Film Programmes and Placements Lead (Maternity Cover)

Job Summary

The Film Programmes and Placements Lead (Maternity Cover) is the key point of contact for all features production teams contributing to ScreenSkills Film Skills Fund, managing their access to, and hiring of, all New Entrants and Mid-Level training and development placement initiatives.

Job Description

The ScreenSkills Film team works with the UK film industry to help ensure it has the workforce it needs to thrive. This is paid for by voluntary contributions by the Industry (the Film Skills Fund).

The Film Programmes and Placements Lead is the key point of contact for all features production teams contributing to ScreenSkills Film Skills Fund, managing their access to, and hiring of, all New Entrants and Mid-Level training and development placement initiatives. The post holder will be responsible for matching supply with demand for trainees and mid-level placements across the UK and building ScreenSkills’ evidence base on industry trainee needs. They will use industry intelligence to forecast trainee and mid-level placement needs of productions.

The role is customer facing for both productions and those on a wide range of placements, providing the beneficiaries with support and advice throughout the intervention. The post holder are therefore responsible for providing excellent standards of customer service, proactively creating new business and following up on leads, and building a reputation for the service of delivering consistent excellence.

The Film Programmes and Placements Lead will be assisted by the Film Programmes and Placements Administrator, who they will line manage.

This is a full time fixed term (up to 12 months) maternity cover position. This is a hybrid working role with 2 days per week working in our ScreenSkills office. The salary for the role is £33,000 – £36,500 per annum depending upon experience.

Job Requirements

The ideal candidate will have the following experience and skills:

Essential:

• Experience and knowledge of the Film industry including production needs, timescales and departments
• Effective positive human relations skills including tact, diplomacy, and ability to work with all levels of staff and leadership
• Ability to develop and maintain partnerships and relationships
• Proactive and high level communication and administration skills
• Solid experience of managing talent databases and/or recruiting talent
• Strong initiative
• Strong people skills

Preferred:

• Knowledge of different marketing methodologies
• Experience of using a content management system such as word press
• Knowledge of ScreenSkills’ portfolio and opportunities
• Experience of new entrant training programmes
• Line manager experience
• Production Manager / Production experience

The full list of job requirements can be found in the full job description below.

Job Responsibilities

Trainee Finder

• Collaborate with colleagues in our high-end TV department to plan and manage recruitment campaigns for trainees developing innovative approaches to specifically improving the diversity profile of applicants to Trainee Finder as well as ensuring the profile of successful trainees reflects and responds to industry needs

Make a Move and Film Forward (where placed on physical productions)

• Work with productions to assess and confirm eligible candidates for the step-up programmes

Career Progression Programmes

• Collaborate with the Film CPD team to monitor and report on CPD placement opportunities

Team support and reporting

• Lead on contracting in collaboration with the funds team for successful applications, with a focus on ensuring robust deliverables and targeted milestones and suitable budgets are in place