Researcher, Key Stage 1 English Game, Bitesize - England

Location: Salford M50
Company Name: BBC
Job Introduction
BBC Education is central to fulfilling the BBC's mission to inform, educate and entertain; our aim is to transform lives through education by:

Providing every child in the UK with a personalised learning experience through BBC Bitesize
Supporting & inspiring classroom learning with world-class, curriculum linked programming through BBC Teach
Addressing societal and educational deficits within the UK through campaigns such as BBC micro: bit and Super Movers a partnership between the BBC and the Premier League

Bitesize is BBC Education’s formal learning website, which helps over 3 million students a week progress their education.

Main Responsibilities
As a Researcher on the Bitesize team you will assist in the planning and production, on schedule and to budget, of exceptional digital learning content for the target audience.

In this role, you will work as part of a team that is delivering a new educational game for Primary (KS1) learners of English.

Are you the right candidate?
We are looking for Games Researchers who will support an Assistant Producer to deliver a bespoke interactive learning game for Key Stage 1 English.

The right candidate will have knowledge of the UK curricula and experience of creating digital learning content. You will have practical experience of (bespoke) games production, and the ability to contribute ideas which use interactive functionality to deliver learning outcomes effectively.

You will also be able to work within project management workflows and deliver your own elements of projects effectively and on time.

The ability to set up and run user-testing sessions and obtain audience insights from a range of sources would be beneficial.

You’ll need excellent communication skills, enjoy the creative process and be a good collaborator when working with others.

You’ll also be passionate about education and driven by the need to provide creative, diverse, and compelling content for our audiences.

About the BBC
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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.

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Package Description
Band: B
Contract type: 1 x 4-month fixed-term contract / attachment
Location: MediaCityUK, Salford

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 competitive salary package, a flexible 35-hour working week for work-life balance and 26 days holiday with the option to buy an extra 5 days, a defined pension scheme and discounted dental, health care, gym and much more.