Curation Officer

Curation Officer (Maternity Cover)
Hours: Full-Time
Contract(s): Fixed Term Contract (1 Year Maternity Cover)
Salary: £30,500 per annum, plus benefits
Location: Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, Salford or London. This employer operates in a hybrid pattern, combining home working with attendance at the office.

About the Employer
Our client is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. They provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching.

The charity also runs their annual Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and their Film Awards – the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.

The core programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.

Their vision – Film enriches the life of every child and young person.
Their mission – To inspire and support young people to learn, and to realise their creative, cultural and career aspirations, through film and the moving image.

This employer operates a hybrid working policy with offices in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and Salford.

Role Summary

The main function of the curation officer is to support the curation and wider team’s administrative and curatorial needs. The officer manages enquiries and runs team project management and evaluation systems whilst also contributing meaningfully to the production of curation content and associated educational resources, in line with the charity's Programming Policy across their BFI-funded programme strands (Teaching With Film, Careers and Progression, and Young Creatives) plus additionally funded work and projects as they arise.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the licensing, acquisition and curation of content for this organisation’s platforms, resources and other places as required across the charity.
• Maintain the organisation's pages by proofreading content, uploading film entries and associated resources, sourcing and cropping images for the website, and ensuring all records are accurate.
• Contribute to the creation and uploading of curation team editorial content including but not limited to writing film/moving image blurbs, blogs, film lists, highlights.
• Support the curation and wider team with administrative tasks including scheduling meetings, taking accurate minutes, managing curation content for the charity, and undertaking any other tasks required to support the smooth running of the team.
• Adhere to the employer’s curatorial policy and EEDI principles across the team’s work.
• Research and select film/moving image highlights for use in educational resources and across the organisation's programmes.
• Respond directly to requests for film recommendations both externally and internally.
• Assist with the development, research and writing of supporting materials and resources.
• Contribute to the organisation's objectives by viewing films and other moving image, attending screenings and festivals as required, provide curatorial feedback to internal teams.
• Provide curatorial advice and guidance around key dates in the organisation's calendar including but not limited to Black History Month, Anti-bullying Week, World Book Day, Safer Internet Day, Mental Health Awareness Week, and Pride Month.

General Responsibilities

• Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with stakeholders including teachers, children and young people, industry partners, funders, supporters, parents and carers, and members of the public.
• Commitment and active participation in helping this charity live its EEDI values and ethos through everything it does.
• Contribute to long term planning to ensure growth in line with demand and resources.
• Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of the organisation’s work.
• Any other reasonable duties assigned by the employer.

Person Specification

Minimum Requirements:

• A broad knowledge of film, including British, Independent, Specialised and Heritage film.
• Experience of writing about film, ideally for 5–18-year-olds and educators.
• Awareness of the role of curation in supporting UK schools, including an understanding of why EEDI principles are essential to this work.
• An excellent eye for detail and experience of managing databases, content management systems and general administration tasks
• An understanding of the educational value of film/moving image and the ability to communicate this to educators, young people, the film industry and the team.
• A love and knowledge of film.

Desirable:

• At least one year of working in a film exhibition environment.
• Awareness of the complexities around acquisition and licencing and a willingness to learn more.
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite.

All of this charity's staff work in a hybrid pattern, combining home working with attendance at their local and national office when required, along with some travel across the UK, as appropriate to the role.

This employer is open to flexible working models wherever the role allows, including working compressed hours.

They also offer a range of staff benefits and perks, including:

• Annual Leave – 28 days (full time/pro-rata), including 3 days to cover office closure between Christmas and New Year.
• Pension – matched up to 5% of salary (2% above statutory employer contribution).
• Flexible working including compressed hours, job share etc. – all applications favourably considered, approval will be at the discretion of the employer.
• Enhanced parental/paternity/shared parental leave.
• Interest-free non-essential study loans.
• Interest-free bike/scooter/travelcard loan.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – 24/7 confidential wellbeing support, advice and guidance.
• Wisdom health insurance cover – non-contributory (apart from employee tax contribution).
• BenefitHub portal - offering discounts on healthcare, wellbeing products, and lifestyle products and services.

All employees regularly working with children and member data are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at the employer’s expense; employment is dependent upon this.

Closing: 5:19pm, Thursday 20th August 2026 (BST)

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