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. We are supported by industry contributions to our 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 production of Film and Television in the UK is growing at an unprecedented rate resulting in the need for a significant expansion of the workforce to meet demand in every key production hub whilst ensuring that this expanding workforce is inclusive.
The Training Liaison Manager, Wales is the lead contact for key screen related and public agencies, related organisations, production companies, locally based broadcasters, freelancers and training companies based in Wales.
The key purpose of the role is to ensure that the ScreenSkills training and skills support in film, television, VFX, animation and games is understood and utilised locally and to positively support and work collaboratively to support the expansion, growth, and inclusive makeup of the workforce in Wales.
The role will lead on strengthening and overseeing the successful delivery of local partnership skills activities as well as working to ensure placements and wider TV skills training being delivered in Wales by ScreenSkills are running effectively. The role will act as a first point of call for individuals working on ScreenSkills placements in trainee and advanced level roles supported by ScreenSkills in TV and film productions in Wales.
The role will work closely with the Senior HETV Training Liaison Manager, the Head of Unscripted and Children’s TV and the Head of Film CPD and Future Skills with accountabilities to explore and secure new collaborative partnership opportunities in Wales whilst nurturing and maintaining established relationships to ensure that our training in the Nations is meeting the local industry needs. The role will work in collaboration with the wider ScreenSkills teams to ensure a joined-up collaborative approach to support the industry.
Contract: Permanent
Salary: £35,700 per annum
Reports to: HETV Senior Training Liaison Manager
Location: Remote (Wales)
Key responsibilities:
- Proactively work as an advocate to ensure that the skills programmes and support ScreenSkills delivers is widely understood and utilised by the Welsh based screen workforce and productions filming in Wales.
- Manage the HETV skills fund nations working group including overseeing allocated annual budget from the HETV council, to enable the working group to commission bespoke local training, complimenting the national offer.
- Help recruit appropriate local industry figures to join ScreenSkills Working Groups
- Manage the HETV programme budget in Wales ensuring the spend is monitored carefully and providing regular updates to the working group.
- Manage the delivery of the HETV grade shortage training programmes identified by the Wales working group which includes the tendering process
- Build relationships with new training providers and managing the relationship with established training providers to ensure all objectives, timelines and agreed delivery budgets are on track and deliverables are met for the fund.
The full list of key responsibilities and further details of the Training Liaison Manager, Wales role can be found here: https://www.screenskills.com/media/zq5cg5zo/training-liaison-manager-wa…
The ideal candidate will have the following:
Essential:
- Experience in a project manager role ideally within television or a creative organization with the ability to execute and implement projects with minimum guidance.
- Good knowledge of the screen industries in Wales.
- Relationships with public sector screen and creative industries related bodies in Wales.
- Knowledge of screen training and delivery.
- Outstanding communication, organisational, planning and execution skills.
- Ability to develop and maintain effective partnerships and relationships.
- Outgoing approach - enjoys building relationships with industry and individuals at all levels and getting out into the industry.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work with all levels of staff and leadership.
- Excellent research skills.
- Ability to work autonomously.
- Flexibility to work out of hours and at weekends on occasion, when required.
- Skills across database management, social media platforms and Excel.
- Excellent attention to detail.
Preferred:
- Experience in a training and skills related role.
- Excellent writing and proof-reading skills.
- Adept at using social media as an effective communication tool.
- Experience of working with people to support progression.
- Experience of working within an outreach role, working, and building partnerships with industry and community organisations.
Other skills and attributes:
- Excellent team player
- Proactive approach both within team and wider organisation.
ScreenSkills offers benefits including:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- EAP - Access to financial, physical and mental wellbeing support
- Season Ticket Loan
- Eye Care scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to Reward Gateway – popular retailer discounts
- Life Assurance
To apply: Please submit a completed 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.
ScreenSkills job application form: https://eu1.documents.adobe.com/public/esignWidget?wid=CBFCIBAA3AAABLbl…
If you require the application form in an offline or alternative format, please email jobs@screenskills.com.
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 jobs@screenskills.com.
In the last two years we have helped 48,447 people across: eLearning, training, events, 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.