Board Members

Box; London; On-site; Full time

Job summary

The Hebden Bridge Film Festival invites applications for volunteer positions on its board, including Volunteer Coordinator and Guest Liaison Coordinator. This role involves managing communications and organizational tasks critical to the festival's success. The festival is set for March 20-22, 2026, and candidates should be local and tech-savvy.

Qualifications

• Ability to manage communications within the board.
• Comfortable with technology and digital tools.
• Local residents preferred for ease of access to Hebden Bridge.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate volunteer efforts for the festival.
• Manage communications with team and volunteers.
• Liaise with guests during the festival.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational Skills

Job description

Hebden Bridge Film Festivalis a 3 day event which brings film-makers and audiences together to experience a diverse range of high quality films and related events and prides itself on being friendly and inclusive. We prioritise giving voice to under-represented groups, and our themes to date have been “the other” , “hope and resistance” “imagine together”.

We are excited to be recruiting new Board members for our next festival, taking place on20-22 March 2026. The Hebden Bridge Film Festival relies on volunteer effort, and the Board delivers and supports the core work of putting the festival on. Together with the festival director, it also sets the strategic direction for the festival.

We welcome applications from anyone who believes they could make a strong contribution. While some meetings take place online, much of the work is in person so we need people who live locally and can get to Hebden Bridge easily.

We are particularly seeking aVolunteer Coordinator, someone to take a major responsibility forCommunications, a Guest Liaison Coordinator and aSecretary. The organisation of the Film Festival relies extensively on shared digital communications and online organisation, so all board members need to be comfortable with technology.

Board meetings: stop for a summer break and are approximately monthly after that,becoming more frequent in the lead up to the festival.

Please email your CV to [e-mail] with a covering letter saying why you’d like to be on the board and which role you’re interested in to by 3 July 2025

The closing date for this position is 03/07/2025 at 23:59