The Local Apprentice Scheme – a cut-out-and-keep guide
The BBC is offering 45 local apprenticeships in its radio stations across the UK as part of Director-General Tony Hall’s pledge to open up the BBC to people from a wide range of backgrounds.
Applications open in April, and successful candidates will start their jobs in September, working as Apprentice Broadcast Assistants (England) and Apprentice Content Assistants (Wales, Scotland and N Ireland). This is a paid, 15-month scheme.
We are looking for applicants who are:
•non-graduates and aged between 18-23
•diverse, in line with Tony Hall’s pledge
•creative, resilient, hard-working and passionate about what they do
- news aware, and interested in current affairs
- knowledgeable about their local area and interested in local news
Apprentices:
•will be paid a small salary and will work as an Apprentice Broadcast Assistant or Content Assistant (Scotland, Wales and N Ireland)in any one of the 39 Local Radio stations across England or in one of the six Nations’ radio stations.
•will receive free high quality training for their jobs from the BBC Academy and our partner college
•will qualify after 15 months with a Level 3 apprenticeship in Broadcast Journalism – certified by the National Council for the Training of Journalists (NCTJ)
•will have the chance to apply for jobs as BBC Broadcast Assistants or Content Assistants once they have completed their apprenticeship
Broadcast and Content assistants research, pitch ideas, help produce radio programmes, gather news and sometimes broadcast on air. Watch this video to find out more about the Broadcast Assistant job.
For funding reasons our scheme is only available to non-graduates between the ages of 18 and 23.
Julian Joyce, Scheme manager
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