5093 Project Coordinator, Broadcast Services
POSITION IDENTIFICATION
TITLE Project Coordinator, Broadcast Services
CLASSIFICATION NUMBER 5093
GRADE 42
IMMEDIATE SUPERVISOR General Manager, KSMU and Ozarks Public Television
MAJOR ADMINISTRATOR Director of Broadcast Services
The Project Coordinator, Broadcast Services helps to develop and implement an annual strategic plan that assists KSMU and Ozarks Public Television (OPT) in achieving their annual fundraising and community service goals and provides support to the General Manager, KSMU and Ozarks Public Television and the Director of Broadcast Services in the areas of budgeting, FCC compliance, station promotion and marketing, ratings analysis, and community and donor relations.
Education: A Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Media, Communications, or Public Relations. Graduate level course work is preferred.
Experience: Two years of experience with marketing or development activities in public broadcasting is required.
Skills: Effective interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills are required. Computer literacy, particularly in the use of word processing is required. Familiarity with specialized public broadcasting software such as Allegiance is required.
1. Coordinates volunteer activities for KSMU and OPT by securing volunteers for pledge drives, special events, teleauction, and general office work and maintaining a volunteer database with essential information about volunteer activities.
2. Coordinates the annual Friday Night TV Dinner and Wine and Food Celebration by working closely with the volunteer committee to ensure the success of the events, securing contracts with restaurants, coordinating marketing and promotion for the event, and securing corporate sponsorships and table sales.
3. Maintains business support for events by securing donations of merchandise and food for station fundraising activities.
4. Helps the station to fulfill its public service mission through involvement in community and campus outreach projects such as the Reading Rainbow Contest, job fairs, and Students Go to Work and organizing station tours and meetings for community and campus groups.
5. Generates corporate support for station activities through special events sponsorship, challenge grants, and annual underwriting schedules.
6. Provides support for local station productions by securing guests for Studio Live, organizing premiere events for local programs, participating in the organization and implementation of membership drives for KSMU and OPT, and serving as on-air talent during membership drives.
7. Develops promotions and fundraising support materials for KSMU and OPT for print, web-based, and broadcast applications, such as a monthly column for the OPT program guide.
8. Ensures compliance with Federal Communication Commission (FCC) rules and regulations by regularly maintaining public inspection files, coordinating yearly internal audits with staff, and other projects as directed by KSMU and OPT management.
9. Helps to recruit, supervise, and evaluate students involved in Membership, Corporate Support, and Special Events activities.
10. Assists management with unit budgeting and financial projects such as maintaining updated quarterly totals for the unit budget, maintaining monthly corporate support totals, and other tasks as assigned.
11. Develops a global view of the unit by being involved in diverse unit projects, attending meetings with and in lieu of management, planning and facilitating unit meetings, and individual development with the supervisor.
12. Remains competent and current through self-directed professional reading, developing professional contacts with colleagues, attending professional development courses, and attending training and/or courses required by the General Manager, KSMU and Ozarks Public Television.
13. Contributes to the overall success of Broadcast Services by performing all other duties and responsibilities as assigned.
The Project Coordinator, Broadcast Services is supervised by the General Manager, KSMU and Ozarks Public Television and supervises graduate students and student employees as appropriate.
JOB FAMILY 4
Factor 1: Professional Knowledge, Skill, and Technical Mastery
Level 2 - 900 Points: Entry-level professional knowledge of the principles, concepts, practices, and methods of non-technical administrative and managerial functions. Knowledge permits the employee to carry out basic recurring tasks and routine portions of assignments or to carry out less demanding professional elements of assignments in areas including communications, social sciences, art and design, education, and related functions while gaining in familiarity with the University's policies and goals, business practices and/or accounting systems. This level of knowledge permits the employee to schedule and carry out the steps of a limited operation or project to complete stages of a multi-phase project. Knowledge at this level is typically acquired through a combination of formal education and/or training and experience that includes a requirement for a college degree in an unspecified field or a specific background in a non-technical area. Knowledge requirements may also include a limited amount of related work experience.
Factor 2: Supervisory Responsibility
Level 1 - 50 Points: Typically, little, if any, supervision of others is required. The job may require irregular but occasional responsibility to direct the work of student workers and/or temporary or part-time workers. The nature of supervision is largely confined to assigning tasks to others and does not include a full range of supervisory responsibilities. The amount of time spent on directing the work of others is normally a small portion of total work time.
Factor 3: Interactions with Others
Level 3 - 250 Points: The purpose of interactions is to advise or counsel others to solve recurring and structured problems, and/or to plan or coordinate work efforts with other employees who are working toward common goals in situations where relationships are generally cooperative. Interactions are moderately structured and routine and may involve employees in different functions, students, and/or the general public. These types of interactions require normal interpersonal skills.
Factor 4: Job Controls and Guidelines
Level 3 - 500 Points: The employee operates under general supervision expressed in terms of program goals and objectives, priorities, and deadlines. Administrative supervision is given through statements of overall program or project objectives and available resources. Administrative guidelines are relatively comprehensive and the employee need only to fill in gaps in interpretation and adapt established methods to perform recurring activities. In unforeseen situations, the employee must interpret inadequate or incomplete guidelines, develop plans, and initiate new methods to complete assignments based on those interpretations. Assignments are normally related in function, but the work requires many different processes and methods applied to an established administrative or professional field. Problems are typically the result of unusual circumstances, variations in approach, or incomplete or conflicting data. The employee must interpret and refine methods to complete assignments. Characteristic jobs at this level may involve directing single-purpose programs or performing complex, but precedented, technical or professional work.
Factor 5: Managerial Responsibility
Level 3 - 850 Points: Work involves providing significant support services to others both within and outside of the department that substantially influences decision-making processes. Work activities are complex and others rely on the accuracy and reliability of the information, analysis, or advice to make decisions. Work activities have a direct, but shared, impact on further processes or services, affect the overall efficiency and image of the department, and may have material impact on costs or service quality within the cost center. Incumbents may be responsible for identifying areas of need and for developing proposals that request funding to fulfill those needs.