Breakthrough Traineeship – Project Assistant, Milton Keynes

Breakthrough is a 6‑month employability programme designed as a stepping stone to get you workplace experience and all-important employment skills. This short placement gives you insight into a future career in the Creative Industry, supporting your confidence and professionalism in the workplace, and helping you to break through into a career that matters to you!

We are looking for a local, enthusiastic person looking for a future career in arts, heritage or projects in the cultural sector. The role will be varied and suit an independent and flexible person maybe with their own artistic interests. The role includes support with current engagement projects, administrative tasks, content development, marketing and social media as required. We work across the whole cultural sector with organizations, freelancers, artists and creatives, communities and schools. This is a particularly exciting time as we look towards Milton Keynes 60th birthday in January 2027 and work towards supporting the sector to back the bid to become the City of Culture in 2029.

This role will include:

• Assisting in person at occasional events and meetings across Milton Keynes.
• Administrative tasks supporting our cultural membership scheme such as refreshing our member database, writing for our newsletter or taking notes at meetings.
• Supporting with engagement or facilitated projects with different communities of people across Milton Keynes.
• Developing and creating content about projects – ours or other creatives taking place to share through digital channels including producing our newsletters.
• Supporting the development of new projects through ideas, conversations and applications.

Who we are: Arts and Heritage Alliance Milton Keynes (AHAMK) is a bridge organisation, membership network and infrastructure body for the arts, heritage, and cultural sector. We work together with stakeholders such as Milton Keynes Council, Milton Keynes Community Fund, Community Action and other organizations in Milton Keynes to support culture across Milton Keynes.

Our Vision: AHAMK is a volunteer forum of organisations working together to position arts, heritage, and culture at the heart of Milton Keynes’ infrastructure and strengthen Milton Keynes’ cultural ecosystem.

Our Mission:

• Support, connect, and champion the arts and heritage sector.
• Strengthen collaboration and amplify the sector’s voice.
• Advocate for culture across communities, education, and local stakeholders.
• Promote access, inclusion, and participation.
• Develop and deliver cultural activity through partnerships.

Values:

• Empower communities and organisations for a collective voice.
• Encourage growth, innovation, and collaboration across the creative sector.
• Influence funders and decision‑makers.
• Demonstrate social, economic, and cultural impact.
• Nurture talent and skills within the cultural workforce.

Here are some of our key projects we are working on at this time:

• Networks & Leadership: Stabilise and build networks; act as conduit for sector voices in decision‑making this includes creatives, artists, members, cultural leaders and community members delivering cultural heritage activities. Clear focus on MK 60 (60 years of the City) and City of Culture 2029.
• MAKE Network: School links with culture organisations. Building pathways for creative careers leading up to 2030 with schools, college and OU.
• MK Creatives & Artists Programme: Strategic Artsforum. Infrastructure and governance support. Youth trustee element for leadership development.
• Community Engagement: Mapping cultural assets, one‑stop directory for the sector, creative hubs in deprived areas, sector support training and CPD programmes. Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion work.

Deadline for applications: The deadline is 11:45 pm, on 27 July 2026. We are an equal opportunity employer and encourage applications from all qualified individuals.