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About Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)

As the nation’s independent public broadcaster, the ABC is proud to be the source of Australian conversations, culture, and stories. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation produces quality, distinctive, award-winning content that informs, educates and entertains audiences from across Australia and the world. To know more about ABC, watch this video.

Your role

ABC's in-house legal team offers its highly popular work experience placements once again in 2023. These unpaid placements, lasting for 5-6 weeks, are based in the ABC Legal offices in Ultimo, NSW, although other locations may be available.

For a work-experience student in ABC Legal, a friendly and supportive learning environment awaits. The vibrant, dynamic, and cohesive team acts as mentors, eager to answer questions and provide valuable insights into a potential career in media law.

The precise dates of the placement terms are yet to be finalised, however, the placements run from February until early December 2024.

Training & development

Many people come to ABC with qualifications in journalism, radio, online, or a relevant course suited to a corporate area. However, there are courses available to keep you up to date with skills or systems unique to the ABC or to keep your industry knowledge relevant.

Their training courses include:

• Digital skills development;
• Production skills;
• Camera skills;
• Editing skills and associated technology;
• Desktop Editing for Journalists;
• Writing for Radio/ Writing for News/ Writing for Television;
• ABC Editorial Policies;
• Legal workshops;
• Core systems including; SAP HR, Finance, Records management, Rights Management, training in IT systems, iNews, and NETIA;
• A range of OH&S training includes; fatigue management, personal risk assessment, induction, manual handling, first aid, and radiological awareness training.

Benefits

Some of the benefits of working at ABC include:

1. Comprehensive leave conditions including annual leave, personal leave, parental leave, and long service leave
2. The opportunity to choose your super fund or an ABC-nominated fund
3. Flexible salary packaging arrangements through an external provider

Career progression

ABC’s performance management system has been designed to foster high performance, creativity, initiative and leadership. It allows flexibility in the planning of work and the development of skills to meet the needs of the future.  Employees benefit through active participation in the process, feedback on performance, recognition and reward for their efforts, and improved development and career opportunities.

Work-life balance

The ABC has a range of flexible policies and practices designed to help people balance their work and personal lives. Access to these types of arrangements will depend on your circumstances, including work requirements, and require the agreement of your manager.

Culture & vibe

The ABC strives for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and to promote a culture of opportunity. Through its services, the ABC seeks to represent, connect, and engage with all of the Australian community. In line with their focus on diversity, applications are strongly encouraged from Indigenous Australians, people from a range of cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disability, and LGBTQIA+ individuals. The ABC also aims to achieve a gender-balanced workforce.

About you

To be eligible for the placement, you must:

• Be in your final year of your law degree at an Australian university; and be required to complete a supervised practical legal placement as part of your university degree or as part of your practical legal training to qualify for legal admission.
• Have a demonstrated interest in media, technology, and/or legal innovation/operations.

Candidates who do not meet these minimum requirements will not be considered for a placement.

How to apply

To apply for this role, simply click the "Apply on employer site" button on this page to submit your application directly to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).

Sources

The following sources were used in researching this page:

• abc.net.au/careers/work-life-balance