Job profile

Salary: £35,640 - £41,763 per annum  

Fixed Term Contract: 12 months 

We are looking for Rights & Contracts Officer to join the BFI on a 12 month fixed term contract, focussing on Replay 2 (the updated BFI National Archive online platform).  The Rights & Contracts Officer will negotiate, adapt templates, draft contractual provisions, and secure permissions for the renewal of agreements with Regions and Nations Film Archive.  They will generate reports and summaries as requested, enter agreements and record the terms of the renewals on the BFI’s right and royalties database ensuring accurate and up-to-date recording of rights information in relation to all BFI and required third-party collections and activities.  

Key responsibilities include: 

• To negotiate and secure renewals and agreements with the Regional and National Film Archives for BFI platforms. 

• To negotiate and secure renewals and agreements for the renewal of BFI National Archive titles for BFI platforms. 

• To generate reports and summaries as requested and enter agreement terms on the Rights and Royalties database and other BFI databases as required in a timely manner and to ensure that terms and exploitation are captured accurately. 

• Carry out copyright and rights research and ‘due diligence’ and record rights information on BFI databases in line with BFI data standards and to create and maintain clear and comprehensive files, summaries and reports relating to such research. 

We are looking for candidates who have: 

• Demonstrable knowledge of: copyright law and principles, film and television rights and contracts (including music and guild or union matters), working with other IP rights, rights clearance and research.  

• An understanding of potential copyright, licensing and risk issues with mass digitisation.  

• Strong research skills; ability to formulate and carry out an effective search strategy.  

• Proven experience of using a rights database or cataloguing system and recording and or correcting information in such systems.    

A full list of responsibilities and minimum requirements can be found in the job description. 

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. 

Benefits 

• 25 days annual leave (rising to 30 with service) + bank holidays + the option to buy up to 5 extra days of annual leave  

• Additional paid time off between Christmas and New Year 

• BFI pension scheme with 5% employer contribution 

• BFI Childcare Scheme, where we contribute to childcare costs for children up to the age of 14 

• Enhanced pay for Maternity & Paternity leave 

• Complimentary tickets to BFI Southbank & IMAX screenings and events 

• Free BFI Player subscription + discount on BFI DVDs, books, merchandise, and film tickets 

Plus many more, which can be found in our Working at the BFI information pack on our website.  

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 place at the first stage selection process to our under-represented groups who meet our minimum requirements.   

Further details about the role, the BFI and our benefits can be obtained by clicking the links to the left.

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.  

The closing date for applications is 23:59 onTuesday 27 August 2025 

First interviews will be held in the week beginning 8 September 2025