Reporting to the Joint Directors of The Byre, Kally Lloyd-Jones and Jessica Richards, and the St Andrews Film Festival Steering Committee, and working in close collaboration with colleagues in Film Studies, the University’s Development Office and other groups across the University, the Curator will develop, refine and implement the University’s vision for the growth of the St Andrews Film Festival and help secure funding to make it a reality.  The Curator will be highly experienced, skilled and motivated, with excellent connections in the film and screen culture industries.    

This new three-day annual festival will develop the importance of Scotland as a place for making film and enhance that capacity in Scotland by developing skills, industry connections at a high level, and provoking ideas about screen cultures that resonate locally and in Scotland.  The inaugural festival will be in April 2022.    

The Curator will have overall responsibility for the day to day running, management and leadership of the Film Festival, including programming, administration and finance, supported operationally by the Byre Theatre. This will include finding a roster of quality films, developing participatory and community activities, communicating with filmmakers to elicit their participation in the film festival, managing agreements, and developing ancillary events and content. With the entire canvas of screen and moving image culture available to you, the screenings and associated events will demonstrate your enthusiasm and expertise across a wide range of form and genre while offering audiences routes to engagement through innovative approaches to exhibition and presentation.    

Training in the use of University specific systems and processes is available.    

Candidates interested in having an informal discussion about the role prior to submitting an application should contact Kally Lloyd-Jones: email byredirector@st-andrews.ac.uk, Tel: 01334 468811.    

Applications are particularly welcome from women, people from the Black, Asian, Minority or Ethnic (BAME) community and other protected characteristics who are under-represented in Curator posts at the University.    

The University is committed to equality for all, demonstrated through our working on diversity awards (ECU Athena SWAN/Race Charters; Carer Positive; LGBT Charter; and Stonewall).  More details can be found at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/diversityawards/.    

This role does not meet the minimum requirements set by the UKVI to enable sponsorship of migrant workers.  Further information can be found at https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/staff/policy/immigration/.