KUGS Operations Manager - Project Position
KUGS Operations Manager - Project Position
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$ 4174 - 5611
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Western Washington University with over 15000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school is nationally recognized for its educational programs students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham Washington a coastal community of 90000 overlooking Bellingham Bay the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes Bremerton Everett Port Angeles and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes such as being named one of the top public masters-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.
Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success increasing our Washington impact and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship research and creative activity. Westerns greatest strength is the outstanding students faculty staff and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff faculty administration student and external constituents. Further individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic societal environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.
The positions work schedule is authorized by the supervisor and is typically 40 daytime hours Monday-Friday which includes availability to support the activities of the Morning Show Host on a daily basis which begins at 6:30am or provide coverage in the absence of the Morning Show Host. This coverage can include remote access to the station as well as traveling to the station for in-person troubleshooting. The position also attends the KUGS all-staff meeting once per quarter which may go until 6pm.
This is a project-employment position ending no later than June 1 2027. The StateHR classification for this position is Program Specialist 2.
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent education/experience
- Knowledge of FCC and other federal state and local broadcasting regulations
- Minimum of 2 years of experience in live on-air radio programming or production
- Experience with digital audio production software and broadcast automation systems
- Demonstrated experience creating a work environment that is inclusive and welcoming for a diverse community of students and/or staff
- Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with a wide range of communities and diverse perspectives
- Ability to effectively provide instruction guidance and training to others on radio equipment and on-air tasks
- Experience with or ability to quickly learn Microsoft Office suite of software such as Excel Outlook Word etc.
- Bachelors Degree in a related field such as broadcasting communications media studies
- Experience with broadcast engineering
- Experience supervising staff
- Familiarity with and appreciation for Student Operated Radio
- Experience using Content Depot Enco and Adobe Audition
Application materials should address your experience related to the position responsibilities and the required and preferred qualifications.
Western Washington University (WWU) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to assembling a diverse broadly trained faculty and staff. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. In compliance with applicable laws and in furtherance of its commitment to fostering an environment that welcomes and embraces diversity WWU does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed religion national origin sex (including pregnancy and parenting status) disability age veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status or genetic information in its programs or activities including employment admissions and educational programs. See WWUs Policy onEnsuring Equal Opportunity and Prohibiting Discrimination and Retaliation. Inquiries may be directed to the Office of Civil Rights and Title IX Compliance Title IX and ADA Coordinator Western Washington University Old Main 126 (MS 9021) 516 High Street Bellingham WA 98225; 360.650.3307 (voice) or 711 (Washington Relay);
WWU is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. To request this document in an alternate format or to request an accommodation please contactHuman Resources Disability Services 360.650.3751 or 711 (Washington Relay).
Annual Security and Fire Safety Report: This report is provided pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (The Clery Act). It includes statistics for the previous three calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on Westerns campus; in certain off-campus buildings or property owned or controlled by Western; and on public property within or immediately adjacent to and accessible from the campus. The report also includes institutional policies concerning campus security such as policies concerning alcohol and drug use crime prevention the reporting of crimes sexual assault and other matters. You can obtain a copy of this report in printed or alternate formats by contacting the Office of the Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services at . The report can be found at: Annual Security and Fire Safety Report.
All new employees must comply with the immunization policy and show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizen and Immigration Service before beginning work at WWU. A thorough background check will be conducted on all new hires which includes a sexual misconduct background check.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
