Young Film Programmer Trainee

Following a successful first year, we’re delighted to continue our Young Film Programme traineeship with support from Film Hub North. This opportunity is open to a young person aged 18–25 based in the North West who has a passion for film and is keen to develop skills in curating film programmes for young audiences at FACT.

As a Young Film Programmer trainee, we will equip you with the skills to develop your own film curating practice, as well as learning to facilitate groups of young people, enabling them to put on film events for a peer audience. You will assist the Film Programmer and Venue Hires Manager to establish partnerships with key organisations to support the development of a young film audience, focusing on those aged between 15 and 25 years old.

Paid Traineeship: £12.71 per hour

Hours of Work: 14 hours per week, typically on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, including occasional evening and weekend work

Contract: Fixed term contract for 15 months

What To Expect

A key focus of the traineeship will be engaging younger audiences by facilitating the young film programmers focus group, who in turn, curate a programme specifically designed for them, the aforementioned younger audiences. The trainee will lead and guide the group, assisting them in the project management of Stashed, hosted at FACT, which will include:

Growing the young audience network

Leading a Young Film Programmers Focus Group to gain peer-to-peer feedback on the film programme

Steering, helping to devise and manage any augmentation to the programme

Serving as a main point of contact, coordinating and communicating with internal teams and external partners such as film distributors

Managing licensing and contracts

Managing the procurement of external goods and services as required, including technical support, freelance staff, promotional materials, etc

Accurately maintaining minutes from focus group meetings and conversations/meetings with internal and external stakeholders

Working on audience development with the FACT Marketing team.

Collaborating with the FACT Learning team during the evaluation process and with the cohort BFI Film Academy participants and liaising with the FACT Visitor Services team on matters of public attendance

Assisting with the maintenance of a spreadsheet that records accurately all income and invoices

Coordinating all relevant paperwork and partner contracts

We welcome applications from young people aged 18 to 25 years, valuing transferable skills and a willingness to learn. No prior experience in an arts organisation is required - just a strong enthusiasm for film!

Essential skills and experience:

Passionate about cinema with an extensive knowledge of film, including FACT’s young people’s programme, Stashed.

Strong communication skills both via email and face-to-face, when engaging

with audiences, peer groups and partner organisations

Facilitation (experience or working with) of groups of young people (aged 18 to 25)

Project management

Has an understanding of marketing campaigns

Strategic thinking (around the development of the programme)

Has an understanding of underrepresented groups

Based in the North West of England or North Wales

Aged between 18 and 25 years old

Organised, with the ability to plan ahead and meet tight deadlines

Reliable timekeeping for work shifts and events

Willingness to develop networking skills

Ability to work in a diverse environment with people from all backgrounds and at all levels within an organisation

Able to engage in self-study as part of training

Desirable skills:

An awareness of the current film exhibition landscape

Functional maths skills to support budgeting for events

Motivation and a positive attitude to taking on tasks

Ability to remain calm under pressure

Awareness of safeguarding and working with vulnerable people

Comfortable using Google applications

How to apply

To apply, please complete the following two forms:

Application deadline: Thursday 16 July 2026, 23:59

The second stage of the recruitment process will involve a meet-and-greet for shortlisted candidates during the week commencing 20 July 2026.

Start date: 18 August 2026

FACT is committed to providing equal access to everyone, so if you require any adjustments or help with the application or interview process, please contact: recruitment@fact.co.uk

EVERYONE IS WELCOME

FACT Liverpool cares about diversity in the workplace and sector. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly from candidates who have Black, Asian or Global Ethnic Majority heritage, who identify as disabled, LGBTQIA+, and/or who are from lower socio-economic backgrounds. You can read our policy for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: fact.co.uk/edi

DISABILITY CONFIDENT EMPLOYER

We are proud to be a disability confident employer which is a government scheme supporting employers in ensuring disabled people, and those with long term health conditions, are able reach their full potential within their organisation. The scheme will help us to ensure we are doing our very best in increasing our reach when recruiting and giving as many people as possible the opportunity to be a part of our team. All candidates will be asked if they wish to declare a disability on the application form for a vacancy at FACT Liverpool. You can read our Disability Confident Commitments in more detail here: fact.co.uk/disabilityconfident

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