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Programme Assistant (Discover! Creative Careers), ScreenSkills Ltd

  •  London
  •  Â£25k-30k
  •  Full time
  •  Closes June 8, 2025
  •  jobs@screenskills.com
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Description

Job Summary

The Programme Assistant (Discover! Creative Careers) supports the team to ensure day to day operations across the programme run smoothly.

Job Description

https://discovercreative.careers/ - Discover! Creative Careers (DCC) is a government funded, industry led programme providing specialist information, advice, and guidance about careers across the breadth of the Creative Industries (CIs) to young people aged 11-18 years, and those that support their careers decisions.

DCC's hybrid programme of activities and resources offers meaningful encounters with industry professionals, online tools, training and support throughout the year. Its annual flagship Discover! Creative Careers Week event takes place every November, connecting thousands of young people with hundreds of workplaces to give hands-on insight into the creative industries.

The delivery of Discover! Creative Careers is led by ScreenSkills in partnership with over 25 organisations from across 12 identified sub-sectors and through collaboration with industry, education and careers professionals. Across 2025-26, the programme will receive funding from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) for its continuation and significant expansion through several new programme strands.

ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the screen industries - film, television (including children's, unscripted and high-end), VFX, animation and games. It supports 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. It is supported by industry contributions to its Skills Funds - High-end TV, Film, Animation, Children's TV, Unscripted TV - and Arts Council England to help people get into the industry and progress within it.

The Programme Assistant (Discover! Creative Careers) supports the team to ensure day to day operations across the programme run smoothly.

Contract: Fixed Term to 31 March 2026, Full Time (35 hours pw)

Salary: £25,210 per annum

Reports to: Senior Manager (New Projects) - Discover! Creative Careers & dotted reporting line to Programme Lead.

Job Requirements

Essential:

  • Excellent administrative, communication and organisational skills
  • Experience of working with databases and data management tools such as Excel, Power BI, HubSpot or similar bespoke system
  • Experience of working with a website content management system
  • Experience of supporting online events such as video webinars
  • 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 projects
  • Proactive, with a 'can do' attitude

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

Job Responsibilities

  • Provide PA duties to the Programme Lead, including diary management and general administration support
  • Organise and manage internal and external meetings, including relevant stakeholder communications (generating papers, agendas and minutes)
  • Support the management of the online Discover! Creative Careers activity and opportunity registration and matching platform and liaise between schools and industry as and when required
  • Manage the general enquiries email inbox, fielding enquires and disseminating to the relevant team members, with support from Programme Administrator as needed.
  • Support event delivery for a range of online and in-person events, including event set-up, communications and back-end management
  • Provide general administration and data management for a range of programme strands
  • Support the effective filing of key programme documentation to ensure clear audit trails

The full list of job responsibilities can be found in the full job description (PDF) below.

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How to Apply

To apply: Please submit a completed ScreenSkills job application form and CV to [email protected]. Early application is encouraged as we will review applications throughout the advertising period and reserve the right to close the advert early.

ScreenSkills job application form: https://eu1.documents.adobe.com/public/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblqZhCv5S8qGpz_NKB5_ClkrmXVAETVCvVRcTx8cf-C7MypWmrctPv7f-G4X73HAksIzRQ%2A

If you require the application form in an offline or alternative format, please email [email protected].

Equal opportunities and diversity monitoring form (optional): https://forms.office.com/e/acndq9hsnY

We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application & selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments approach. We encourage you to get in touch with us if you require anything [email protected].

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