Business Analyst with AI Apprenticeship - Level 4 - BBC Studios - London - EXTEND
BBC Public Service
London (W1A 1AA)
Closes in 6 days (Thursday 13 November 2025)
Posted on 6 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Join the BBC as a Business Analyst with AI apprentice and help shape the future of media. Work on real projects in a supportive team, gaining hands-on experience and an industry qualification. If you're curious about AI and excited to make an impact at the UK’s biggest public broadcaster, this is for you.
- Wage
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£22,950 a year
- Training course
- Business analyst (level 4)
- Hours
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18 months - 35 hours per week, shifts to be confirmed.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 8 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
As a Business Analyst with AI apprentice, this is brilliant opportunity to learn, grow, and contribute – you will:
- Learn how to unlock the power of AI to gather business requirements and support improvements in business processes.
- Discover how the BBC is developing AI driven business solutions within an ethical framework such as developing new ways to engage with stakeholders.
- Develop your knowledge of AI tools and take on more responsibility as you develop new data driven skills.
- Deliver your own AI projects as part of an inclusive and supportive audience services team where everyone is valued.
Where you'll work
New Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CORNDEL LIMITED
Training course
Business analyst (level 4)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
- Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
- Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
- Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
- Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
- Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
- Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
- Elicit process information from stakeholders
- Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
- Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
- Produce models of redesigned business processes
- Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
- Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
- Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
- Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
- Validate requirements with stakeholders
- Support the establishment of requirements traceability
- Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
- Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
- Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
- Support the development of models of future state business situations
- Identify key differences between current and future business situations
- Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
- Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
- Support business acceptance of business and system changes
- Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
- Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
- Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
- Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
- Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience
- Apply appropriate approaches to scope, plan and perform Business Analysis
- Communicate effectively in a variety of situations with a range of stakeholders
- Apply a range of structured investigation techniques to a business situation
- Produce an outline definition of a business situation using an appropriate technique
- Apply appropriate techniques to identify problems and opportunities within a business situation
- Support the identification and presentation of proposed actions to stakeholders in order to gain agreement for further analysis activity
- Apply appropriate techniques to analyse and document options and recommendations for change
- Elicit process information from stakeholders
- Model business processes using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
- Analyse business process models to identify opportunities for improvement
- Produce models of redesigned business processes
- Elicit requirements from stakeholders to identify business and user needs
- Document clear functional and non-functional requirements in line with local standards
- Analyse documented requirements to remove duplication, conflict and overlap
- Prioritise requirements using an appropriate prioritisation approach
- Validate requirements with stakeholders
- Support the establishment of requirements traceability
- Elicit business data needs from relevant sources
- Support the development of simple data models using relevant techniques, standards, notation and software tools
- Document current business situations to enable gap analysis and decision making
- Support the development of models of future state business situations
- Identify key differences between current and future business situations
- Identify actions required to move from the current to future business situation
- Define acceptance criteria for business and system changes
- Support business acceptance of business and system changes
- Apply relevant techniques to research and identify stakeholders
- Analyse and document stakeholders' areas of interest and influence
- Support the development of cost/benefit analysis for proposed business changes
- Evaluate and document the key impacts on people, process, organisation, technology and information
- Present information in a manner appropriate to the audience
Training schedule
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 your L4 Business Analyst Apprenticeship with Corndel, in partnership with Imperial College, London:
- AI enabled business transformation processes.
- Ethical AI decision making.
- Stakeholder engagement.
- Solution assessment.
- Business case development.
- Project Management.
- Strategic AI implementation to create business value.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
This role is advertised as part of our BBC Extend programme for disabled people. To apply for this role you should identify as deaf, disabled or neurodivergent and must meet either: the definition of disability in the Equality Act (2010), or the definition of disability in the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) if applying in Northern Ireland. You’re broadly defined as disabled under both acts if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a substantial and long-term negative or adverse effect on your ability to do normal daily activities. This definition includes both apparent and non-apparent conditions and impairments, and medical conditions such as Cancer, HIV or Multiple Sclerosis.? We are committed to making the process of applying for this role as accessible as possible. If you need to discuss adjustments or access requirements for the application process, or have any questions about our Extend programme, please contact us via the Early Careers Recruitment contact form and choose the ‘Reasonable Adjustments’ option. Have maths and English GCSE at Grade 4/C or above or National 5 (Scotland) at C or equivalent qualification.
About this employer
We are a leading early careers employer and hire more than 250 apprentices each year. We are committed to skills and talent development both inside and outside the BBC and, as one of the world’s most creative and technologically-advanced organisations for the last 100 years, a career at the BBC means learning from the best. We want people who show potential to join us at the BBC. Don’t worry if you don’t have extensive experience, it’s your passion and values we are interested in.
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
This is a fixed-term apprenticeship - your contract lasts for the duration of the scheme.
Once completed, you’ll be supported with career development, employability training, and networking opportunities to help you take your next step - whether that’s at the BBC or elsewhere in the industry.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CORNDEL LIMITED
earlycareersrecruitment@bbc.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349808.
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