Events Producer, The British Academy

The British Academy

The British Academy – the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences - is seeking an Events Producer to join our communications Department, providing key support in the delivery of the British Academy’s brand-new public events programme, showcasing the best of humanities and social sciences research.

The Role

The British Academy, the UK's national body for the humanities and social sciences, is seeking an Events Producer to join our communications Department and help plan and deliver our re-imagined year-round public events programme.

This role requires substantial creative thinking and close collaboration with the Public Events Manager to produce a diverse range of events, from panels to performances. Our events aim to bring our Fellows' and the Academy’s work to life, as well as showcase the latest research in the humanities and social sciences.

Our goal is to make our events exciting, engaging, and accessible to public audiences. In addition to individual events, you will help develop themed seasons with the Public Events Manager to attract new audiences and convey the Academy’s story.

As a small team, we seek an individual who is exceptionally organised, detail-oriented, professional, and motivated, and who has a passion for events.

The candidate must have experience delivering events in a professional environment, as they will play a key role in executing our public events programme in our brand-new event spaces at 10-11 Carlton House Terrace.

About The Academy

The British Academy is the UK’s national body for the humanities and social sciences, established by Royal Charter in 1902. We mobilise these disciplines to understand the world and shape a brighter future. Today’s complex challenges can only be resolved by deepening our insight into people, culture, and societies. With a Fellowship of around 1,400 leading national and international academics, the Academy invests in researchers and projects across the UK and overseas, engages the public with fresh thinking and debates, and brings together scholars, government, business, and civil society to influence policy.

The Academy currently has five directorates: Communications & Marketing; Development, Policy, Research, and Resources, plus a small Governance & Fellowship Team. We have increased staffing in the last 12 months and expect to continue to grow this year.

Working at the Academy

Our senior management team have worked with staff to foster a culture of collaboration, respect, and empathy, in which all contributions are recognised as we work towards our common goals. Our people strategy and working practices focus on building strengths and sharing insights, with learning & development, wellbeing, and equality, diversity & inclusion at the centre of how we operate as an organisation. Investing in our staff and encouraging a healthy work/life balance is central to our success, as we move forward and continue to grow.

Terms and conditions

The British Academy is based at 10–11, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1, a Grade 1 listed building. We offer a competitive benefits package, including a 35-hour working week, with hours and location worked flexibly under our hybrid-working policy, 34 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays, a subsidised canteen and an excellent occupational pension.

How To Apply

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, in line with our commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, promoting equal opportunity, and addressing under-representation. We will make reasonable adjustments to support disabled job applicants and offer an interview to those meeting the minimum selection criteria.

To apply, and to see the full job description and our workplace values, please follow the link to access the Applied recruitment platform.

Applications must be received no later than 12:00 noon on 15 July 2024.

Please contact the HR team at hrteam@thebritishacademy.ac.uk if you have any questions.