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SalaryDiscover Creative Careers (DCC) is a government funded, industry led programme providing specialist information, advice, and guidance about careers in the Creative Industries (CIs) to young people aged 11-18 years, and those that support their careers decisions. DCC provides online resources, in-person events and training throughout the year, culminating in the annual award-winning Discover! Creative Careers Week in November. It focuses on young people in 77 priority areas across England identified as those facing the greatest disadvantage, supporting schools and colleges to meet several Gatsby benchmarks.
Since launching in 2018, it has connected with over 150,000 children and young people via industry talks, workplace encounters, lesson plans, and industry informed resources, all of which are hosted on the Discover! Creative Careers website. It also hosts a range of toolkits including the popular Careers Finder. The website is the only site to bring all subsectors of the creative industries together and deliver content that is entirely informed or created by industry partners.
The Communications Manager (Discover! Creative Careers) - Maternity cover is responsible for the continued development and implementation of the Discover! Creative Careers communications strategy until March 2025, ensuring promotion of the programme and its aims reaches and engages with its key target audiences and stakeholders through a range of channels. The post holder will ensure there is ongoing story capture, activity promotion, thought leadership, and strong partner liaison to aid the effective delivery of the various programme components.
This is a part time FTC, 21 hours, 3 days per week role providing Maternity cover to March 2025 paying £24,000 - £27,000 per annum, 0.6 FTE (FTE £40,000 - £45,000 per annum) depending on experience.
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