About Into Film 

Into Film is the UK’s leading charity for film in education and the community. We provide screen industry careers information and advice, support young filmmakers, and bring the power of moving image storytelling into classroom teaching. 

We also run the annual Into Film Festival which enables more than 400,000 pupils to visit the cinema for free, and the Into Film Awards - the UK’s leading showcase for young filmmaking talent.  

The core Into Film 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. 

Our vision – Film enriches the life of every child and young person. 

Our mission – To inspire and support young people to learn, and to realise their creative, cultural and career aspirations, through film and the moving image.  

Into Film has offices in London, Cardiff, Belfast, Edinburgh and Salford; this role’s local office will be Salford. All Into Film staff work in a hybrid pattern, combining home working with attendance at their local and national offices as required, along with some travel across the UK, as appropriate to the role.

We are open to flexible working models wherever the role allows, including working compressed hours.  We also offer a range of staff benefits and perks which are detailed below. 

Role Summary 

The Programme Coordinator is a key point of contact for the Into Film Programme in the north of England and delivers Into Film’s programmes and projects face to face and online with a bespoke approach for the region. This requires detailed knowledge and understanding of the education and screen industry landscape in the north of England.   

Due to the nature of the role, occasional weekend and extended working hours are required, along with regular travel to designated regions and occasional travel elsewhere in the UK. 

Main Responsibilities:  

• Deliver all elements of the Into Film programme in the north of England including but not limited to CPD/training for teachers at all career stages, careers events, conferences, round tables, Teachmeet style gatherings and teacher panels, online and face to face. 

• Develop, sustain and be the local point of contact for schools, partners, individuals and organisations that add value or are users of the Into Film programme, including a focus on EEDI and how Into Film can specifically, positively reach and include those who are underserved and underrepresented.  

• Feed into and deliver the plans in the area across the programme including Teaching with Film, Careers and Progression, and Young Creatives (plus the Into Film Festival, the Into Film Awards and additionally funded programmes, as needed). 

• Work with all departments at Into Film to ensure a joined-up approach and delivery of set outcomes and KPIs whilst adhering to budgets and deadlines. 

• Ensure reach across the north of England, feeding into UK-wide work and awareness of Into Film Programmes, responding where possible to local needs.  

• Activate and deliver the programme across the north of England including feeding relevant regional content into email campaigns and co-manage the regional social media account.  

• Support the recruitment and delivery of the Youth Advisory Council and Education Ambassador schemes in the area, working with young people and teachers across the region to support the development of the Into Film programme.  

• Manage local partnerships and relationships with individuals and organisations.  

• Utilise the Salesforce CRM to input and analyse data, create dashboards and reports.  

• Feed into fundraising proposals and assess the activity needed to achieve outcomes when planning a project.  

• Any other reasonable duties assigned by Into Film.  

General Responsibilities:  

• Commitment to quality internally and in all dealings with Into Film’s 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 Into Film live its 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 Into Film’s work.  

Person Specification: 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Experience in activating and delivering a programme of activity within an educational context or youth setting including training for teachers, workshops, events and panels. 

• An interest and some experience in planning or delivering participatory activity for young people. 

• Knowledge of the north of England landscape including English education policy and curriculum, the screen careers landscape and the screen industries more broadly.  

• Ability and experience in activating and delivering other film, careers or education related work including, but not limited to, film screening events, hosting Q&A sessions, and attending educational careers events. 

• Experience of starting, sustaining and managing relationships and partnerships with individuals and organisations locally and sometimes nationally.  

• Experience of successfully delivering projects to budget and on time. 

• Ability to work across a variety of strands within programmes. 

• Ability to work with and agree work plans across departments to ensure KPIs, targets and agreed outcomes are met. 

• Experience and full understanding of monitoring, reporting and evaluation to ensure the programmes continually improve and evolve. 

• Experience and knowledge of project planning, liaising across different departments, delivering to time, managing expectations and achieving the necessary buy-in from industry.  

Desirable: 

• Awareness of the process of fundraising and feeding key information and research into successful applications.  

• Familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite. 

• Experience of using CRM/Salesforce. 

• A love and knowledge of film.  

All employees regularly working with children and member data are required to undertake and maintain enhanced DBS clearance (and/or Access NI check or Disclosure Scotland check, depending on working location), acquired at Into Film’s expense; employment is dependent upon this. 

Into Film employees enjoy the following benefits: 

• Annual Leave – 28 days (full time/pro-rata), including 3 days to cover office closure between Christmas and New Year.

• Additional long service holiday award – after 3 years at Into Film, staff are awarded one extra day of holiday for each additional year worked, with the total entitlement capped at 35 days, i.e. on your 4th anniversary at Into Film your leave entitlement will rise to 29 days, on your 5th anniversary, your entitlement will go up by another day to 30 days etc.  

• Pension – matched up to 5% of salary (2% above statutory employer contribution). 

• Flexible working including compressed hours, job share etc. – all applications favourably considered, approval will be at the discretion of Into Film. 

• Enhanced parental/paternity/shared parental leave. 

• Support for professional qualifications – money towards courses and/or study days, if relevant to role.  

• Interest-free non-essential study loans.  

• Interest-free bike/scooter/travelcard loan.  

• Career break – up to 4 weeks' unpaid leave, after 2 years’ service (at team director's discretion).  

• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – 24/7 confidential wellbeing support, advice and guidance.   

• Wisdom health insurance cover – non-contributory (apart from employee tax contribution).

• BenefitHub portal - offering discounts on healthcare, wellbeing products, and lifestyle products and services.