AI & Automation Practitioner - Level 4 - London

Job Closing Date

24 November 2026

London, GBR, W12 7TP

| London, GBR, W1A 1AA

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

Department: London Operations & HQ Operations

Location: London - Broadcast Centre, London - London Broadcasting House

Salary: £24,650 (+ £5,441 London weighting)

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?

Media Operations Team

BBC Media Operations 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.

Head Quarter Operations Team

Corporate Affairs is a unique department in the BBC that is able to offer several career routes and experiences as well as exposure to a variety of internal and external stakeholders that provides unparalleled access and development opportunities to an Early Careers Apprentice.

Your placement may be working with a number of teams including, HQ Team with experience in support roles across the Division; External Comms covering proactive and reactive publicity and corporate support across all genres (News; Content; Press Office); Internal Comms & Engagement providing tailored staff engagement (Staff Survey and DG and Senior Leader Events); Group Partnerships (external stakeholder engagement and events with key BBC partners) and the Policy & Public Affairs team (front line engagement and activity with the UK Government; Public Policy and Regulation as well as the BBC Charter)

Our experienced teams are playing a key role in the Charter Renewal process, so we are right at the heart of this and in addition to the opportunities above, will also offer an unprecedented insight to this process from several viewpoints.

We are also at the heart of trialing and rolling our AI capabilities throughout our teams, tailoring benefits to each area to upskill our colleagues and deliver improved processes and creativity.

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.

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:

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.

Are motivated 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

• 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

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.

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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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