State Political Editor

4 hours ago

Docklands, Australia The Age Full time

**Company Description**
For nearly 170 years, The Age has published quality journalism on local, national and international issues. Through our website and newspapers, we are the dominant masthead in Victoria, covering issues across politics, sport, business and culture. We encourage a wide range of views in our opinion pages to reflect the key debates of our time. We remain in a stronger position than ever with 4.8 million readers consuming our journalism in print and online each month, making The Age Victoria’s most widely-read masthead.

Our team comprises hundreds of Australia’s best journalists, photographers, editors, sub editors and designers. We are passionate about what we do and we are always looking for ways to do it better. We embrace the rich history that comes with working for The Age whilst operating out of the most modern, advanced newsroom in the country.

The State Political Editor role is for a highly motivated, experienced team leader who can combine breaking news, analysis and feature writing capability at the highest-level across our digital and print platforms with enhancing team performance, productivity and quality of work.

Day to day you will:

- Generate unique content ideas for the daily and weekly news cycle
- Regularly break agenda-setting exclusive stories
- Prepare clear, accurate, balanced, well-written and well-researched reports
- Demonstrate willingness to meet the needs of a modern, 24-hour, digital news outlet
- Demonstrate excellent news judgement and knowledge of current affairs.
- Ensure the highest standard of accuracy, ethics and editorial quality.
- Develop and manage relationships with political and public service contacts
- Meet agreed audience benchmarks and deadlines.
- Communicate expectations, goals and feedback to the team. regularly, while fostering a sense of collaboration and accountability.
- Coordinate and support the team to achieve high-performance.
- Make strategic decisions to ensure team success.

**Qualifications**

What we would like to see on your resume:

- Strong journalistic background with demonstrated writing experience. Previous history with political reporting preferred.
- Strong leadership and organisational skills.
- Contacts in Victorian politics
- First rate news judgement.
- Proven ability to identify, articulate and develop quality stories.

Ability to work collaboratively across The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald and various national Metro teams
**Additional Information**

Should you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please advise us when you apply

**Disclaimer**:We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes and are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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