Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, June 22, 2023 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

JOB PURPOSE
The prospective candidate for this position will ensure that shows, programs, advertising, digital content and news are appropriately scheduled and checked for quality and appropriateness.

SPECIFIC JOB ROLES:
Programming
• Research and creating content and program schedules
• Support supervision of presenters and news team by reviewing content and monitoring the production of content by presenters
• Assigning tasks and roles to team members
• Ensuring that the broadcast calendar is up to date and adhered to
• Managing and coordinating activities between advertising, production, planning, and editing
• Coordinate with the news team to contribute and update content for KRC FM website, and social media
• Identifying key opportunities for the radio to increase audience reach and impact
• Research and analyze listenership to guide programming and marketing
• Planning and Reporting
• Prepare and present weekly and monthly plans and reports to management to guide and improve programming
• Monitor businesses on air to ensure only paid for products are aired as per the business contract
• Engage in fundraising and resource mobilization through project concepts and proposal writing and creating linkages with potential clients
• Build capacity of staff through mentoring and guiding presenters on professional presentation and moderation of talk shows

Editorial and News Anchoring
• Supervise and monitor timely, quality and accurate anchoring of news bulletin as per the set traffic
• Coordinate weekly editorial planning and feedback meetings with the news team
• Liaise with Systems Administrator in ensuring relevant equipment necessary for news collection is available for field staff
• Ensure news bulletin is edited and the anchored-on time
• Compile monthly reporters’ stories to enable payment for the reporters at the end of the month

Networking and customer relations
• Represent and publicize KRC- FM in various engagements and fora organized by KRC- FM, CSOs and Government

Planning and reporting
• Produce timely and accurate activity, weekly, monthly and quarterly reports on programming and editorial to the Business Team Leader
• Prepares weekly, monthly and quarterly plans on programming and editorial to the supervisor
• Any other task (s) assigned by the immediate supervisor

Qualifications, skills and experience:
• Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communication, Journalism or Media Studies
• The applicant should exhibit practical 2-3 years-experience in a similar or related field
• Good communication skills
• Ability to lead a team
• Ability to build capacity of his/her team
• Ability to multitask
• Time management and ability to meet marketing targets
• Ability to solve problems
• Ability to work under pressure, self-driven under minimal supervision
• Knowledge of media production and communication
• Ability to work well with others
• Ability to sell products and services
• Good computer skills


Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 36

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified candidates should submit an Application Letter, CV, Valid Identification, photocopies of academic documents and three (3) referees, for personal conduct, professional conduct and the other for technical competences.
The Human Resource Office, KRC Uganda
P.O. Box 782
Plot 28, Mugurusi Road,
Fort Portal Tourism City or
By email: humanresource@krcug.org 


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