AI & Automation Practitioner - Level 4 - Salford

BBC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC invites applicants to join an AI & Automation Practitioner apprenticeship, a 18-month full-time fixed-term program based in Salford. You’ll work on real projects, learn on-the-job, and study for a recognised apprenticeship qualification with a training provider.

You’ll be embedded in BBC teams driving digital transformation, with exposure to AI, automation, and data-driven decision-making while developing practical skills for future roles at the BBC.

Qualifications

• Must be 18+ by the start date.
• UK resident for the last three years prior to start.
• Legally eligible to work full-time in the UK for the duration of the apprenticeship.
• Not enrolled in another apprenticeship programme.
• maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Gain hands-on experience designing, developing and implementing AI and automation solutions.
• Develop understanding of emerging technologies and automation tools applied to business challenges.
• Build technical and analytical skills by working with data and testing solutions.
• Learn how AI and automation drive digital transformation across a large organisation.

Skills

Analytical mindset

AI & automation interest

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Non-graduates welcome

Job description

Contract Type: Fixed-Term Apprenticeship, Full-time for 18 months

Department: Chief Operations & Portolio Office, BMA and Generative AI

Location: Salford - Quay House, Salford - Media City Studios

Salary: £24,650

COULD A BBC APPRENTICESHIP BE THE NEXT ROLE FOR YOU?

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.

WHY JOIN THIS SCHEME?

Join the BBC as an AI & Automation Practitioner and help shape the future of the world's leading public service broadcaster in the digital and AI age. Work on real projects, develop sought-after skills in artificial intelligence, automation, and emerging technologies, and gain hands-on experience delivering innovative solutions that improve how we work and create content. With gold-standard training and a supportive team, you'll play a key role in driving digital transformation across the BBC. Ready to make an impact?

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?

Business Management & Administration Team

The Business Management & Administration (BMA) team plays a key role in supporting the BBC's Media Tech, Media Operations, and Corporate Functions teams. Working alongside colleagues across both business-aligned BMA teams and the BMA Hub, you'll help coordinate activities, support projects, and contribute to the efficient delivery of services that keep the BBC running.

You will have the opportunity to explore how emerging technologies, data, and AI-driven solutions can enhance business processes, improve ways of working, and support operational decision-making.

Media Operations Team

BBC MediaOperations is at the heart of teams delivering incredible content across all our platforms for all audiences. Comprising around nine hundred people, it manages the craft and production operations for the BBC’s news, radio, and some sport services across London, Salford, and Birmingham - capturing, editing, and producing our output 24x7 for TV, radio, and digital platforms.

Join us as you develop your AI and Automation Practitioner skills, to help advance operations in our tech spaces and to plan our exciting delivery schedules.

Generative AI Team

Our team are at the forefront of exploring how AI can transform the way the BBC works. Bringing together AI engineers, data scientists and creative thinkers, we design and build innovative solutions to real-world challenges.

From helping journalists discover stories to automating complex workflows and exploring new ways to create content, we work with teams across the BBC to turn emerging technologies into practical, meaningful impact.

Business Analysis Team

The Business Analysis team provides analysis across the BBC on a wide range of Products and Projects , the team works with stakeholders to understand business problems, improve processes and assess potential solutions and their benefits.

As an early careers apprentice you will have the opportunity to get involved in activities such as supporting data analysis , exploring process mapping, understanding how AI and Automation works alongside business analysis, requirements engineering, stakeholder engagement, and benefits analysis. You will discover which areas of Business Analysis interest you and will be encouraged to try different tools & techniques.

Your Key Responsibilities And Impact

As an AI & Automation Practitioner (AAP27) apprentice, this is brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute – you will:

• Gain hands-on experience designing, developing and implementing AI and automation solutions that improve processes, enhance efficiency and support innovation across the BBC.
• Develop your understanding of how emerging technologies, automation tools and artificial intelligence can be applied to solve business challenges and create value for teams and audiences.
• Build technical and analytical skills by working with data, identifying opportunities for automation, testing solutions and measuring their impact on business performance.
• Explore how technology, organisational strategy, data, people and processes work together and learn how AI and automation can drive digital transformation across a complex and dynamic organisation.

You’ll study for your industry recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job. The course blends applied academic and work-based learning to your role, complementing skills, focused on discussion and group work.

For more information on what you will study during the scheme, please see the AI & Automation Practitioner 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.

Skills

• Enjoy identifying opportunities to improve workflow efficiency and productivity using digital tools.
• Has an enquiring mindset ready to evaluate how current systems and processes could be improved by the introduction of low-or no-code solutions including AI-driven automations to make workflows more efficient.
• Support other users to adopt AI, facilitating the responsible, safe and ethical use of AI, automation and digital solutions, ensuring they align with BBC policies.
• Aremotivated and self-driven.

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

• 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.

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.