Director of Public Radio

Application Deadline: Thursday, Oct 20, 2016

Description

Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System

WTJX-FM 93.1

Director of Radio Operations

The Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System is in search of a candidate to fill our Director of Radio Operations position. The successful candidate will be responsible for coordinating the scheduling of daily on-air activity including program recordings, promotions, continuity, underwriting, and spots.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with the engineering team to ensure effective technical planning. Must ensure strategies are in place to deliver maximum value to listeners in the target audience; proper formats are followed for radio programming; and announcements, news, and scheduled programs are aired as scheduled;

• Coordinates the production of all programs for broadcast by the Radio Station;

• Maintains program logs, schedules, accurate records, discrepancy reports, and follow-through communications, and ensures that all on-air broadcast programming complies with FCC rules and regulations;

• Monitors and evaluates program effectiveness and recommends changes required for improvement;

• Participates in generating the long-term program strategy;

• Ensures that underwriting announcements and spots are worded properly to confirm to our non-commercial license;

• Ensures technical quality and time constraints are met on all pre-recorded promotional, underwriting, legal identifications, and other material;

• Schedules replacements for missing programs, spots, and fillers; approves alteration of broadcast schedule for national emergency, press conference, or late breaking news;

• Monitors and establishes national network production feeds; informs requisite staff and management of programming notes of changes; serves as communication liaison for national programming services and affiliates;

• Promotes the programming on the station on various media;

• Writes Quarterly Issues Reports for the station;

• Ensures that FCC and station requirements are adhered to; and

• Seeks sponsorship, funding, and underwriting for the station.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, business management or the equivalent preferred, plus 3 years of Radio Broadcasting experience. In lieu of a college degree, 5-7 years of prior work experience in Radio Broadcasting; or any equivalent combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities to perform the job;

• Two (2) years experience in program management in the broadcasting field with experience working with networking and/or radio automation; and one year in a radio supervisory role;

• Knowledge of public radio principles, procedures, operations, and standards;

• Knowledge and understanding of radio communications facilities, distribution systems, and traffic log systems;

• Knowledge of public radio organizational structures, workflows, systems, fundraising, and operating procedures; ability to address broadcast and engineering discrepancies;

• Knowledge of FCC and other federal and local broadcasting regulations;

• Knowledge of on-air and remote broadcasting processes and procedures;

• Ability to stay current with developing trends in radio;

• Ability to operate digital broadcast equipment;

• Excellent written and oral communication skills as well as interpersonal skills;

• Excellent organizational skills;

• Ability to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends and be on-call as needed;

• Ability to travel and overnight as needed;

• Ability to lift 30 pounds;

• Ability to drive and must have a valid USVI Driver’s License;

• High degree of integrity, professionalism and positive work ethics;

• Ability to handle deadline pressure and work under the demands of shows, programs and events;

• Ability to lead by example and work well with others at all levels; and

• All other job related duties as assigned.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and three (3) current professional letters of recommendation to:

Diane C. Richardson, PHR, SHRM-CP

Human Resources Director

Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System

P.O. Box 7879

St. Thomas, VI 00801

Application Deadline is October 20, 2016

Virgin Islands Public Broadcasting System is an Equal Opportunity Employer

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