ARE YOU:

• Passionate about the music and culture of 1Xtra?

• Already making your own podcasts, broadcasting radio programmes or curating and sharing playlists?

• Proactive outlook and positive ‘can do’ attitude.

  
  

DO YOU:

• Want to get hands on experience across all areas at BBC Radio 1Xtra, from music teams to programmes, to social media and commissioning?

• Want the chance to receive in-house training from BBC1Xtra producers and the BBC Academy.

• Want a chance to share your creative ideas with programme teams across 1Xtra and the wider BBC?

  
  

THEN OUR INTERNSHIP IS FOR YOU!

Our 8 week paid internship will give you the chance to work across our shows and departments. You'll get hands on skills and experience at BBC Radio 1Xtra’s HQ.

The placement period will take place between:

Monday 16th January – Friday 17th March

During your time at 1Xtra, you will work with multiple teams spending blocks of time in different departments. You will take part in meetings and brainstorms and complete a range of duties for production teams prior to and during live shows.

During your time here you will also have a mentor. They will be a senior member of the 1Xtra team who will spend time with you every week to discuss how your placement is going as well as your future plans.

Hours across the placement will vary, as we are 24/7 stations and keen that our trainees experience and get involved with as much as possible. We are looking for flexible people who will be able to work weekends or alternative hours on request.

YOU NEED TO:

• Be creative and brilliant, passionate about radio, music and everything that appeals to a 1Xtra youth audience.

• Know about current music, culture and entertainment trends.

• Be 18 or over and available to work across London for the 8 weeks of the placement.

• Be from any background, and any part of the UK. You don’t need to be an extrovert, you could be quietly confident in your abilities.

  
  

YOU DON’T NEED TO:

• Have any qualifications or radio experience. Instead, show us that you have a big imagination and a genuine enthusiasm for exploring and building a career in the media.

  
  

You must currently hold documentation that gives you the legal right to work in the UK full time between January and March to be eligible for this scheme.

If you already have BBC paid experience then you will not be eligible for this placement.

Want to be the next DJ Target, Ace or Tiffany Calver? This is an 'off air' scheme, for people interested in careers in off air, production roles. It is NOT a scheme for people interested in presenting or being DJs.

Please see attached documents for FAQs about the scheme as well as the application process.

More detail about the scheme

You will work on 2 x 3 week rotations, working with a programme team and another 1Xtra department. You will also have a mentor, who will spend time with you every week to discuss how your placement is going as well as your future plans.

During your time we will introduce you for a range of people but we expect you to build on these relationships and use your initiative when the opportunities arise.

Hours across the placement will vary as 1Xtra is a 24/7 station so you will need to be flexible. Shifts could include weekends or late night but we will do our best to take personal circumstance into consideration when designing the schedule.

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

1Xtra Where it Begins Scheme

Applications for this year’s scheme will open on Monday 19th October and close at 11:59pm on Sunday 6th November.

Assessments/ Interviews will take place on 1st December.