Key Responsibilities

Programme Design & Delivery (approx 40%)

• Plan and lead the development and delivery of accessible, inclusive film training programmes in collaboration with the team. Build on existing resources, insights and delivery techniques with the view to improve our efficiency, output and outcomes and in turn increase the benefits to young people.
• Oversee and deliver our rolling programmes, bootcamps, partner programmes, workshops, events, mentoring, and practical production activity. (With team support)
• Manage budgets effectively, ensuring value for money and sticking to assigned budget lines.
• Manage the annual calendar to ensure programmes are planned, delivered and resourced adequately. Oversee project management, administration, logistics, timelines and technical delivery.
• Incorporate evidence-led approaches from our own data and data provided via our funders and partners.
• Ensure programmes balance technical film skills (e.g. production, editing, storytelling) with soft skills development (e.g. confidence, communication, teamwork, resilience).
• Create supportive, safe learning environments tailored to participants who experience barriers to entry.
• Adapt programmes based on participant feedback, evolving needs and through co-design with our youth team. Embed an honest learning approach across all activities.
• Oversee and/or prepare copy for training resources and promotional tools - briefing designers/copywriters when required.
• Oversee training communications and data management in line with GDPR regulation.

Participant Experience & Pastoral Support (Approx 20%)

• Embed a strong focus on participant wellbeing, confidence-building, and personal progression proactively identifying need and adjustments with our Wellbeing lead. Ensure and advocate for reasonable adjustments.
• Support the team in managing pastoral needs, ensuring participants feel safe, supported, and empowered.
• Develop progression pathways into further training, employment, or industry opportunities liaising with external partners e.g production companies and industry professionals.
• Lead good practice, ensure safeguarding and inclusive practices central to all delivery - developing our policies and training accordingly.
• Ensure participant onboarding and follow up communications are clear, accessible and timely.

Team building ( Approx 15%)

• Support of the CEO to manage a small team (x3-5), providing clear direction, support and development in line with our strategic priorities and operational plans.
• Work closely alongside staff in delivery where needed (typical of a small organisation).
• Recruit and manage freelance facilitators, mentors, and industry contributors with support from the team.
• Foster a collaborative, flexible, and mission-driven, value-led team culture.
• Ensure all staff and freelance support are DBS checked, onboarded efficiently with access to and understanding of policies.
• Ensure risk assessments are carried out for all activity allocating clear responsibilities for tasks.

Funder & Stakeholder Relationships (Approx 15%)

• Build and maintain strong relationships with funders and partners.
• Support the CEO to ensure all reporting requirements are met, with clear evidence of impact
• Contribute to funding bids and new partnership presentations, helping to articulate the organisation’s impact and vision.
• Represent the organisation externally with authenticity and credibility.

Monitoring, Evaluation & Impact (Approx 10%)

• Ensure that we collect and use data to improve our practice in line with our Theory of Change
• Refine and deliver our annual and programme surveys (with support from our Youth Engagement Co-ordinator)
• Develop simple, effective ways to measure soft outcomes (e.g. confidence, aspirations, readiness for work) as well as technical skills and career progression. Work with the CEO and team to implement sensitive data capture
• Collect and use participant feedback and data to improve programmes and form case studies
• Support the CEO to produce clear, compelling reports for funders and stakeholders.

Skills & Experience

• Experience working with young people in a formal or non-formal education from underrepresented communities.
• Experience delivering or managing training programmes. (Ideally in the film, media, or creative industries but we are open to transferable experience from other settings.
• A commitment to and understanding of training programmes that support both technical and soft skills and progression into employment.
• Understanding of and commitment to good practice and embedding policy e.g EDI, safeguarding and privacy/GDP
• Excellent project management and organisational skills with strong attention to detail - budget, timing plans, comms and technical delivery. A stickler for detail. The ability to balance strategic priorities and day-to-day tasks.
• Strong interpersonal skills - genuine empathy and an understanding of what it means to build trust with participants, staff & training partners
• Proven ability to lead and manage a small team in a hands-on environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, written and verbal.
• Understanding of and commitment to the use of new technologies to improve efficiency, learning and communications e.g Socials, Zoom, Teams, Google, Canva, Tiktok, Insta, AI
• Experience managing funder relationships and delivering against agreed outcomes.
• Experience creating or overseeing training materials and communications.
• Understand the tools and process for monitoring and tracking progress and an understanding of the importance of quality data.

Personal qualities

• Empathetic and people-centred, with a genuine commitment to working with young people
• Strong communicator, able to connect with a range of people from different communities with different interests e.g professional stakeholders, staff team members, young people, media professional.
• Positive and optimistic outlook but realistic in terms of delivery.
• Comfortable working in a fast changing environment; multi-tasking, working at speed and in ambiguity. The ability to prioritise in a busy environment.
• Hands-on and adaptable, comfortable “rolling up sleeves” in a small team. Solution-focused and resourceful.
• Passionate about social impact, storytelling and widening access to the creative industries.
• Proactive creative thinker with the ability to design engaging, non-traditional learning experiences and communications.