ANYA jobs good for a change

By CPL Simone Liebelt

Being a member of the Australian Federation Guard is one of the ANYA positions available to personnel.

Photo by CPO Kev Bristow

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CAREERS

ANYA positions include: Australian Federation Guard Military Skills Instructor Defence Recruiters Personnel Managers Management Services Agency Commander Valets and Drivers Adventure Training Instructors Base Safety Officers

AIR Force personnel will soon be given the opportunity for a shortterm career change, when Any Airmen (ANYA) positions are released for 2006.

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) for the positions will be listed under Hot Jobs on People Central later this month.

Applications will close in mid-May. ANYA opportunities are available to all ranks, with the majority corporal and above, and include positions such as Australia’s Federation Guardsmen, military skills instructors, Defence recruiters, personnel managers, Management Services Agency, Commander valets and drivers, adventure training instructors and base safety officers.

The tenure in these positions ranges from 2-4 years with the average for most positions being three years.

ANYA personnel manager Flight Sergeant A.J. Smith said members interested in a change of career and scenery should consider applying.

“I like to use my own personal experience as an example to people, as ANYA offered me something different, a new challenge, and after 16 years in the Air Force I was starting to get a bit stale,” he said.

“I used to be back working on the flightline in my little techo world, but working in ANYA has provided me with a fantastic challenge and broadened my knowledge of the Air Force.”

As well as offering members a break from their mustering, ANYA employment increases their chances of getting posted to a particular locality, and can improve their chances of promotion.

“People always ask how ANYA is going to affect their promotion prospects, but it just comes down to how well you perform in that job,” FSGT Smith said.

“I’ve managed members who have been employed as an MSI, for example, and have been promoted in minimum time, whereas it may have taken much longer in their own mustering.”

For members interested in applying, applying, good preparation and a thorough understanding of the job is recommended.

“The best advice I can give people is to do your research for any posting, but especially for ANYA, because it will only improve your chances of a successful application.

Ring people in the positions to find out what the job is really like and try and do work experience if you can, because you might be interested in a job, but after doing it for a couple of days could find it may not be for you.”

While vacancies for next year have not yet been identified, more information on ANYA employment is under Career Progression on People Central.

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