Film Festivals Administrator

Contract: Fixed Term/ Part Time (14 hours per week for 12 months in the first instance)

Location: Covent Garden, London WC2H 9UB (some remote working will be avaiable)

Job Summary 

This is a great opportunity for you to join the London Film School as a Film Festivals Administrator.  You will take responsibility for maximising exposure for our student/graduate films, by ensuring optimal Film Festival and competition submissions.

The successful candidate will provide proactive and efficient administrative support and work across departments, to ensure information is communicated effectively. You will have a good knowledge of the Film Festival landscape, exemplify high standards of customer care and will be required to occasionally attend Film Festival in UK and overseas if current circumstances allow.

If you have an understanding of film festivals and related competitions and development programmes, are able to multi-task, identify priorities and work in a fast-paced environment as well as possess excellent communication skills, we would love to hear from you.

For further details about the role please visit our website https://lfs.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs-at-lfs  where you can download a copy of the job description.

We offer a highly competitive staff benefits package including 30 days leave per annum (pro rata for part-time staff), employer matched contributory pension scheme (4%), season ticket and hardship loan schemes, up to 18 days professional development leave per academic year (pro rata for part-time staff), cycle to work and season ticket loan schemes, an Employee Assistance Programme and a suite of family-friendly policies.

How to apply

To apply, please download and complete the Diversity and Equality monitoring form from the ‘application pack’ section below, then email the equality form plus your current CV and a supporting statement outlining your suitability for the role to recruitment@lfs.org.uk (via the ‘Apply’ button above) by 9am on Friday 2 August 2024.

We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you. We offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability, who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Applicants must be able to provide proof of their ongoing right to live and work in the UK. It is a condition of any offer of work for the School, which we may make to you, that you have, or gain, permission to work in the UK. By law, you will not be able to start working for us until you are able to provide evidence that this permission has been granted.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on 12,13 or 14 August 2024.

LFS is an equal opportunities employer.  Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we especially encourage applications from people who identify as disabled and/or identify as LGBTQIA, black, Asian or are from minority ethnic backgrounds as these groups are under-represented at all levels of staff at LFS.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

We reserve the right to close this advert as soon as sufficient applications are received, therefore candidates are advised to submit their application as soon as possible. 

London Film School (LFS) is internationally celebrated for its commitment to film, craft excellence, innovation and creative freedom. The School is consistently rated as one of the top international film schools, most recently named in The Hollywood Reporter Top Film Schools 2020.