Programme Officer – UK
Hours: Full time
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £28,400 per annum, plus Into Film Benefits
Location: Edinburgh, Belfast, Cardiff, Salford or London. They operate in a hybrid pattern, combining home working with attendance at the office.
About the Employer
Our client is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. They provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching.
The charity also runs their annual Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and their Film Awards – the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.
The core programme is free for UK state schools, colleges and other youth settings, thanks to support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery good cause funding, and through other key funders including Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen.
Their vision – Film enriches the life of every child and young person.
Their mission – To inspire and support young people to learn, and to realise their creative, cultural and career aspirations, through film and the moving image.
Role Summary
The Programme Officer UK will be instrumental in providing administrative support for the successful delivery of three programme strands across the UK. Reporting to the Joint Head of Programmes (Nations Lead), this role ensures the smooth and efficient running of projects by managing key organisational tasks, providing high quality customer service and supporting specific activities including data driven targeted work. Working closely with Programme Leads, Programme Coordinators and the wider team, the Programme Officer UK will play a vital role in maintaining seamless administration activities, contributing to the successful delivery and impact of their programmes. ?
Main Responsibilities:
*Provide administrative support for the delivery of cross-programme activity in all four nations, including training for teachers and careers professionals, workshops, conferences and events.
*Meet regularly with each of the nations’ teams to ensure a joined-up approach and understanding of the place-based programme activity and requirements in each area.
*Oversee and support the management and maintenance of the CRM database of nations’ place-based activity across the UK, ensuring data is accurate and up to date.
*Assist with data collection and evaluation for reporting to funders by ensuring accurate data input and collection from relevant stakeholders including liaison with the Research and Data Coordinator.
*Collaborate with the Marcomms team to assist in promoting the programme across all communication channels, including signups to their training programme for educators, entries to their filmmaking competitions, their Awards, and bookings for their Festival, Spring Screenings and other events for their Screen Careers programme.
*Work with Marcomms and Programme Coordinators to run targeted marketing campaigns to increase and drive engagement in their place-based targeted areas across the UK.
*Assist in desk- based research to identify partners and organisations (including schools) to engage underserved and underrepresented young people in their programmes, sourcing relevant external information from across the education, youth and film industry sectors.
*Working with Programme Leads to support the development and delivery of their Youth Advisory Council and Education Ambassador initiatives.
*Undertake additional general administrative tasks to support the smooth running of the team including but not limited to customer support cases, equipment and materials inventory and orders, booking travel, processing invoices and regional social media channels,
*Represent the organisation at conferences and events as required.
*Any other reasonable duties assigned by the organisation.
General Responsibilities:
*Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with stakeholders including teachers, children and young people, industry partners, funders, supporters, parents and carers, and members of the public.
*Commitment and active participation in helping live their EEDI values and ethos through everything it does.
*Contribute to long term planning to ensure growth in line with demand and resources.
*Contribute to the regular monitoring and evaluation of their work.
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