Journalist Apprenticeship - Level 6 - BBC Sport - Salford

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, 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 largest public service broadcaster in the world, you\’ll gain hands-on experience creating quality sports content for the BBC. You\’ll master essential journalistic techniques; including researching, writing, and broadcasting stories across a wide range of topics.

Alongside all of this, you’ll also 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).

WHY JOIN THE TEAM?

BBC Sport tells the stories of sporting events across the world, including the 2026 Men’s World Cup, the Women’s Euros, the Olympics, Wimbledon and many more.

This apprenticeship will be based primarily in BBC Audio Sport, the team who make award-winning programmes such as 5 Live Sport, the Monday Night Club and 5 Live Premier League Sunday, as well as world class live sport coverage.As an apprentice, you’ll also get the chance to help create outstanding on-demand content, as the Audio team continues to develop titles like the Football Daily, The Wayne Rooney Show, and Rugby Union Weekly.You’ll get opportunities to work with other teams in BBC Sport as well; for example you may join the written journalists: covering live action, creating engaging digital videos that appear on social media and the BBC website, or working with the team producing television news bulletins.

YOUR KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND IMPACT

This immersive programme (JOA26) 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 prestigious NCTJ National Qualification in Journalism (NQJ), a benchmark of excellence across the industry.

For more information on this apprenticeship standard, please visit this link. This standard is currently under review to become a Level 6 standard.

More information about the NCTJ National Qualification in Journalism can be found viathis link.

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 sport and the news surrounding it
• Have original and creative ideas for ways to reach new audiences
• Regularly read, watch and listen to sports 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?

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 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 who are applying for a BBC Apprenticeship Scheme may need to relocate to a new location for the role and this might not be possible due to your personal financial constraints.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. Details on the wider support available at the BBC can be found here.

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.