Outreach and Engagement Coordinator (Freelance)

Creative Scotland; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 11,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading cultural organization is seeking an Outreach and Engagement Coordinator for HippFest 2026, Scotland's only silent film festival. The successful candidate will focus on community integration, partnership building, and leading engaging outreach events, contributing to a beloved festival's growth.

Qualifications

• Passionate about engaging the community with HippFest.
• Mobile across the Falkirk area with a full driving license.

Responsibilities

• Manage engagement and outreach for HippFest 2026.
• Devise and manage outreach events.
• Secure partnerships with community stakeholders.

Skills

Collaboration

Creativity

Community Engagement

Job description

Outreach and Engagement Coordinator (Freelance)

Deadline: 21 July 2025 at 11:00

Falkirk Council are looking for a highly committed, collaborative and creative person to work on engagement and outreach as part of the friendly and dedicated team working on HippFest 2026

HippFest is Scotland’s first and only festival of silent film with live music, centred in and inspired by Scotland’s oldest cinema, featuring exceptional screenings, commissions, workshops, community events and touring.
This role is vital to achieving the engagement and outreach ambitions of the Festival, with a focus on local integration during core dates and building HippFest’s reputation within the local community. You will nurture and build relationships with a wide range of community partners, local businesses and stakeholders. You will secure a base for the Festival ‘Hub’ in Bo’ness and recruit/liaise with hosts for the Festival ‘Village’, leading on the management of and communication with all Festival Village venues. In tandem with this you will devise and manage an inspiring programme of HippFest outreach events and added value activity in the Hippodrome and across the local community, within allocated budgets, including developing fun public and community engagement workshops, the HippFest Friday Night Gala afterparty, and progressing and ideating events for the Youth Engagement programme for school age children and young people.
This is a great role for a highly committed, collaborative and creative person passionate about engaging the community with HippFest and determined to deliver an engaging grass-roots programme of Festival-adjacent activity. This is a pro-active, outward facing role and the successful candidate will be a vital member of the team, contributing to the continuing success and development of this much-loved and internationally respected film festival.

Fee: £10,200 (68 days £150 p/d). (FTE 0.27) (£37,800 per annum pro rata).
Place of Work: Mostly remote working but there is the option to access to a workstation hub at Council offices (Falkirk Stadium or Callendar House). The Outreach and Engagement Coordinator will need to attend meetings and undertake stakeholder engagement across the Falkirk area. It is therefore essential that the Outreach and Engagement Coordinator is mobile across the Falkirk area, ideally with a full driving licence.

Further information on the role, person specification, application and selection process are included in the Recruitment Pack which can be downloaded here: https://www.hippodromecinema.co.uk/media/5hwneghe/hippfest-2026-outreach-and-engagement-coordinator-recruitment-pack-final.pdf
If you have any questions, you can contact [e-mail] before applying.

Location: Clackmannanshire, Dundee City, East Dunbartonshire, East Lothian, East Renfrewshire, Edinburgh City, Falkirk, Fife, Glasgow City, Inverclyde, Midlothian, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, South Lanarkshire, Stirling, West Lothian

The deadline is Monday 21 July 2025 at 11:00.

TAGGED:
Audience Development / Education / Equalities / Film / Festivals / Music / Young People (aged 0 to 25) / Cultural Tourism / Participatory Practice