Senior Payroll Officer, Finance, Rhodes

Australian Associated Press is Australia’s National News Agency, providing news, images and information services to the media, commercial organisations and government.

We are seeking a Senior Payroll Officer to join AAP’s busy payroll team.  The successful candidate will be involved in the running of end to end payroll for AAP and its associated companies throughout Australia and New Zealand.

The successful candidate would be required to provide guidance, training and support to other members of the payroll team and manage the daily operation of the pay office in the absence of the Payroll Manager.

To be successful in this role you will possess at least four years experience in running a full payroll function.  Essential to the role includes:

• Solid CHRIS21 experience - end to end processing and reporting
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Process orientated
• Good communication and customer service skills
• Interpreting and applying multiple industrial instruments

To apply, please send you applications to applications@aap.com.au

Web Designer/Developer, ITG, Rhodes

Australian Associated Press is Australia’s National News Agency, providing news, images and information services to the media, commercial organisations and government.

AAP seeks a person with experience in graphic design, web design and web development to work in our Development team in a .NET environment.

This role involves the implementation of corporate style and design to AAP websites, along with some web development and site maintenance. Duties will include:

We are looking for a candidate with the ability to:

The successful candidate will possess strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and have a minimum of two years experience working with the following:

• HTML/CSS (including HTML5/CSS3) with emphasis on semantic markup
• JavaScript (including popular libraries such as jQuery)
• Cross-browser scripting
• .NET (including Visual Basic, MVC3 Razor view engine)
• XML including XSLT
• Microsoft SQL Server (including 2005/2008)
• Adobe graphic design software tools (especially Photoshop, Illustrator)

Please include examples of web sites or collateral you have designed in your application.

To apply, please send your application to applications@aap.com.au.

AAP Cadet Program

AAP offers a comprehensive cadet training program, which takes successful applicants through the crucial fast-filing procedures specific to news agency work, as well as multi-media skills and shorthand.

The program draws on the combined experiences of senior Editorial staff, in a series of lectures, practical work and field trips.

Cadets are shown how to write fast and tight, keeping in mind AAP's constant and intense time pressures in getting the story out first. Our main Editorial principle - accuracy and speed, but accuracy above speed - is reinforced.

The program also features training in court reportage, legal issues and filing technologies and there is a particular focus on multi-media, with AAP reporters now expected to file not only fast-moving text but also images, audio and video.

During the year, cadets will be rotated through all disclipines at AAP - including general reporting, sport, finance, politics and courts.

Underpinning the program are intensive weekly lessons in teeline shorthand, in which cadets must achieve 120 words per minute to graduate.

WHAT WE LOOK FOR IN CADETS

Competition for the few cadet spaces is fierce, and the standard of applicants exceptional.

AAP looks for cadets with a keen interest in hard news, from finance to politics, and lighter news too, such as entertainment and general human interest.

To demonstrate enthusiasm and competency, the applicant should be able to present a good body of published work, particularly that which demonstrates aptitude with hard news, and which shows some involvement in breaking news. The work should ideally include that accepted by mainstream publications and/or broadcasters and even online services.

A curriculum vitae should also show evidence the applicant is a self-starter. A history of intern placements or work experience at a range of respected media organistions is advantageous.

2012 PROGRAM APPLICATION PERIOD

Applications for the 2012 cadet intake have now closed. 

Internships at AAP

AAP offers a limited number of internship placements to final-year students of university journalism degree courses and to post-graduates not more than 12 months out of those degrees. Placements are not available for secondary school students.

The internships are designed for those who seriously intend a career in journalism. They are  one week in duration, comprised of five consecutive days, and are generally based in the reporting bureau of the candidate’s home city.

Interns at AAP are assessed on their performance, and should demonstrate qualities including initiative, reliability, punctuality and a keen interest in and knowledge of news and current affairs.

Assessments of an intern’s work can count towards an application for an AAP cadetship, positions that are strongly contested every year.

 
ELIGIBLE STUDENTS

Eligible tertiary students seeking placements must apply in writing to the email address below, attaching a letter of recommendation from their course advisor as well as a copy of the university’s Personal Accident Insurance policy (front page only).

The applicant's name should be included in the subject line of the email.
 
ELIGIBLE POST-GRADUATES

Eligible post-graduates must attach documentary evidence of their course completion (such as the Degree) and a Voluntary Workers Personal Accident Insurance Policy, which must be arranged and purchased at your own cost.

The applicant's name should be included in the subject line of the email.

Email applications to:  internships@aap.com.au