Programme Assistant Vacancy (contract)

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We're looking for a Programme Assistant to support the Discover! Creative Careers programme. This is a full time fixed term role to March 2025 paying £23,933 per annum.

Deadline date: 17 Jan 2025

 

Reports to: Senior Programme Manager and dotted line reporting to the Communications Manager

Salary: £23,933 per annum

Contract type: Fixed term to 31 March 2025

Location: ScreenSkills London, Hybrid (2 days per week in the office)

 

ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the screen industries - film, television (including children's, unscripted and high-end), VFX, animation and games. We are supporting the continued growth and future innovation across the whole of the UK by investing in the skilled and inclusive workforce who are critical to the global success of the screen sector.

 

ScreenSkills is the lead delivery partner of Discover! Creative Careers (Discover) a free to access, industry-led, national programme working to inspire and inform young people aged 11-18 about creative industry careers. Its year-round offer of hybrid activities, events and resources are accessible via a website platform, developed in partnership with over 25 organisations, and through ongoing collaboration with industry, education and careers professionals. Discover supports schools and colleges across England to meet several Gatsby benchmarks, the markers for good careers guidance.

 

Discover! is currently funded by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport (DCMS) with additional support from Arts Council England (ACE). Since launching in 2018, it has connected with thousands of children and young people via industry talks, workplace encounters, lesson plans, and industry informed resources and toolkits, all hosted on the Discover! Creative Careers website. It supports schools and colleges to meet several Gatsby benchmarks, the markers of good careers guidance, through industry informed and created resources, in-person events and training culminating in the annual award-winning Discover! Creative Careers Week each November.

The Discover! programme’s key objectives are to:

• Improve the aspirations and knowledge of young people (11-18 years) and inform their parents/carers of pathways and opportunities to enter the creative industry workforce - especially those from low socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Improve teachers and careers advisors’ knowledge of careers and pathways into the creative industries, enabling them to provide specialist information, advice and guidance.
• Improve industry’s perception of the value of early engagement with educators and young people to support their future talent pipeline.

In addition it aims to address urgent challenges connected to skills shortages building a highly-skilled, productive and inclusive workforce for the future, whilst providing equity of opportunity to young people in areas of the country facing the greatest disadvantage - currently focused on 77 priority areas across England.

Please find the full job description here

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and experiences:

 

Essential:

• Experience of working with databases such as Mailchimp, Excel, HubSpot or similar bespoke system
• Experience of working with a website content management system to update digital platforms
• Experience of supporting online events such as video webinars
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Experience of Adobe Creative Suite or other design/editing software
• Excellent administrative skills
• Ability to work independently and prioritise workload to meet fixed deadlines
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external
• Ability to work proactively, diplomatically, and supportively with stakeholders to deliver a single project
• Proactive, with a ‘can do’ attitude

 

Preferred:

• Experience of working on careers, training and/or education programmes
• Experience of working in the creative industries

 

ScreenSkills offers benefits including:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• EAP - Access to financial physical and mental wellbeing
• support
• Season Ticket Loan
• Eye Care scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to Reward Gateway – popular retailer discounts
• Life Assurance

Please submit a completed ScreenSkills job application form and CV to jobs@screenskills.com clearly stating how your skills and experiences meet the requirements of the role. Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application & selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments approach. So, we encourage you to get in touch with us if you require anything jobs@screenskills.com.