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BBC Bitesize is the UK’s leading education site, helping more than two million children a week with their homework and revision during term-time. The core BBC values of access for all, quality, and accuracy are at the heart of what we do. Last year, we won four awards for our work during lockdown.
Main Responsibilities
BBC Bitesize is looking for Researchers to help deliver online educational resources for Primary, KS3 or GCSE topics/subjects; or for our editorial developments team.
You will support the Assistant Producers and Producers in delivering a suite of digital resources that could include video, text, infographics and interactives, inspiring and supporting young learners in their formal education.
Are you the right candidate?
You will have experience of creating digital content with a track record of generating great ideas which become a reality.
You will be able to set up and run user-testing or audience insight sessions and have basic project management skills and an ability to deliver key elements of larger project management workflows.
You will also have the ability to accurately edit text for publication and experience of working with writers and/or commissioning written content and experience of digital editing software.
You will have a keen understanding of editorial standards and basic project management skills.
You will have experience of working with large volumes of digital content, attention to detail, and be familiar with standard spreadsheet and word processing software.
This role requires a relevant DBS check to be undertaken by the BBC at the appropriate level, at the point of offer of a contract of employment.
If you are BBC continuing staff and applying for this as an attachment, please check your eligibility and secure line manager permission before submitting an application.
Please note that you will only be asked to submit a CV by way of application for this vacancy, and this CV will be the sole basis on which we initially review your application. We would therefore encourage you to approach your CV as an application, and to tailor it to highlight the skills and experience which we’ve talked about in this advert. We’d love to know not only about your most relevant experience and responsibilities in previous roles, but also any achievements, transferable skills, or areas of personal or professional interest that highlight why you’d be a great candidate for this role
About the BBC
We don’t focus simply on what we do – we also care how we do it. Our values and the way we behave are important to us. Please make sure you’ve read about our values and behaviours in the document attached below.
Diversity matters at the BBC. We have a working environment where we value and respect every individual’s unique contribution, enabling all of our employees to thrive and achieve their full potential.
We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC – whether that’s to contribute to our programming or our wide range of non-production roles. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.
We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from individuals, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socio-economic background, religion and/or belief. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles, unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
To find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at the BBC, please click here
Package Description
Band: B
Contract type: 4 x FTC/Attachments with starting ASAP – 1 x to January 23, 1 x to October 22 & 2 x to August 22
Location: Hybrid – MediaCityUK, Salford & remote working
We’re happy to discuss flexible working. Please indicate your choice under the flexible working question in the application. There is no obligation to raise this at the application stage but if you wish to do so, you are welcome to. Flexible working will be part of the discussion at offer stage.
The situation regarding the coronavirus outbreak is developing quickly and the BBC is keen to continue to ensure the safety and wellbeing of people across the BBC, while continuing to protect our services. To reduce the risk access to BBC buildings is limited to those essential to our broadcast output. From Wednesday 18th March until further notice all assessments and interviews will be conducted remotely. For more information go to https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/
Mae’r sefyllfa gyda’r coronafeirws yn datblygu’n gyflym, ac mae’r BBC yn awyddus i barhau i sicrhau diogelwch a lles pobl ar draws y BBC, gan barhau i warchod ein gwasanaethau hefyd. I leihau’r risg, dim ond y bobl sy’n hanfodol i’n hallbwn darlledu fydd yn cael mynediad i adeiladau’r BBC. O ddydd Mercher 18fed Mawrth ymlaen, bydd pob asesiad a chyfweliad yn cael ei gynnal o bell, nes rhoddir gwybod yn wahanol. I gael mwy o wybodaeth, ewch i https://www.bbc.co.uk/careers/
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