Head of new partnerships

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 19 March 2025

Salary: £52,386 - £61,647 per annum

Contract: Fixed Term Contract, 1 year (Maternity Cover)

First interviews: Will be held in week beginning 31 March 2025

Second interviews: Will be held in week beginning 07 April 2025

Develop high-value partnerships that support film and culture at the BFI.

We’re looking for a Head of New Partnerships to join the BFI on a fixed term basis to cover a period of maternity leave. You’ll be an important part of the team leading on the strategy and coordination of new partnership opportunities within the Business Partnerships & Enterprise team.

Key responsibilities include:

• Working closely with the Director of BP&E, Head of Learning Partnerships, and Head of Partnerships Fulfilment, you’ll help create and develop successful partnerships that drive growth.
• You’ll collaborate across the BFI to identify new opportunities and develop revenue streams, with careful consideration to impact and sustainability
• Lead the New Partnerships team, providing clear direction and support whilst proactively contributing to an inclusive workplace culture.

Knowledge, skills and experience

• Substantial manager level experience in account management, commercial realisation and project delivery
• Knowledge of sponsorship and partnership delivery in either or both film sector and cultural charities
• Proven people management skills including experience of successful performance management, coaching and developing staff.
• Strong commercial aptitude with the skill to build accurate and robust partnerships that fulfil multiple objectives for the brand and the BFI.

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 and additional paid time off at Christmas), 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 Black and Global Majority. We guarantee a first interview to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.

Depending on the volume of applications, you may be asked to complete a small task or attend a pre-interview screening call to further to assist the hiring team in shortlisting for this role. In this instance, interview dates may be subject to change.

Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.