News reporters outside Downing Street & BBC cameraman on location

Our business

Over 23,000 people work for the BBC across a whole spectrum of regions and responsibilities. The sculpture that illuminates the sky above the BBC’s Broadcasting House building in London is a reminder of those who’ve given their lives while working for the BBC and other media organisations. It requires a particular respect and responsibility to support those thousands of staff who risk their lives in pursuit of the truth.

BBC Director-General Mark Thompson has said, “The BBC can only achieve its goals of serving audiences through a strong, creative and well-motivated workforce.”

We aim to achieve this through:

Effective communication
Inspirational training
Opportunities for career development

Training

In 2008/09 almost 50,000 people took part in training through the BBC’s Training and Development department. Modules range from online courses covering generalist topics such as health and safety, through to very specialist face to face courses for particular skills such as filming for TV dramas.

Find out more about training on offer at bbctraining.com

BBC Extend

This scheme offers appropriately qualified disabled people the opportunity to gain paid work placements, both in programme–making and corporate departments UK–wide.

To apply for a place on the Extend Scheme go to bbc.co.uk/jobs/extend/ready-to-apply.shtml

Volunteering: the search is on for new Connect and Create partners

Three women sitting around a PC in an office Over the past 3 years the BBC’s volunteering intiative, Connect and Create, has delivered 150 projects and placed over 1800 BBC staff on volunteering opportunities across the UK. These projects have brought staff directly into contact with around 5,500 members of the audience with an overall reach of over 40,000 through various media platforms.

Three people being shown how to use a camera The time has now come to refresh the portfolio of partners so the search is on for interested parties from across the UK.

We like to work with a range of charities but are particulary interested in those working with the homeless, unemployed, children and young people (especially those not in employment, education or training), health, education, disability, sport, environment and the arts.

For more information please download this form or contact the Connect & Create team.

Connect and Create
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