BTL Next Step is a credit springboard and career accelerator for established mid-career practitioners to step up into senior “below-the-line” (“BTL”) crew and leadership roles that have been identified as experiencing shortages.

Applications are now open for mid-career crew (Placees) to participate in the BTL Next Step program. These are paid opportunities for competitively assessed and selected mid-career practitioners ready to step up into one of the roles listed. Successful applicants will be paid the applicable recognised industry rate (at least award minimum rates).

Applicants may apply for any opportunities listed below regardless of their residential address, and do not need to be currently living in the location listed for a particular opportunity.

Production Accountant Opportunity:

• Australian Production House Pty Ltd
  • Psychological Thriller
  • Oxenford, QLD
  • 21 weeks, starts 15 September 2025

Production Manager Opportunity:

• Poster Boy Productions Pty Ltd
  • Documentary
  • South Melbourne, VIC
  • 7 weeks, starts 22 September 2025

Post Production Supervisor Opportunity:

• Poster Boy Productions Pty Ltd
  • Documentary
  • Pyrmont, NSW
  • 18 weeks, starts 6 October 2025

Additionally, if required, Screen Australia is able to contribute up to $3,000 towards relocation costs and/or $3,000 towards carer/support costs to support Placees from anywhere in Australia to undertake placement opportunities.

Who can apply?

• Applicants for Stage Two will be Australian citizens or residents and meet Screen Australia’s Terms of Trade. 
• Applicants for Stage Two must have an active ABN at time of application; the applicant can be an individual, sole trader or a company as per Screen Australia’s Terms of Trade). If you do not have an ABN, please click here for information about how to apply for an ABN.
• Applicants will be mid-career BTL practitioners ready to step up into the role that they have selected. For the purposes of this initiative, a mid-career BTL practitioner is considered to be an individual who has: 
  • 2+ years of professional experience, with reportable credits, in a position that will prepare them to step-up into the opportunity as part of this program; or 
  • the applicant is from a diverse community and may not have the level of industry experience or reportable credits as outlined above, but can evidence the relevant skills, potential and experience required.
• Applicants are required to demonstrate how the BTL Next Step Program will elevate and accelerate their career trajectory.
• Applicants will be available for, and agree to commit to the full duration of the placement opportunity, and will enter into an agreement with the production company / screen business and Screen Australia to participate in the program.
• Applicants must not be currently employed by the production company or screen business that is offering the opportunity that the applicant has selected in their application. 
• Screen Australia is committed to increasing diversity throughout our sector, both in the content that we see and play on our screens and in the teams who make it. We encourage applications from First Nations people; people who are from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds; people who are Deaf/deaf or disabled; women, people who are non-binary or gender diverse; people who identify as LGBTIQ+; and people located in regional and remote areas.

• Phone: 1800 507 901
• Email: industry@screenaustralia.gov.au