UPDATE 8/7/24: Applications for the 2024 Indigenous Documentary Placement closed on Sunday 7 July.
PRESENTED BY ABC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH AIDC
Are you a mid-career Indigenous screen practitioner interested in expanding your skills and experience in documentary and factual?
Running for the third time, the Indigenous Documentary Placement is designed to provide one mid-career Indigenous practitioner with a unique opportunity to undertake an extended placement with the ABC, Australia’s largest public broadcaster.
The placement will see the successful Indigenous practitioner embedded in the organisation for a period of four months based in Sydney. Practitioners from all states are welcome to apply.
The placement’s goal is to provide the practitioner with the opportunity to develop their skills in documentary and/or factual development and production within the context of a public broadcaster with a broader view towards creating employment pathways.
The placement will commence with the ABC in mid-August 2024. The successful candidate will receive an equivalent annual producer level salary of up to $94,620 per annum which equates to approximately $40,000 for 4 months inclusive of statutory superannuation contributions. The participant will be contracted by the ABC. If the applicant is relocating from interstate, they may be eligible to seek some additional support from their relevant state or territory screen agency to help with travel and accommodation costs.
Interested applicants are encouraged to contact Kelrick Martin – Head of Indigenous, ABC – with any enquiries about the placement.
Main Image: First Weapons (ABC, 2023)
A virtual information session was hosted by AIDC and ABC Indigenous on Thursday 13 June, 11:00am-12:00pm AEST.
If you missed out, the session was recorded and you can catch up on this info session HERE.
The information session provided practitioners with an opportunity to learn more about the placement from ABC representatives, and to ask questions.
Speakers:
- Kelrick Martin, Head of Indigenous, ABC
- Kylene Anderson, Indigenous Strategies and Employment Manager, Indigenous Diversity & Inclusion, ABC
Please email info@aidc.com.au with any enquiries about the recording.
“THE ABC IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING OPPORTUNITIES FOR INDIGENOUS CREATIVES TO EXPAND THEIR SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE. REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF THIS NATION BOTH ON OUR SCREENS, AND IN OUR TEAMS ENRICHES THE CONTENT WE PRODUCE. THE INDIGENOUS DOCUMENTARY PLACEMENT IS A WONDERFUL INITIATIVE AND ONE WE’RE PROUD TO SUPPORT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE AIDC. WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING THIS YEAR’S SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE TO THE ABC INDIGENOUS TEAM.”
– CHRIS OLIVER-TAYLOR – CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER (ABC)
Image: First Weapons (ABC, 2023)
“AS AN INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER COMMITTED TO TELLING FIRST NATIONS STORIES, THE ABC PLACEMENT WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN INSIGHTS INTO BROADCAST PRODUCTION, COMMISSIONING AND FACTUAL PROGRAMMING. DURING MY TIME AT THE ABC I WORKED ON COMPASS AND WITH THE DOCUMENTARY DEVELOPMENT AND COMMISSIONING TEAMS AND GAINED PRACTICAL HANDS ON EXPERIENCE OF HOW DOCUMENTARY AND FACTUAL PROGRAMS ARE CREATED FROM WITHIN A PUBLIC BROADCASTER”
– PERUN BONSER, FILMMAKER, FIRST NATIONS EXECUTIVE (SCREENWEST) AND 2022 INDIGENOUS DOCUMENTARY PLACEMENT RECIPIENT
A detailed description of the Placement roles and responsibilities with ABC can be downloaded here.
To be eligible to apply, applicants must:
- Be a documentary or factual practitioner of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin
- Be 18 years of age or older, and an Australian citizen or permanent resident.
- Have two previous documentary or factual screen credits as Director or Producer
- Attend an online information session on Thursday 13 June 2024 from 11:00am-12:00pm AEST (or be able to watch the catch up video link)
- If shortlisted, be available to attend (virtually) an interview week between Monday 15 July and Friday 17 July 2024
- If selected, be able to undertake the placement in Sydney as required from Monday 12 August 2024
- If selected, be able to complete the full four-month placement.
Interested practitioners will be required to submit an application form to be considered for the Indigenous Documentary Placement outlining their interest in the placement and their previous documentary and/or factual experience.
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview with ABC representatives week starting Monday 15 July 2024.
The successful applicant will be advised Monday 22 July 2024.
The placement will commence with the ABC Factual and Culture Team on Monday 15 August 2024.
Applications for the 2024 Indigenous Documentary Placement are open until 11:59pm AEST Sunday 07 July 2024.
Please review the Submission Guidelines prior to submitting your application.
To submit, please complete the application form on the button below.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
