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Vacancy Details
Job Title: Head of Department (Directing)
Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)
Salary/Benefits: £56,000 per annum (dependent on experience), plus a comprehensive employee benefits package
Location: London WC2B 5PH
About LFS
This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of the team at Britain’s longest established and world-famous conservatoire for filmmakers. The school, now in its 70th anniversary year, is based in Covent Garden in the heart of London. LFS alumni include famous veterans (Mike Leigh, Michael Mann, Tak Fujimoto, Ann Hui) and famous younger filmmakers including Carla Simon, Oliver Hermanus, Babak Jalali, and the creator of End of the F**king World, Jonathan Entwistle.
LFS is one of only two film schools in the UK to have been awarded ‘world leading’ specialist provider institution status and funding from the Office for Students.
Job Summary
London Film School is seeking an experienced and forward thinking Head of Directing to lead one of its core creative departments within a world renowned film school.
This is a senior role for an established practitioner. You should have experience as a Director in film/high-end drama and/or a significant history of teaching directing for filmed drama at MA level.
As Head of Directing you will lead the academic, creative, and operational direction of the Directing department. You will oversee teaching across our Masters programmes and specialist short courses, contribute directly to teaching and assessment, and play a key role in evolving a practice-led, industry relevant curriculum.
You will research, build and maintain strong relationships with leading Directors in the UK, ensuring students are taught by current practitioners and exposed to emerging ideas, technologies, and workflows.
What You’ll Do
- Lead and develop high-quality teaching and supervision across postgraduate programmes
- Shape and refresh curriculum content in collaboration with the Year Lead and Course Leaders
- Recruit, support, and inspire industry-experienced tutors and refresh and review the pool available on a continuing basis
- Jointly lead the student selection process for new MAF students
- Maintain an active professional profile and contribute to research or creative practice
- Manage departmental staff, budgets, and resources
- Contribute to teaching with each cohort
- Represent the department on academic committees and through an industry Advisory Board
- Support students through teaching, mentoring, and assessment
- Contribute to student recruitment and admissions activity
Whether your background is primarily in teaching or deeply rooted in the industry, if you are ready to lead, inspire and contribute to an institution consistently ranked among the top 15 filmmaking academies globally, we want to hear from you.
For further details about the role please visit our website https://lfs.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs-at-lfs where you can download a copy of the job description and our equal opportunities monitoring form.
We offer a competitive staff benefits package including 30 days leave per annum (pro rata for part-time staff), employer matched contributory pension scheme (4%), season ticket and hardship loan schemes, professional development, cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and a suite of family-friendly policies.
How to apply
Apply here: Head of Directing
To apply, please upload your CV, together with a supporting statement outlining how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role, plus the completed equalities monitoring form, by 9am on Thursday 21st May 2026.
LFS is an equal opportunities employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we especially encourage applications from people who identify as disabled and/or identify as LGBTQIA, Black, Asian or are from minority ethnic backgrounds as these groups are under-represented at all levels of staff at LFS.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you. We offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability, who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Our people are at the heart of what we do at London Film School. Our organisational values define what LFS stands for and what we believe in. They guide our purpose and direction and set the tone for a positive workplace culture.
Our six values are:
·Innovation & Excellence
·Inclusivity & Respect
·Feedback & Collaboration
·Empathy, Accountability & Integrity
·Safe & Inclusive Spaces
·Kindness
Applicants must be able to provide proof of their ongoing right to live and work in the UK.
Vacancy Details
Job Title: Year 1 Lead, MA Film Making
Contract: Permanent, full time (35 hours per week)
Salary/Benefits: £60-62,000 per annum, plus a comprehensive employee benefits package
Location: London WC2B 5PH
About LFS
This is an exciting opportunity to become an integral part of the team at Britain’s longest established and world-famous conservatoire for filmmakers. The school, now in its 70th anniversary year, is based in Covent Garden in the heart of London. LFS alumni include famous veterans (Mike Leigh, Michael Mann, Tak Fujimoto, Ann Hui) and famous younger filmmakers including Carla Simon, Oliver Hermanus, Babak Jalali, and the creator of End of the F**king World, Jonathan Entwistle.
LFS is one of only two film schools in the UK to have been awarded ‘world leading’ specialist provider institution status and funding from the Office for Students.
