Researcher, BBC Education

Job Reference: 14630

• Band: B
• Salary: Up to £32,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
• Contract type: 9 month Fixed Term Contract / Attachment
• Location: Office Base is Salford. This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office working with home 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.

• Excellent career progression – the BBC offers great opportunities for employees to seek new challenges and work in different areas of the organisation.
• Unrivalled training and development opportunities – our in-house Academy hosts a wide range of internal and external courses and certification.
• Benefits - We offer a negotiable salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 25 days annual leave with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.

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Job Introduction

BBC Education is looking for researchers to be a key part of the team leading the digital development of Bitesize.
This is an exciting time to join BBC Education as we continue to develop the Bitesize learning platform for students across the UK, focusing on audience need and a tailored learning experience.

Main Responsibilities

As part of the Education Product Development team you will develop, pilot, and assess new ways of delivering personalisation to students across the UK.

You will work closely with editorial colleagues and teams in Product Group to deliver increased interactivity and personalised experiences for students aged four to 16-years-old.

You will have great communication skills, be able to work to deadlines on varied tasks and work well and collaborate with others.

You will understand the challenges and opportunities of new technology in developing digital platforms and the importance of audience data and insights to inform decisions.

Diversity matters at the BBC. We want to attract the broadest range of talented people to be part of the BBC. The more diverse our workforce, the better able we are to respond to and reflect our audiences in all their diversity.

Are you the right candidate?

• Experience of digital content creation
• Understanding of young audiences and their preferences and expectations of digital products
• Experience of working as part of a team to share best practice and training
• Ability to generate great ideas to help deliver digital content
• Understanding of the rapidly evolving digital marketplace and how it is changing user experience

About the BBC

The BBC is committed to redeploying employees seeking suitable alternative employment within the BBC for different reasons and they will be given priority consideration ahead of other applicants. Priority consideration means for those employees seeking redeployment their application will be considered alongside anyone else at risk of redundancy, prior to any individuals being considered who are not at risk.

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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.