BIFF Database Administration Trainee
The Boulder International Film Festival is looking for a volunteer Database Administration Trainee for the 2025 Festival Season. Ideally, this trainee will shadow our current database administrator and take over the Shiftboard database administration duties for the 2026 season and future seasons. After a Fall probationary period where we determine if you are a good fit, this training role will be considered Staff for the 2025 Season. Our Staff do have some great perks! There is also a modest stipend associated with this training position for BIFF 2025 that will be paid after the Festival concludes. The regular position for BIFF 2026 would include somewhat higher compensation. If you love BIFF, working with databases and enjoy working closely with and training other volunteers to use a database, this is the role for you!
Database work for the Volunteer Support Team begins in late September 2024 and continues through mid December with hours ranging from 5-10 hours/week. Then, the time commitment from early January 2025 through mid-March 2025 is significantly higher, gradually increasing as we register, communicate with, and orient volunteers, and roll out shifts on the database. Some weeks during this time period approach a full-time commitment and require flexibility to coordinate activities and meetings with other film festival staff.
Please note that you must be available in person for the entire Festival week March 9th-16th and a few other key dates in January and February.
More details:
The ideal candidate is someone with prior experience working with databases or someone detail-oriented, a quick learner, and computer savvy who is interested in learning how our Shiftboard software supports the volunteer management function for the festival. The role includes shadowing, assisting and training with the current Database Manager; learning to adjust database settings as needed and troubleshooting technical problems; processing volunteer registrations and helping volunteers with both the system and general volunteer info; learning to create and generate reports for management and BIFF teams; working with the Festival Pass pickup team to coordinate the festival badges during the festival, learning about the volunteer benefits distribution process; and assisting the Volunteer Manager as needed with other tasks.
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
1426 Pearl St., BOULDER, CO 80304, US
The mission of the Colorado Film Society (CFS) is to encourage and celebrate the art of film by creating a dynamic forum for artistic, social and cultural awareness in the community.
The CFS offers four programs throughout the year: (1) the Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF); (2) the CFS Educational Outreach Program; (3) the CFS Community Resource Program; and (4) the CFS Film Series.
BIFF offers audiences an opportunity to see films from all corners of the world and to learn from a diverse group of filmmakers. Since the inaugural festival was presented in 2005, BIFF has developed a reputation as one of the most influential and innovative young film festivals in the U.S.
An extraordinary number of new films have gone on from early screenings at BIFF to significant box-office success and multiple Oscar nominations. The CFS also inspires tomorrow’s film artists through year-round educational outreach programs, including "World Cinema Days" which bring international film, filmmakers, and presentations to local students; through Schmoozers, our networking event which provides a venue for people involved or interested in the film arts and industry to mix and mingle, and through the CFS Community Resource Program, which provides various forms of no-cost support, resources and mentorship to many arts organizations in Boulder County.
1426 Pearl StreetBoulder, CO 80302
September 5, 2024
