Program Director - Screen Warriors

--POSITION--
Program Director, Screen Warriors

--ENGAGEMENT--
Casual role – 2-3 days/wk depending on workload and your availability, with the potential to turn into a full-time permanent role after our 2024 funding drive. Looking for an immediate start.


--ABOUT US--

The Veterans Film Foundation is an ACNC-registered charity, delivering a range of high-impact initiatives to benefit Defence Veterans in the film and television industry.

Our charity stages the Screen Warriors program – a careers development and training initiative for Australian Defence Force personnel and Veterans transitioning into the film & television industry. In 2023, we had 46 Veterans complete our training and placed multiple paid roles on local productions.

We also host the annual Veterans Film Festival which profiles Veteran filmmakers, artists and stories concerning perspectives on peace and conflict, and the Veteran experience. In our most recent edition, director of Academy-Award winning films Bruce Beresford served as our jury president, and we hosted the Australian premiere of Apple Original Films’ Causeway starring Jennifer Lawrence.

Their Excellencies General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd), Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and Mrs Linda Hurley are VFF Patrons.

--THE ROLE--

Reporting directly to our Board chair, the Program Director is a highly autonomous role.
In this multi-faceted role your primary responsibility will be to administer and promote our Screen Warriors film & TV careers program – working with our education partners, government screen agencies, production companies, donors, aligned organisations, media, and directly dealing with Defence Veterans. There also may be miscellaneous tasks pertaining to our festival screenings.

The position is based in Sydney, with 80% work-from-home (WFH) hours, with occasional travel to assist in staging our courses and to promote the program at Defence events. Any interstate travel expenses will be covered.

This is not a teaching role, however a familiarity with how courses are delivered can be helpful.

--RESPONSIBILITIES--

-Researching and applying for screen agency funding and private foundation grants, finalising reports and acquittals;
-Liaison with Veterans, Board, government, Defence, media, PR, employment and filmmaker stakeholders;
-Co-creation of program budgets and reports with Board chair;
-Strategy, creation and delivery of the charity’s marketing including social media, in collaboration with third-party web designer and graphic designer;
-Logistics for film festival screenings, liaising with venues;
-Occasional travel to represent Screen Warriors at jobs fairs; and
-Miscellaneous admin tasks for the Board – filing paperwork and receipts with bookkeeper, producing reports in collaboration with accountant, note-taking at Board meetings;

--THE IDEAL APPLICANT WILL HAVE--
-A background in film & television – OR marketing, HR, training, coaching or career development;
-Management or leadership experience;
-Experience engaging with clients, partnerships or the public;
-Experience with fundraising or grants, creating proposals, reports;
-Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal;
-High attention to detail;
-Advanced computer skills;
-Well-developed time management and organisational skills – a self-starter;

The following skills, while not essential, are a plus:
-Design skills in Canva or similar;
-Marketing skills – social media & MailChimp campaigns;
-Videography/photography skills and video editing;

Please include “Program Director - Screen Warriors" in the subject line of your email and send us:
-A 1-2pg cover letter, a 2-4pg CV summarising your experience and skills, including any relevant software or equipment competencies.
-Send to [email protected]
Applications close on Sunday the 25 of Feb 2023