsley or Rotherham) and North Derbyshire.
• No prior experience, specific skills or knowledge are required to take part
• We are particularly keen to receive applications from underrepresented and marginalised groups including those from the Global South, Indigenous backgrounds, Migrants, LGBTQIA+ people, those who identify as disabled and neurodiverse and those from low-income and working class backgrounds.

How to apply

To apply, please send us either a video (no more than 3 minutes long) or a written statement, responding to the following questions:

• Tell us a little bit about yourself, who you are and where you’re from, your interests, and why you are applying to be part of the Sheffield DocFest Local Advisory Group
• Describe an arts organisation, venue, or local event that you love and why.

Please email your application to: community@sheffdocfest.com, with the subject line: “Local Advisory Group Application”.

We monitor the diversity of people engaging in all our programmes and initiatives and for the purposes of reporting to our key funders we ask that you help us by clicking on the link below to complete an anonymous questionnaire.

https://bit.ly/3ZwGlN2

We aim to ensure all disabled and neurodiverse applicants have equitable access to our application process. If you need an adjustment for this process, please just let us know.

If you have any questions, or require further information (including requests for printed forms/access support), please email us at: community@sheffdocfest.com

Or call us on +44 (0) 114 276 5141 – our office hours are 9:30am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday

The closing date for this position is 14/03/2025 at 23:59