Ideally you will have:
- Demonstrable commitment to the vision and mission of BAFTA, with passion for both the brand and the industry
- Developed awareness of the challenges facing the industry and experience of developing strategies to address such challenges
- Sophisticated understanding of organisational culture, high performance team-building and delivery of a multi-dimensional mission, including matters of diversity and access
- Previous senior-level leadership experience and ability to work collaboratively
- The capability to think and act strategically and creatively and experience of delivering strategy from concept to implementation
- Highly engaged leadership style with the tenacity to see ambitions translated into innovative, attractive and realistic forward plans
- Exceptional communication skills, with the passion to articulate the vision and strategy internally and externally and represent BAFTA in any forum, whether to peers, Government, media, sponsors, the public, BAFTA’s members and the industry at large
- A global outlook
- Experience of delivering strategic change
- A developed understanding of working in a public-facing role and being the face of a brand
- Awareness of Charity Commission requirements and governance
- Outstanding networking and strategic partnership experience
- Ability to work under pressure, and to tight deadlines
- Ability to build relationships across the creative industries, potential donors and supporters, business leaders and corporates
Ideally you will be:
- A proven leader with the ability to conceive and articulate both a vision and a strategy for the future and the skill and passion to inspire and motivate the Executive team and wider organisation to fulfil these
- Comfortable with complexity: helping the organisation to flourish, and facilitating the highest standards of organisational effectiveness across BAFTA’s wide range of activities
- Open and empowering: bringing a sense of vision and direction, and creating the space for others to flourish
- Meritocratic: showing awareness of personal blind spots as well as flaws in the system and work hard to ensure meritocracy
- Curious about others: demonstrating an open mind-set and deep curiosity about others, listen without judgment, and seek with empathy to understand those around you
- Culturally intelligent: being attentive to others’ cultures and adapt as required
- An effective collaborator: empowering others, paying attention to diversity of thinking and psychological safety, and focusing on team cohesion
- Positive, proactive attitude: inspiring others to support BAFTA, both internally and externally
- Thought leader: having, or being able to acquire, an in-depth knowledge of the industry, understand all of the influences, technology, market conditions, and people within it. You will also understand the audiences, who you are providing for and why
Our aim is for our staff to be a diverse mix of talented people who want to come and do their best work. BAFTA is committed to increasing diversity and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.