Job Specifications
Contract Type: Fixed-Term Apprenticeship, Full-time for 24 months
Department: BBC Commercial
Location: Glasgow - Pacific Quay, Cardiff - 3 Central Square
Salary: £22,950
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 BBC depends on a wide network of suppliers to ensure it has the right resources at the right time - and that is where procurement plays a vital role. This key function is responsible for sourcing essential goods and services that keep the BBC running smoothly. As part of the team, you’ll gain hands-on experience managing supply partners, from identifying and negotiating with suppliers to coordinating and maintaining strong relationships. Your work will support the behind-the-scenes operations that enable the BBC to deliver world-class content. If you're analytical, well-organised, and curious about how systems connect, the Procurement and Supply Chain Practitioner Level 4 Apprenticeship could be the perfect fit for you.
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WHY JOIN THE TEAM?
The Commercial Procurement team serves as a strategic partner across all areas of the BBC, responsible for sourcing goods and services, managing key relationships with external suppliers and driving decarbonisation in our supply chain to enable the BBC to achieve its Net Zero targets. With a strong commercial and sustainability focus, our goal is always to deliver the best possible outcomes for the BBC.
As a Commercial Procurement Apprentice, you’ll be involved in a wide range of activities. You’ll collaborate with both the procurement team and wider business to determine the most effective approach for each project. Your role will include conducting market research, analysing data to provide valuable insights, and preparing tender documentation. You’ll support the development and execution of third-party commercial strategies, learn how to assess and manage risk, embed environmental and social sustainability into our procurement decisions and ensure compliance with public procurement regulations. Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll be guided and supported by our experienced and dedicated team.
We're looking for 2 apprentices based a commutable distance from either our Glasgow or Cardiff offices for this role.
Your Key Responsibilities And Impact
As a Commercial Procurement apprentice (PSC26), this is brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute – you will:
Assist with sourcing and selecting suppliers to choose the best outcome for the BBC based on quality, cost, and delivery needs
Build and maintain relationships with suppliers, liaising, negotiating and addressing issues whilst fostering collaboration in order to ensure the best outcome for the BBC
Undertake market analysis to establish potential routes to market
Interpret, analyse and evaluate data throughout the procurement lifecycle
Ensure procurement activities comply with legal and organisational standards, managing risk effectively
Persuade and influence internal stakeholder ensuring they are supportive throughout the procurement projects
Understand and embed risk mitigation strategies for contracts with high environmental and social sustainability impacts.
You’ll study for your industry recognised apprenticeship qualification, learning both on and off the job. This means you’ll spend at least one day a week studying for a Level 4 Procurement and Supply Chain Practitioner apprenticeship (aligned with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply Diploma) with our learning provider, using its virtual delivery platform.
You will cover key aspects needed in any procurement roles such as:
Scope and Influence of Procurement
Defining business needs
Ethical and sustainable sourcing
Commercial negotiation and contracting
Supply relationships
For more information on the apprenticeship standard you will be studying, please visit this 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.
Skills
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:
Organisation - Keeping track of suppliers, contracts, and deliveries is key to smooth operations. You’ll need to be detail-focused and reliable
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About the Company
The BBC is the world’s leading public service broadcaster.
We’re impartial and independent, and every day we create distinctive, world-class programmes and content which inform, educate and entertain millions of people in the UK and around the world.
We do this across:
- A portfolio of television services, including the UK’s most-watched channel BBC One, the pioneering online youth service BBC Three, and our multi award-winning channels for children, as well as national and regional television programmes and services acros...
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