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Production Apprenticeship - Level 3 - Flexi Job Apprenticeship Agency - Birmingham

BBC • Birmingham, England, United Kingdom • £21.84k / year • 1m ago

Early Careers - Production

Apprenticeship

Birmingham, GB, B1 1AY

BBC PUBLIC SERVICE B'CAST

Job Closing Date: 16/02/2025

THE ROLE

Contract Type: 15 Months Fixed-Term Contract

Location: This opportunity is available to those who live within a commutable distance of Birmingham. Due to working hours, we recommend a maximum of one hour from / to base which for this role is Oxford Street, B5 5NR. Please note there will be no reimbursement of travel to and from work.

Salary: £21,840

Are you keen to start your career in broadcast production by learning the skills you’ll need to be successful?

Have you a passion for creative problem solving and organisation?

Do you have a passion for television?

You don’t need a CV to apply. Your passion and natural abilities are what we’ll assess to see if you’re the most suitable for this role.

The BBC Flexi Job Apprentice Agency (FJAA) is offering an exciting opportunity to be a Level 3 Production Apprentice.

The production apprenticeship helps you gain experience in the exciting world of media production. You’ll learn on-the-job, developing your knowledge and skills while working towards your production apprenticeship qualification with our learning provider Bauer Academy.

Full Fat TV are a high quality, long-running factual entertainment company producing content the world’s biggest platforms including the BBC, Channel 4, Channel 5, Discovery and Sky. Full Fat TV creates unmissable unscripted content crafted with love and care, telling compelling stories from all over the UK. Programmes include Fresh Cops, The Bad Skin Clinic, and A&E: Crash Scene Emergency.

Working primarily on a new BBC daytime commission, Back Seat Cops, you will learn from leading professionals and develop an understanding of what goes into making broadcast television and the creative stages that occur throughout the process.

This is an exciting first step into the editorial side of programme making, giving tools for future careers in fields such as Runner, Junior Researcher, Broadcast Assistant, Content and Edit Producer, Junior Production Coordinator, or Technical Operator.

Through the BBC’s Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, you will be hired by the BBC and be placed with Full Fat TV for the first 6 months of your apprenticeship. The BBC will work with Full Fat TV and Bauer Academy to oversee your successful progress on the apprenticeship. After 6 months you may be given the opportunity to stay at Full Fat TV, or the BBC will find you a new placement.

An apprenticeship requires full commitment and discipline from the learner. Alongside experiences and training, there is an expectation of wider self-learning and the requirement to meet learning objectives and deadlines, as outlined by the apprentice standards. Apprentices must show the BBC and Full Fat TV that they are dedicated to accomplishing the knowledge, skills and behaviour requirements outlined in their apprenticeship learning plan.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

What will you be doing on the apprenticeship?

In this role, you will assist with a variety of tasks and gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment contributing to every phase of the production process.
General office assistance such as answering the phones, filing and scanning, processing receipts and expenses, ordering supplies and other tasks that contribute to the success of the production
Helping to organise shoots including assistance on location, handling call sheets, organising travel and accommodation.
Organising and completing production paperwork including logging and transcripts.
Participating in team production meetings.

What will you be studying?

You’ll be studying your industry recognised qualification, learning both on- and off-the-job in a programme delivered by Bauer Academy and based on the apprenticeship standard. We’ll also give you BBC Academy training, delivered by our experienced trainers.

ARE YOU THE RIGHT CANDIDATE?

We’re interested in your passion and enthusiasm to deliver world-class excellence to our audiences. We look for positive people who live our values and ensure our culture remains inclusive and full of opportunities. We’re not focused on your qualifications; instead, we look for potential and offer you the opportunity to apply your transferable strengths and experience to work in different ways.

Throughout the selection process, we’ll be looking for evidence of how you demonstrate each of the BBC’s values and behaviours. Our values guide everything we do. They define what you can expect from the BBC and what the BBC expects from you. Find out more about our values here.

Great Production Apprentices are those who can demonstrate they:

Are passionate and curious about television and how programmes are made
An avid watcher of unscripted televisions programmes (i.e. documentaries, reality, etc.)
Brimming with new ideas on creating content
A team player who can deal with unexpected challenges
Flexible and have an adaptable approach to work
Passionate about their own self-development, showing the discipline and commitment required to complete the apprenticeship.

This scheme is aimed at non-graduates. If you have a degree and you're interested in Production roles at the BBC, we recommend applying for jobs at careers.bbc.co.uk or having a look at our other apprenticeship schemes.

To be eligible for an apprenticeship at the BBC, you must:

Be aged 18 or over when the apprenticeship starts in April 2025
Live within a commutable distance of Birmingham
By the start of the apprenticeship in April 2025, have lived in the UK or European Economic Area (EEA) for a minimum of 3 years
Be eligible to work in the UK full time for the duration of the apprenticeship contract
Not currently taking part in an apprenticeship scheme supported by the BBC or another organisation.

To apply for this scheme, you must also:

Not have completed or hold qualifications in the apprenticeship subject at the same or higher level
Be available for the in-person assessment which will take place at BBC Birmingham on 10th March
Be able to start on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.

WHAT YOU GET

During your Apprenticeship:

A starting salary of £21,840
Industry-leading on-the-job training from Full Fat TV
Teaching from our learning provider Bauer Academy, and where appropriate, BBC Academy training (may involve travel to locations across the UK)
A Placement Manager from Full Fat TV, who will oversee your hands on learning and development
A dedicated BBC team including a Scheme Specialist and Scheme Advisor to guide you through your employment and the apprenticeship
A 35-hour working week and 20 days of annual leave Access to the Nest Pension scheme, Life Assurance, Employee Assistance Programme, Remote GP; access to BBC Unmind and Occupational Health.

Towards the end of your apprenticeship:

An industry recognised production qualification
Lots of experience to help you seek out new challenges and work opportunities across the creative industries.

NEXT STEPS

Don’t leave yourself thinking ‘what if?’ — this is your chance to be part of something special. Think you’re the right candidate? Click on ‘Apply Now’!

Once you’ve set up your candidate profile, you just need to complete the questions in the job specific information section on the application. We don’t require you to upload a CV or Cover Letter. We are looking for your potential to bring difference to the BBC.

If you’re eligible for the scheme, you will receive more information about the stages of the process and what to expect. A general overview of the application process can be found here.

Please note that you must live a commutable distance from the location to which you are applying for this apprenticeship - there is an expectation for you to be working in the office.

There are other placements on offer for this scheme. Please see the corresponding adverts if you wish to apply for these instead. Please only apply to one placement/location.

Apprentices starting at the BBC from 2025 will be placed on a ‘Fixed Term’ contract. This means your contract is for the duration of your apprenticeship only.

Applications for this role/scheme are due to close on 16/02/2025.

ABOUT THE BBC

Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.

We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.

To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here.

Support with your application

Our ambition is that the BBC is for everyone and should include everyone. We are proud to be a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer and committed to removing disability-related barriers.

We take inclusivity seriously and want to ensure all candidates who are disabled or have long-term health conditions receive the support and adjustments they need. If you require reasonable adjustments for the application process or have access needs, you’d like to let us know about, please contact us here and we’d be happy to have a conversation in confidence to discuss how we can support you through the process. The job requisition ID for this role is 21408.

DISCLAIMER

This job description is a written statement of the essential characteristics of the job, with its principal accountabilities, incorporating a note of the skills, knowledge and experience required for a satisfactory level of performance. This is not intended to be a complete, detailed account of all aspects of the duties involved.