Job Summary
The Year Lead is responsible for the leadership, ongoing design, delivery and academic quality of Year 1 within the 2-year MA Filmmaking programme; and for ensuring that the modules and corresponding film exercises are clearly organised; and that coherent progression takes place through the year. The role ensures that the curriculum is delivered in accordance with the validated course documentation, London Film School regulations, and best practice. The role requires you to bring together intensive practical training and critical and reflective study – thus maintaining the School’s long-standing reputation for rigorous, practice-based filmmaking education.
What You’ll Do
- Develop and prepare the first-year curriculum, delivered on a termly basis, with a focus on induction, skills development, discipline awareness, and cohort formation
- Ensure diversity and qualifying of visiting lecturers in the teaching pool and agree them with colleagues
- Jointly lead the student selection process for new MAF students
- Share pastoral responsibility with the Heads of Department and the Year Two Lead, with particular focus on student transition into practical filmmaking at MA level postgraduate study, and adaptation to the UK.
- Design, manage and deliver career skills and current industry practice seminars, and career facing training
- Provide leadership, people management and direction to the Directing department alongside the Head of Department for Directing and the Course Leader.
- Maintain quality assurance.
Whether your background is primarily in teaching or deeply rooted in the industry, if you are ready to lead, inspire and contribute to an institution consistently ranked among the top 15 filmmaking academies globally, we want to hear from you.
For further details about the role please visit our website https://lfs.org.uk/who-we-are/jobs-at-lfs where you can download a copy of the job description and our equal opportunities monitoring form.
We offer a competitive staff benefits package including 30 days leave per annum (pro rata for part-time staff), employer matched contributory pension scheme (4%), season ticket and hardship loan schemes, professional development, cycle to work scheme, Employee Assistance Programme and a suite of family-friendly policies.
How to apply
Apply here: Year One Lead
To apply, please upload your CV, together with a supporting statement outlining how your skills, knowledge and experience meet the requirements of the role, plus the completed equalities monitoring form, by 9am on Thursday 21st May 2026.
LFS is an equal opportunities employer. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we especially encourage applications from people who identify as disabled and/or identify as LGBTQIA, Black, Asian or are from minority ethnic backgrounds as these groups are under-represented at all levels of staff at LFS.
We want you to have every opportunity to demonstrate your skills, ability and potential; please contact us if you require any assistance or adjustment so that we can help with making the application process work for you. We offer a guaranteed interview to applicants with a disability, who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Our people are at the heart of what we do at London Film School. Our organisational values define what LFS stands for and what we believe in. They guide our purpose and direction and set the tone for a positive workplace culture.
Our six values are:
·Innovation & Excellence
·Inclusivity & Respect
·Feedback & Collaboration
·Empathy, Accountability & Integrity
·Safe & Inclusive Spaces
·Kindness
Applicants must be able to provide proof of their ongoing right to live and work in the UK.
Equal Opportunities Form here
About London Film School
London Film School (LFS) is the oldest film school in the UK. For nearly 70 years, LFS has been the place for emerging creative talent to hone their craft, find their voice and engage directly with the vibrant UK screen industries. The School offers five full-time MA programmes including Filmmaking, Screenwriting, International Film, Business, Film Producing, & Film Marketing and a full calendar of short courses.
LFS is a world leading conservatoire for filmmakers from around the world. Based in London’s Covent Garden, the School’s alumni include veterans (Mike Leigh, Michael Mann, Tak Fujimoto, Ann Hui) and famous younger filmmakers including Daina Pusic, Oliver Hermanus, Babak Jalali, and the creator of End of the F**king World, Jonathan Entwistle.
The School is celebrated for its commitment to film, innovation and creative freedom, and its reputation for teaching excellence and practical learning - the School makes over 180 films every year. In 2022 London Film School was awarded World-Leading Specialist Provider status by the Office for Students and in 2024 was named by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the top global film schools. LFS welcomes a student cohort from every corner of the globe, LFS has always been a cultural hub where fresh voices, experiences and perspectives rub shoulders with tradition and history. A global network, once built, lasts a professional lifetime.
London Film School is a non-profit educational charity with Greg Dyke as its Chairman of the Board and Chris Auty as Director and CEO.
LFS is an equal opportunity employer. Please click here for our equal opportunities policy.
Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we especially encourage applications from people who identify as disabled and/or identify as LGBTQIA, black, Asian or are from minority ethnic backgrounds as these groups are under-represented at all levels of staff at LFS.
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We do not hold a directory of actors. Our students not only post castings but also search these sites for potential actors hence why it is important to be registered with them – particularly Casting Call Pro and Spotlight.
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