UK Global Screen Fund Coordinator – Business Development

Salary: £31,923 - £36,774 per annum

The BFI is seeking a Coordinator to join the BFI’s UK Global Screen Fund team on a fixed-term basis.

You will assist with advice for applicants and stakeholders, eligibility and assessment for UK Global Screen Fund’s (UKGSF) funding strands, with particular focus on International Business Development. This includes providing project management support, coordinating meetings and application and guidelines processes, and assisting with eligibility checks and advice for applicants and stakeholders.

Fixed Term Contract: until 31 March 2025

Key responsibilities include:

• Proactively undertake eligibility checks for all applications to the International Business Development strand, in particular, assessing eligibility of organizations and costs, following up on queries or missing information as required, and consulting with the Business Affairs Executive and/or Fund Manager where necessary.
• Coordinating International Business Development strand application processes, and updates to application processes, and liaising with various BFI departments accordingly.
• Coordinating time-sensitive International Business Development funding submissions to the BFI’s internal finance committee.
• Supporting fund managers and Business Affairs Executive to ensure awarded companies and projects adhere to funding agreements and processes, including occasional preparation and provision of said agreements and monitoring of required deliverables at assessment and contracting stage.

We are looking for candidates who have:

• An understanding of business planning and KPI reporting.
• A demonstrable interest and understanding of the screen sectors.
• Proven experience and understanding of using database systems, such as Blackbaud Grantmaking and/or financial tracking.
• Project management experience

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description.

About the BFI

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image. We believe society needs stories. Film, television and the moving image bring them to life, helping us connect and understand each other better. We share the stories of yesterday, search for the stories of today, and shape the stories of tomorrow.

At the BFI you’ll enjoy benefits such as excellent support for working parents, 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), tickets to BFI festivals and events plus many others.

We support diversity and inclusion, and as an organisation recognise that we need to address under representation within our teams. As such we strongly welcome and encourage applicants from our under-represented groups; who identify as D/deaf and disabled and/or are ethnically diverse. We guarantee a first interview to people from under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

Further information

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by visiting our website.

First interviews will be held on w/c 11 December 2023

The closing date for this position is 04/12/2023 at 23:59