Film Training Liaison and Projects Lead

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.

The Film Training Liaison and Projects Lead will operate as part of ScreenSkills’ Film Team, working closely with the Head of Film, Animation & Future skills to identify and determine industry and specialist training providers across the UK to ensure that all professional-level training we commission meets with industry needs.

Contract: Fixed Term, 8 months (Start date: 2nd February 2026)

Salary: £37,400 per annum

Reports to: Head of Film, Animation & Future Skills

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

Key responsibilities:

Work alongside the Head of Film, Animation & Future Skills to define skills gaps and shortage areas to continually ensure that ScreenSkills is providing freelance crew with the skills to develop.
Administrate the entire lifecycle of Film training course commissioning from tendering to final tracking of trained beneficiaries
Fiscal responsibility to ensure budgets are set and monitored throughout the lifecycle.
Ensure Expert Readers are coordinated to assess training applications.
Continuous management and maintenance of key contact lists including current and potential training providers.
Manage and maintain records of the training providers’ activity during their delivery process, ensuring they complete all the necessary paperwork at the start, beginning and end of their delivery period and filing all documentation.
Coordinate procedure in the run-up to the newly funded training during Start-up meetings; including being first point of contact, liaise with and introduce to other ScreenSkills teams where collaboration could be useful.
Liaise with ScreenSkills High-End TV (HETV) CPD coordinators/managers for co-funded programmes as well as being an active member of the CPD processes group.
Ensure accurate capture of data in the PowerBI and Central Booking system in collaboration with the digital team, ensuring the right figures are captured in the system for quarterly reporting
Liaise with training providers and the Marketing and Communications (Marcomms) team to plan how and when marketing of the course takes place.
Gathering, disseminating and reviewing industry feedback throughout the course commissioning and delivery process
Working with the Film team and Marcomms team to run events for training beneficiaries as required.
Run Film-themed webinars as required.
Provide cover for the Film Programmes and Placements Lead during period of leave

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The ideal candidate will have the following:

Essential:

A background of physical production in Film and operating at a mid-level management.
Proven project management experience in a like/similar role
Effective positive human relations skills including tact, diplomacy, and ability to work with all levels of staff and leadership
Proven experience of managing long term tracking and outcome focused delivery
Excellent problem-solving and negotiation skills
A ‘can do’ and hands-on proactive approach, with the ability to both think strategically, and make things happens
Skilful management and prioritisation of a complex workload, matrix-working with colleagues in different teams across multiple projects.
Detail-orientated

ScreenSkills offers benefits including:

25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
EAP - Access to financial, physical and mental wellbeing support
Access to Reward Gateway – popular retailer discounts
Season Ticket Loan
Eye Care scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Life Assurance
Modern and sophisticated office space in Central London

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

To apply: Please submit a CV and cover letter, or ScreenSkills job application form and CV to jobs@screenskills.com. 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.

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

In the last two years we have helped 48,447 people across: eLearning, training, events, mentoring, bursaries and stepping up programmes such as Trainee Finder, that’s why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups such as returning parents or carers who are re-entering after a career break, women, people who are LGBTQ+, minority ethnic people, with a disability, impairment, learning difference or long-term condition, with caring responsibilities, from different nations and regions, from a less advantaged socio-economic background as well as any other under-represented group.

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