Researcher x2, BBC Bitesize Futures

London

FTC - 18 Months

Package Description

  • Contract details: 2x FTC/attachment roles starting  May 2025 - January 2026
  • Location: Media City, Salford - This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office with home working.
  • Salary: £24,300 - £29,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
  • 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 and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack 


Job Introduction

BBC Education exists to transform lives through education. That clear vision drives everything we do as we lead the overall education strategy for the BBC.


Our aims are to:

  • Provide every child in the UK with a personalised learning experience through BBC Bitesize
  • Support and inspire classroom learning with world-class, curriculum linked programming; through BBC Teach
  • Address societal and educational deficits within the UK through campaigns such as BBC micro:bit –the next gen and 500 Words.

 

Main Responsibilities

BBC Bitesize is looking for x2 Researchers to support the Producers and Assistant Producers in the delivery of Bitesize Futures; supporting the creation, review, organisation and uploading of question content to a CMS system and making content across the web, app and email newsletters. 


You will have experience of creating online content as well as 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.
 

Are you the right candidate?

Key skills required:

  • Experience of creating high quality online digital content for web and/or app
  • Able to initiate, set-up and run user-testing and/or audience insight sessions
  • Understanding of SEO and how it impacts content discovery
  • Experience of using an online CMS system to edit and create content
  • Able to work within defined project-management workflows to deliver their elements of complex digital projects effectively
  • Experience of commissioning infographics, and/or written content from specialist writers and of accurately editing large volumes of text for publication.

Please CLICK HERE to see this role on our own website, and apply.

Closing date: 2nd May 2025.

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BBC Bitesize is looking for 2 Researchers to support the Producers and Assistant Producers in the delivery of Bitesize Futures.

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Package Description

  • Contract details: 2x FTC/attachment roles starting  May 2025 - January 2026
  • Location: Media City, Salford - This is a hybrid role and the successful candidate will balance office with home working.
  • Salary: £24,300 - £29,000 depending on relevant skills, knowledge and experience. The expected salary range for this role reflects internal benchmarking and external market insights.
  • 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 and gym. You can find out more about working at the BBC by selecting this link to our candidate pack 


Job Introduction

BBC Education exists to transform lives through education. That clear vision drives everything we do as we lead the overall education strategy for the BBC.


Our aims are to:

  • Provide every child in the UK with a personalised learning experience through BBC Bitesize
  • Support and inspire classroom learning with world-class, curriculum linked programming; through BBC Teach
  • Address societal and educational deficits within the UK through campaigns such as BBC micro:bit –the next gen and 500 Words.

 

Main Responsibilities

BBC Bitesize is looking for x2 Researchers to support the Producers and Assistant Producers in the delivery of Bitesize Futures; supporting the creation, review, organisation and uploading of question content to a CMS system and making content across the web, app and email newsletters. 


You will have experience of creating online content as well as 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.
 

Are you the right candidate?

Key skills required:

  • Experience of creating high quality online digital content for web and/or app
  • Able to initiate, set-up and run user-testing and/or audience insight sessions
  • Understanding of SEO and how it impacts content discovery
  • Experience of using an online CMS system to edit and create content
  • Able to work within defined project-management workflows to deliver their elements of complex digital projects effectively
  • Experience of commissioning infographics, and/or written content from specialist writers and of accurately editing large volumes of text for publication.


Please CLICK HERE to see this role on our own website, and apply.

Closing date: 2nd May 2025.