Data Scientist Apprenticeship - Level 6 - BBC Studios - London
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Contract Type: Fixed-Term Apprenticeship, Full-time for 36 months
Department: BBC Studios
Location: London - Television Centre
Salary: £24,650 (+£5,441 London Weighting)
WE ARE BBC STUDIOS
A globally renowned media company borne of the BBC. We make and distribute the world’s most sought-after TV, audio and digital content. Our ambition is to be the home of the most powerful, entertaining, and inspiring stories for people all around the world.
COULD A BBC APPRENTICESHIP BE THE NEXT ROLE FOR YOU?
Join us as an apprentice at BBC Studios 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, while working towards your apprenticeship qualification with one of our learning providers.
WHY JOIN THIS SCHEME?
Data Science is evolving the way the BBC operates. Our data scientists help us to better understand the customers we serve, and the content served to them, turning raw data into valuable insights and products to better serve audience needs. Whether audiences are watching on BBC iPlayer, listening on BBC Sounds, reading BBC News and BBC Sport articles or learning on BBC Bitesize, behind the scenes data scientists are at work...fancy being one of them?!
Want to find out more? 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.
WHY JOIN THE TEAM?
Ad Sales Strategy & Business Intelligence Team:
The BI Data Solutions team sits within BBC Studios’ Global Ad Sales Strategy & Business Intelligence function. We turn advertising and sales data into trusted information that helps teams understand performance, identify opportunities and make better commercial decisions. We develop the datasets, reporting tools and analytical capabilities that support our global advertising business.
As a Data Science apprentice, you could help explore and analyse commercial data, investigate trends in advertising performance and turn findings into clear insights for colleagues.
You could also support the development of dashboards, help check and improve data quality, and contribute to datasets and automated reporting on our Snowflake data platform.With support from experienced analysts and technical colleagues, you’ll develop practical skills in data analysis, coding and visualisation, while learning how to work with business teams to answer real commercial questions. As your skills grow, there may also be opportunities to contribute to forecasting and explore how AI-assisted analytics can support the team’s work.
Data Analystics & Data Science Team:
The apprentice will move between the data analytics and the data science team in Studios. The analytics team focusses on preparing data from a wide range of sources, understanding the meaning behind it and making it available to stakeholders.
The data scientists work with the same data, building statistical models or using AI to gain insights into the underlying structure or make predictions. The apprentice will start in the analytics team, learning the fundamentals about our data and its applications. They will then spend some time with the data scientists to gain experience with the different modelling and machine learning techniques.
YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT
As a Data Scientist (DSD27) apprentice, this is brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute – you will:
- Learn about the value of data to organisations like the BBC.
- Discover how the BBC uses data to both improve its connection with audiences and improve internal tooling and workflows.
- Be part of a team using data to enhance the way the BBC operates, using AI and machine learning approaches to deliver valuable audience insights and products.
- Learn about and contribute to all aspects of the Data Science lifecycle from inception to production deployment and beyond, including aspects such as cleansing and validating data and building and evaluating predictive models.
You’ll study for your industry recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job. This means you’ll spend at least one day a week studying for a BSc (Hons) in Data Science with BPP University remotely studying topics including:
- Artificial Intelligence and Deep Learning
- Machine Learning
- Data Infrastructure & Tools
- Data Visualisation & Dashboards
For more information on what you will study during the scheme, please see the Data Scientist degree apprenticeship standard.
YOUR SKILLS AND ELIGIBILITY
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. 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.
If you can bring some of these skills and experiences, along with transferable strengths, we’d love to hear from you and encourage you to apply:
- Have a love of maths and a passion for data, machine learning and AI
- An excitement to embrace the latest AI and Machine Learning Technologies responsibly to transform working practices
- Have brilliant non-technical skills such as problem-solving, organisation and negotiation
- Flexibility and adaptability including a calm and focused approach to working within an evolving technical landscape and workplace.
- Can manage multiple deadlines and demands on your time
- Bursting with fresh ideas to introduce new perspectives with a keen interest in the BBC, it’s public service mission and values.
This scheme is aimed at non-graduates. If you have a degree and you’re interested in similar roles at the BBC, we recommend applying for jobs at the BBC careers site or having a look at our other apprenticeship schemes.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
To be eligible for an apprenticeship at the BBC, you must:
- Be 18 years old or over by the time the apprenticeship begins in September 2027.
- Have lived in the UK continuously for the last three years prior to the start of the apprenticeship.
- Be legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the entire duration of the apprenticeship.
- Not currently be enrolled in another apprenticeship programme, whether with the BBC or another organisation.
- Not already hold a qualification in the same subject area at the same or a higher level than this apprenticeship.
To apply for this scheme, you must also:
- Have maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or equivalent qualification
- Have achieved, or expected to achieve, by the start of the scheme, a minimum of 104 UCAS points.
- This must include A Level/Higher Maths, or an extended BTEC in Engineering with Engineering Maths, or an equivalent qualification.
READY TO APPLY?
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.
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.
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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.
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.
Our apprenticeship roles are also subject to you having the require qualifications that we have deemed to be necessary for your role and the requirement of the training provider for your scheme. The offer would be subject to you undergoing and meeting the requirements of a skill scan process with the BBC nominated training provider to determine your eligibility.
Please note: If you were to be offered this role, the BBC will conduct Employment screening checks which include Reference checks; Eligibility to work checks; and if applicable to the role, Safeguarding and Adverse media/Social media checks. Any offer made is conditional on these checks being satisfactory.
Before your start date, you may need to disclose any unspent convictions or police charges, in line with our Recruitment policy. This allows us to discuss any support you may need and assess any risks. Failure to disclose may result in the withdrawal of your offer.
We are unable to accept applications via CV and only applications made online will be considered. Please click on the APPLY NOW button to proceed with your application.
This is your BBC
At the BBC you can create and innovate in an inclusive environment while contributing to some of the world’s best loved content, and the BBC’s mission to inform, educate and entertain.
Life at BBC
Here you will benefit from:
• Excellent career and professional development.
• Fair pay and flexible benefits including a competitive salary package, a 35-hour working week, 25 days annual leave (26 days for BBC Studios), a range of policies to support your work/life balance, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care and gym.
• A values-based organisation where the way we do things is important as what we do.
As an Apprentice you will also receive:
• An industry recognised qualification.
• Industry-leading training through the BBC Academy and our learning providers (this may involve travel to locations across the UK).
• A dedicated Team Manager and Scheme Specialist to help with your development.
• Training and Mentoring by industry professionals.
• A bespoke BBC apprenticeship experience including apprenticeship development days and membership of the BBC Apprenticeship community.
• Employability and networking training and support to help you secure your next role.
• The opportunity to apply for financial support for relocation subject to eligibility.
You belong
We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution, so all our employees feel that they can belong, thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to join us. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief.
Find out more about diversity, inclusion and belonging in our strategy below.
Disability confident
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 need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the recruitment process, or to carry out this role, please contact us via the Early Careers Recruitment contact form and we’d be happy to discuss how we can support you through the process.
