Journalist Apprenticeship - Level 6 - Lincoln

Overview

Contract Type: Fixed-Term Apprenticeship, Full-time for 24 months | Location: Lincoln - Radio Lincolnshire | Salary: £22,950

Join us as an apprentice at the BBC to kick-start your career in a role you’ll love. 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?

The Journalist Apprenticeship offers gold standard training for people already demonstrating their journalistic potential and looking to develop advanced journalism skills. As a Journalist Apprentice at the BBC, you’ll gain hands-on experience creating quality news and current affairs content, mastering essential journalistic techniques including researching, writing, and broadcasting stories across a wide range of topics. You’ll be learning from, and working day-to-day with, experienced industry professionals, while working towards a Level 6 Apprenticeship and the industry-recognised NCTJ National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ).

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

This immersive programme blends expert-led tuition with hands-on experience and tailored development support. You’ll cover core modules such as research techniques and source evaluation, data analytics, multimedia content creation, media law, and more, equipping you with the skills today’s newsrooms demand. As part of your end-point assessment, you’ll also work towards the NCTJ National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ).

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. We’re looking for people in the early stages of their journalistic career who can demonstrate their journalism and storytelling skills in a variety of ways. You might be writing articles for a local or student newspaper or website, working at a radio station with news content, blogging, vlogging or creating social media content. You might also have the NCTJ Diploma or another journalism qualification such as the Level 5 Journalist Apprenticeship. 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:

• Already possess and demonstrate journalistic skills
• Are open and curious about people and what’s going on in the world
• Have original and creative ideas for ways to reach new audiences
• Regularly read, watch and listen to news across all platforms
• Are flexible, motivated and have an adaptable approach to the pace of work

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 2026
• Have lived in the UK continuously for the last 3 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

To apply for this scheme, you must also:

• Not previously have completed any elements of the National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ)
• Have achieved English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above; or National 5 (Scotland) at C or Functional Skills Level 2; or equivalent qualification

For candidates under the age of 19 years at 8th September 2026: To complete the apprenticeship, you must have achieved Maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or Functional Skills Level 2 or equivalent qualification. If you have not achieved these qualifications by the start of your apprenticeship, you will be required to achieve Functional Skills Level 2 before the end of your apprenticeship when you take your end-point assessment.

READY TO APPLY?

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 completed, you’ll be supported with career development, employability training, and networking opportunities to help you take your next step - whether that’s at the BBC or elsewhere in the industry. You’ll need to live within a commutable distance of where this role is based. Interested in a different location? Check out our other adverts – but please only apply to one.

The BBC recognises that some people applying for a BBC Apprenticeship Scheme may need to relocate. Relocation support is offered to a limited number of apprentices each year and would be considered for this position, subject to meeting the relocation support qualifying criteria. Further details will be shared with applicants during the recruitment process.

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. Find out more about the BBC 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

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.

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.