Journalist, Radio Sub/reader, Darwin

• Full-time, permanent position 
• Location- Darwin
• $83K – $88K Plus 15.4% Nominated Super
• Working in isolated locations attracts allowances above the base salary rate

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About the Role

Do you like the warm weather, sunshine and vibrancy of a small city, well Darwin might be a good place to call home.

With plenty of stories to tell, the NT is a great place for a storyteller to gather unique content to be distributed across ABC platforms.

ABC Darwin is looking for a keen and energetic journalist who loves who loves radio and audio demand, to write and sub radio copy and present live to air radio bulletins.

You’ll collaborate and work with the ABC Darwin team to deliver coverage of local and national issues for audiences in the Northern Territory and across the country. You will be supported to:

• Actively contribute original story ideas and angles in editorial meetings.
• Write scripts that effectively communicate issues and concepts.
• Have great voice presentation and style.

The role involves shift and weekend work.

About You

The team will need you to be an experienced journalist and a positive team member with a developing knowledge of local, national and international news issues. You will also need:

• Accomplished editorial skills and judgment.
• Ability to break news and develop longer-term coverage plans.
• A passion for generating original stories for radio and On Demand audiences.
• Confident broadcast scripting and presentation ability.
• Exceptional time management skills.

For further details on the role and requirements, please refer to the full position description:  50012738 JOURNALIST.pdf

We would love to see your work. Please submit material with your application online (include examples, links to websites or attach audio/video files up to 5MB).

For further information on this position please contact John McElhinney, News Editor NT on 08 8943 3170 

We are unable to accept email applications, please ensure that you submit your application via the online portal.

We respectfully request that Recruitment Agencies do not submit applications for this position.

The ABC has a vaccination policy that requires employees to meet vaccination requirements for those working in some high-risk environments or circumstances. Some roles will require adherence to this policy as an inherent requirement of performing the role.

Applications Close: 11:55 pm, Sunday 2 April