BBC Career Opportunities: Journalist Apprenticeship - Level 6 - BBC South News - Reading

Join us as an apprentice at the BBC to give yourself the opportunity to kick-start your career in a job you'll love. We’re committed to your skills and talent development. You’ll learn on-the-job, developing your knowledge and skills in an area that interests you, whilst working towards your apprenticeship qualification with one of our learning providers. 

The BBC Level 6 Journalist Apprenticeship (JOA27) offers emerging journalists the opportunity to advance their skills through industry-leading training and hands-on experience. 

Working with industry experts, you’ll contribute to trusted and impactful journalism, telling stories that inform, educate and engage audiences. Alongside this, you’ll work towards a Level 6 apprenticeship and the industry-recognised NCTJ National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ).

As a Journalist apprentice, this is a brilliant opportunity to learn, grow and contribute. On this apprenticeship you can expect to: 

• Play a key role in creating trusted, high-quality news content for BBC audiences.


• Grow your storytelling expertise through hands-on experience researching, writing and producing stories on subjects ranging from current affairs and business to sport, culture and politics.


• Learn from experienced journalists, contribute to stories which matter to the public, collaborate with expert teams and develop your career at the world's leading public service media organisation.

You’ll study for your industry recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job.  

This involves weekly virtual webinars and in- person bootcamps at PA Media Academy in London. 

You’ll cover modules such as: Media Law, Advanced Newsgathering, Advanced Storytelling and Advanced Audience, and work towards the National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ). 

 
The NQJ is assessed through two exams and a logbook of work.   

For more information on what you will study during the scheme, please see the Journalism Apprenticeship Standard and the  NCTJ 

Don’t leave yourself wondering “what if?” this could be your chance to be part of something exciting. See yourself thriving in this role? Just click ‘Apply Now’! 

You’ll create a candidate profile and answer a few questions - no CV or cover letter needed. 

If you're eligible, we’ll guide you through the next steps of the process and what to expect. 

You’ll need to live within a commutable distance of where this role is based. Interested in a different location? Check out our other adverts - but please only apply to one. 

The BBC recognises that you may need to relocate to a new location to take up a BBC Apprenticeship scheme. The cost of relocating can be a barrier for some applicants and where that is a barrier to participation, we want to help where we can. To help ensure our apprenticeship opportunities are accessible to people from a wide range of backgrounds, a limited number of relocation support awards are available each year for those who meet our financial eligibility criteria.  Relocation financial support is available for this role, subject to meeting the financial eligibility criteria. Further information will be shared with applicants during the recruitment process. Details on the wider support, initiatives and networks available at the BBC can be found on our careers site.

This is a fixed-term apprenticeship - your contract lasts for the duration of the scheme. Once you have completed your apprenticeship, you will be able to apply for any suitable open vacancies at the BBC or outside in the wider creative industry. You’ll be supported with career development, employability training, and networking opportunities to help you take your next step.

For apprenticeship opportunities, disabled applicants who choose to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and who meet the minimum criteria for the role will normally be progressed to the next stage of the recruitment process. For most of our campaigns, this would be an online assessment designed to assess your skills, motivations and suitability for the role.  Further details can be found in the FAQs section of our careers site.