Course Name: Job Sharers Info Session
Date of delivery: Wednesday 17th June 2026
Duration: 7pm – 8:15pm
Cost: Free
Venue: Online
Facilitator(s): Reeltime Media and Raising Films Ireland
The National Talent Academies, alongside Raising Films Ireland and Screen Guilds of Ireland, are delighted to be continuing their partnership on a Job Sharing Programme for the Screen Sector.
This info session is the first in the series for 2026, and is designed for crew in the screen sector who are interested in knowing more about job sharing on productions. They will also hear from Raising Films Ireland on the opportunity for Job Sharers to be supported on productions through the scheme.
Job sharing is a flexible way of working that allows employees a better work/life balance whilst also ensuring the sustainability of the industry, retaining talent and experience that might be otherwise lost.
What the session will cover:
- Introduction to the Job Sharing Program.
- Explanation of the significance of job sharing in promoting a life-work balance and diversity in the Screen Industry.
Understanding Job Sharing
- Definition and principles of job sharing.
- Real-world examples of successful job-sharing arrangements.
Benefits and Challenges
- Exploration of the advantages of job sharing for both employees and employers.
- Discussion on potential challenges and strategies to overcome them.
Legal and Contractual Aspects
- Overview of legal considerations related to job sharing.
- Guidance on drafting effective job-sharing contracts.
Supported workplace job share scheme
- The Flexible Working Programme is an evolution of Raising Films Ireland’s Return to Work Programme and Job Share Programme in partnership with NTA. It will educate, formalise, implement and facilitate Job-Share couples into the workplace, bridging budgetary gaps to enshrine the value and feasibility of flexible working. This enables a production to safely implement new practices and validate benefits without risk. This programme will rigorously make cultural change in the sector.
Aims & Objectives:
- To embed Job Sharing in the industry
- To teach people how to Job Share successfully
- To bridge budgetary gaps for hiring Job Sharers in order to prove its value and viability
- To create viable option for carers, parents and returners to the industry
- To grow our community of Job Sharers
- To grow our community of employers who support flexibility and life-work balance
- To sustain careers and retain talent
- To be inclusive and responsive to workers’ diverse needs
- To change the culture of working
Q&A Session
- Open floor for participants to ask questions and seek clarification
Participant Profile:
This information session is aimed at employees in the screen industry who are looking for information on how job sharing can work on productions, ensuring the screen sector retains talent and offers crew a sustainable career.
Registration Procedure:
Please register online at this LINK by 10am, Monday 15th June.
For technical difficulties with the online system please email brian.murphy@nationaltalentacademies.ie
For queries on the session and scheme please contact raisingfilmsireland@gmail.com
Film & TV Crew Academies courses are open to all regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation or disability.
Film & TV Crew Academy East is managed by Clermont Screen Hub.
Film & TV Crew Academy West is managed by Atlantic Academy.
Raising Films Ireland is supported by Screen Ireland through the Screen Stakeholder fund.
Company Profiles:
Raising Films Ireland (RFI) seeks to shift the culture within the Irish creative screen industries by creating a more diverse, inclusive and sustainable working environment for carers & parents. We envisage a creative screen industry that openly values and celebrates caregiving and parenthood, promoting equality of caring amongst genders and recognising caregiving as a vital aspect of a balanced life.
The Flexible Working Programme: Job Share is funded through Screen Ireland’s Screen Stakeholders Fund and is an evolution of the projects RFI have been doing in the last couple of years, including a Return to Work Scheme, and a Pilot Job Sharing Information Programme in partnership with National Talent Academies, Screen Guilds of Ireland, Screen Producers Ireland, TU Dublin.
RFI are partnering with National Talent Academies on The Flexible Working Programme: Job Share in a joint commitment to embed flexible working practices in the sector and support sustained fulfilling careers.
We believe in Good Work: flexibility, fair pay and fair hours. We work with the TV and film industry to make productions work better for everyone.
Our work is grounded in research and informed by decades of industry experience. ReelTime’s job‑sharing Co‑Directors Michelle Reynolds and Rowan Aust met when they were Co‑Directors of Share My Telly Job(SMTJ).
We work across industry and academia and our recent collaborations include: ScreenSkills; the Screen Industry Growth Network (SIGN) at the University of York; the Universities of Bournemouth and Nottingham; Screen Alliance North. We have contributed to work with Bectu, Ofcom, Channel 4, Channel 5, Netflix, the DCMS and sit on the Coalition for Change.
Michelle Reynolds
Michelle has devised and implemented multiple job‑share schemes across the industry and has supported many people to stay in the industry in happier, healthier ways. She is a qualified trainer and leads on ReelTime Media’s training.
Michelle Reynolds joined Share My Telly Job following a 17-year career as a Producer and Director in Factual and Entertainment Television in the UK and the US. Highlights included House Hunters International for Leopard USA, 100-Year-Old Driving School for RDF and Deal or No Deal for Endemol.
Michelle then went on to work as the High-End TV Manager for ScreenSkills, where she became involved with the world of TV drama and ran several successful training programmes, including a Return-to-Work scheme with Film London.
Michelle now works solely for ReelTime Media and is passionate about promoting job-sharing as the best way of keeping talented, experienced, and diverse freelancers in the industry.
Dr Rowan Aust
Rowan consults and devises methods on how to put theories of good work into practice in TV and film. She received her PhD in 2019 from Royal Holloway, London, and from 2019-23 taught TV and film at the University of Huddersfield.
She has published widely on practices and ethics of care in TV and film. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Authority and Visiting Fellow at the University of Bournemouth.
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