The BBC’s Production Trainee Scheme  is looking for people, from all backgrounds and walks of life, to join our production teams and help us ensure that our content on screen, on radio and online reflects and represents the whole of the UK.

The BBC’s Production Trainee Scheme is recognised across the industry for providing gold-standard training and development opportunities. It will also provide you with great foundation skills for building and developing a career in media production.

To be accepted onto the scheme you do not need any academic qualifications, or specific training, just a passion, that you can demonstrate, for creating content and coming up with ideas.

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The BBC Academy is committed to promoting equality and diversity on our schemes and in developing a positive culture where everyone can develop to their full potential across the BBC. To ensure the long-term success of the BBC Academy’s Production Trainee Scheme we provide a working and learning environment where each individual’s contribution is valued and where we are safe from discrimination.

Through work placements in our production teams, and with bespoke BBC Academy training, this scheme offers you the chance to develop a range of understanding, knowledge and experience. Once the scheme has finished you will be well-equipped to apply for entry-level positions on a broad range of our TV, radio and digital output.

This is not a scheme where we focus on academic qualifications and acquired professional experience/skills. What we are looking for are driven and dedicated people who want to learn how to turn their creative ideas and passion into brilliant pieces of content for our audiences to enjoy and learn from.

* This scheme will not be relevant to you if you have had continuous paid production work in the media industry or work at the BBC for longer than 12 months.

** Please make sure you’ve read about BBC values and behaviours in the website. You’ll be asked questions relating to them as part of your application for this role.

Required Languages

English

Eligible Countries

EGYPT, SYRIA, IRAQ, PALESTINE, JORDAN, LEBANON, TUNISIA, ALGERIA, MOROCCO, SUDAN, LIBYA, SAUDI ARABIA, EMIRATES, KUWAIT, QATAR, BAHRAIN, OMAN, YEMEN, SOMALIA, DJIBOUTI, MAURITANIA, TURKEY, IRAN, CYPRUS, COMOROS.

Program Period

 11 Months

Eligibility Requirements (Criteria)

The BBC are looking for people who can demonstrate a genuine passion and interest for television, radio or digital media.This could be :

• work experience (not more than 12 months continuous work);
• personal projects like running an online blog, getting involved in local radio or creating short films;
• what makes you a creative individual and why the BBC needs you to help shape and deliver its content;
• having opinions on how the BBC connects with its audiences and bursting with fresh, new ideas for TV, Radio or digital content.

Opportunity Cost

(Paid training)

The program :

• provides a salary of £20,800 per annum for trainees based outside of London and £25,360 for those based mainly in the capital.
• covers travel and accommodation expenses during training periods.
• provides first-class training delivered by the BBC Academy from training specialists and senior BBC and freelance production staff.
• Gives you the chance to work in a wide variety of production placements across TV, Radio and digital production, including possibilities in BBC Three, Radio 1/1Xtra, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 4, Current Affairs (TV and Digital), BBC Learning, BBC Films.

* You will have placements (each lasting c. 14 weeks) across the UK, in Radio, Television and Digital and you will be working with teams producing some of the BBC’s most popular content.

How to Apply

Start your application from the link below.

if you have any concerns before, or during, the application stage including pre-assessments, assessments and interviews. Please feel free to contact the BBC Resourcing Team on : Resourcing@bbc.co.uk