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Welfare Trainee - Lifted Entertainment**
6 Month Fixed Term Contract

London or Manchester

Hiring range:
£31,000-£37,000

Closing date: 3rd September 2023


Interview dates:
W/C 11th September 2023

Start date: 16 October 2023


Why you should join us


We connect with millions of people every day, make content they can't get enough of and reflect and shape the world we live inand we do all this through the power of creativity.


We will be a digitally led entertainment and media company that creates and brings brilliant content to audiences, wherever, whenever and however they choose.


Business overview


Lifted Entertainment is a thriving Label within ITV Studios and produces a wide range of programming in their Manchester and London offices.

We are extremely proud of our excellence in programme making and the creativity of our teams.


From live shows such as Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, to talent shows like The Voice UK, quizzes such as University Challenge and Countdown and reality TV formats including Love Island and I'm A Celebrity, there isn't an unscripted genre we don't produce.

***Our people are everything and they are the ones who work with us to create award - winning, fun - and funny - entertainment shows.


This role


Welfare is an emerging and hugely significant part of the productions we make at Lifted and we are constantly looking for new talent who are interested in pursuing a career within Welfare.

As Welfare is a developing area we have found that there are people who are keen to work within welfare but who might not have had the opportunity to gain the levels of experience in the wider industry.


At Lifted, we feel that our productions lead the way with our Duty of Care structure and protocols across the shows that we produce.

For these reasons, we think a Traineeship could be a great way to foster new talent and give that talent a chance to work on the wide roster of entertainment formats that we make at Lifted.

This role does not require any broadcast/programme experience. It is open to all applicants from a variety of backgrounds and life experiences. We are looking for someone who has a genuine interest in welfare rather than someone with Television experience.

This role involves travelling and working away from home both UK and abroad.


Some Key Responsibilities:


  • Working alongside the welfare team to create welfare policies and protocols and to ensure the show follows procedures.
  • Involved in the Fitness to participate procedure, ensuring the cast have completed paperwork for assessment.
  • Involved in producing cast experience documentation and communicating with cast members on show specific processes and ensuring they are well informed.
  • Working with cast members with a variety of backgrounds.
  • Accurate welfare reporting and note keeping on location and office based.
  • Communicating with senior welfare, editorial teams and medical professionals.
  • Risk assessing cast duty of care
  • Working with social media partners to gain knowledge on how to protect participants online
  • Being proactive and good at problem solving
  • Skilled at dealing with sensitive data
  • Encompass a professional attitude when working with contributors and talent
  • Ability to contribute to welfare team with new ideas
  • Working on location to oversee cast welfare, monitor behaviours, requests and communicating these to the Welfare Producer and Senior editorial team members.

Minimum Criteria

  • Good time management skills with a proven ability to respond to changing demands in a pressured environment.
  • Good organisation with demonstrable experience of accurate record keeping.
  • Ability to be thorough and pay attention to detail.
  • Ability prioritise tasks and using initiative when multitasking
  • Must be resilient, measured and work well under different types of workplace pressures in a fast paced environment.
  • Competent across a range of IT software including MS Office (Work, Powerpoint, Excel), Google Mail and other Google products
  • Willingness to learn quickly and be adaptable in a fast paced environment.
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The key role criteria is as follows:
  • Experience of dealing with challenging situations or people
  • Ability to manage own workload and work under deadlines
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team
  • Able to identify when to managing up and escalate to senior team
  • Experience of working with people, is personable, friendly and people orientated
  • Ability to approach problems and resolve them in a calm, logical manner
***We want to be the most flexible employer in Media. We offer Smart working and we will support you and provide you the right environment and work/ life balance

**We reach millions of people everyday, that's why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We have various networks who celebrate and support our colleagues. We try to embed an inclusive mind
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