Programme Assistant (Discover! Creative Careers)

Discover! Creative Careers (DCC) is a government funded, industry led programme providing specialist information, advice, and guidance about careers across the breadth of the Creative Industries (CIs) to young people aged 11-18 years, and those that support their careers decisions. 

DCC’s hybrid programme of activities and resources offers meaningful encounters with industry professionals, online tools, training and support throughout the year. Its annual flagship Discover! Creative Careers Week event takes place every November, connecting thousands of young people with hundreds of workplaces to give hands-on insight into the creative industries. 

The delivery of Discover! Creative Careers is led by ScreenSkills in partnership with over 25 organisations from across 12 identified sub-sectors and through collaboration with industry, education and careers professionals. Across 2025-26, the programme will receive funding from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) for its continuation and significant expansion through several new programme strands. 

ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the screen industries - film, television (including children's, unscripted and high-end), VFX, animation and games. It supports 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. It is supported by industry contributions to its 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 Programme Assistant (Discover! Creative Careers) supports the team to ensure day to day operations across the programme run smoothly. The role involves some PA duties for the Programme Lead alongside meeting management, data administration, event support (online and in-person) and finance administration. 

Contract: Fixed Term to 31 March 2026

Salary: £25,210 per annum

Reports to: Senior Manager (New Projects) - Discover! Creative Careers & Dotted reporting line to Programme Lead – Discover! Creative Careers.

Click here for the full Programme Assistant (Discover! Creative Careers) job description.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

Essential:

• Excellent administrative, communication and organisational skills
• Experience of working with databases and data management tools such as Excel, Power BI, HubSpot or similar bespoke system
• Experience of working with a website content management system
• Experience of supporting online events such as video webinars
• Ability to work independently and prioritise workload to meet fixed deadlines
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of stakeholders, both internal and external
• Ability to work proactively, diplomatically, and supportively with stakeholders to deliver projects
• Proactive, with a ‘can do’ attitude

Preferred:

• Experience of providing administrative support for a mid – large scale project, company or programme

• Experience of working on careers, training and/or education programmes

• Experience of working in the creative industries

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=CBFCIBAA3AAABLblqZhCv5S8qGpz_NKB5_ClkrmXVAETVCvVRcTx8cf-C7MypWmrctPv7f-G4X73HAksIzRQ%2A

If you require the application form in an offline or alternative format, please email jobs@screenskills.com.

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

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.