CKUT in Montreal is hiring a full-time Community News & Volunteer Coordinator
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Community News & Volunteer
Coordinator [FULL TIME 35hrs/wk]
APPLICATION DEADLINE: WEDNESDAY,
AUGUST 14 2013, 12 Midnight EST START DATE: Beginning of September
Pay: $15/hour
How to apply: Please send your cover letter and CV to hiring@ckut.ca or
by mail, BEFORE 12 midnight on
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11th, 2013. Please
indicate “Attention: Community News and Volunteer Coordinator” on your
email or letter.
*Only those asked for interviews will be contacted.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Responsibilities:
The
Community News and Volunteer Coordinator (CN) is a full time position
that is responsible for the coordination of community news volunteers,
general station management and the in-take of new volunteers. The CN
must ensure that CKUT’s community news programming fulfills its
requirements as determined by Canadian Broadcast Laws, CKUTs Statement
of Principles, and all internal policies, guidelines, rules,
and regulations.
The
CN is responsible for assisting community news programmers (such as Off
the Hour, Native Solidarity News, Morning Afters, Dragonroot Radio
Amandla, and Listening to Latin America programmers in coordination with
interns and the Spoken Word Coordinator. The CN will also recruit news
volunteers, coordinate regular meetings for special programming or
community events, supervise interns, book interviews and resources for
news productions, facilitate the weekly community news meeting, and
regularly assist volunteers in the needs of the department. The CN will
also maintain regular community and campus contact through outreach and
events, plus work in coordination with volunteers and staff to host
regular radio broadcasts from the community, including, but not limited
to: the Homelessness Marathon, Aboriginal Celebrations Day (with Spoken
Word Coord), Decolonization Marathon, Prisoner Justice Week, indigenous
youth broadcasts, Morning After Cafe Remote Series (with Spoken Word
Coord), McGill Daily Campus Remotes, and remotes from
political demonstrations.
The
CN will organize volunteer training weeks for the in-take and training
of new volunteers. The CN is a member of CKUT’s Steering Committee. The
CN will support the contract workers who coordinate the Homelessness
Marathon, McGill Assistant Volunteer Coordinator, Under the Weather
Coordinator and other contract workers. The CN will work with the
Funding Coordinator to secure funding for these and similar future
projects through grants. The CN will work with community organizations
to offer special radio programs to marginalized groups.
Duties:
-Steering
committee;
-Coordinate shows;
-Coordinate and evaluate interns,
Homelessness Marathon Coordinator and Under the Weather Coordinator;
-Social media and website for news program
-Work with McGill Daily on
campus broadcasts and regular news reports
-Messages, email and phone;
-organize Volunteer Training Weekends
-Community events & special
broadcasts;
-News and other meetings for special events/bdcast
coordination;
-Community outreach;
-Work with Funding Coordinator in
securing grants for projects in the department;
-Recruiting volunteers;
-Orientation;
-Offer Wednesday Morning After training session;
-Weekly
cleaning;
-develop guidelines and manuals;
-Coordinate radio projects
with community organizations
Qualifications:
-Familiar with CKUT Radio and the Community News Collective
-Experience in script-writing editing documentary & technical production
-Experience coordinating volunteers -Excellent listening skills
-Demonstrated research analysis & presentation skills
-Experience in coordinating community activities
-Demonstrated interviewing & journalistic technique
-Demonstrated training & teching abilities
-Demonstrated commitment to social justice, public service & advocacy
-Demonstrated skill in radio & sound production
-Ability to work under pressure & meet
deadlines
-Ability to learn new tricks
-Experience with social media
-Computer proficiency
-High level English Spoken/Written
-French Spoken
-Ability to work in a community environment where consensus is the norm
-Ability to interpret and articulate CKUT’s policies
Assets:
-Experience in campus community radio
-Self-motivated & willing
to initiate projects
-French spoken/written,
-Third language
spoken/written (esp Spanish)
-Graphic Design
-Strong ties to Montreal
community organizers and organizations
