Broadcast & Media Systems Engineering Apprentice

Contract Type: Fixed-Term Apprenticeship, Full-time for 36 months
Department: Business Operations & Technology Operations
COULD A BBC APPRENTICESHIP BE THE NEXT ROLE FOR YOU?

We’re committed to your skills and talent development. Engineering in the BBC develops, supports and maintains the systems and infrastructure that keeps the BBC on air. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the next generation of media systems engineers helping the BBC to deliver content for TV, radio, online and other digital services. You’ll be working on unique challenges, hand in hand with the best creative minds in the UK.

Learn about technologies and systems for TV, radio and digital channels, and how they produce high-quality content that’s distributed around the world.  Also learn the industry standards for the set-up of broadcast communication systems, media content systems and IP networks.

Develop the specialised skills to design, build and maintain the media production and broadcasting technologies and systems that will take the BBC into the future.

Watch recordings from our webinar series on our Life at the BBC YouTube playlist to learn more about this scheme and other opportunities we offer, and hear from current apprentices about their experiences.
Depending on where you are based, you will work on the front line, supporting TV and Radio Production networks, systems and devices that are behind our flagship services such as Radio 1, 1xtra, 2, 3, 4 and 5, BBC ONE, SIX and TEN News, BBC Breakfast, BBC Sport, BBC Children’s, World TV News, our 40 World Service Radio services, BBC London, and Arabic and Persian TV services. The teams are also responsible for our master control rooms and telecommunication network systems. You will be trained and developed to support our TV & Radio studios and infrastructure and our master control rooms.

As a Broadcast Engineering apprentice (EAS27), this is brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute – you will:

Develop your understanding of how live content is acquired and presented to studios, recording areas, playout facilities and distribution platforms in the formats they each require. You will learn how we manipulate audio and video and grow to understand the challenges faced in servicing a large broadcasting organisation.
Develop operational and engineering skills, learning how to use a variety of tools and systems, as well as how they work and what we do when things go wrong.
Develop teamworking and communication skills, working as part of a varied team providing services, and talking directly to other departments across the BBC.

This means undertaking blended learning through a series of online and face to face teaching blocks at Birmingham City University, including:

• Audio and Vision Engineering
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• IP Networks
• Computer Science
• Broadcast Technology
• Database Technology
• Engineering Mathematics

For more information on what you will study during the scheme, please see the Broadcast & Media Systems Engineer standard .
We’re interested in your passion for working at the BBC and your enthusiasm for delivering world-class content and operational excellence to our audiences. Have a passion for media technology

~ Are an enthusiastic self-starter, flexible and adaptable to out-of-hours working

Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship

• Have achieved Maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or equivalent qualification.
• Have achieved A Level/Higher Maths, or an extended BTEC in Engineering with Engineering Maths, or an equivalent qualification.
• Not have completed or hold qualifications in the apprenticeship subject, music technology, engineering or similar at Level 6 (undergraduate degree) or higher.

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. 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.