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The Prometheus Radio Project is looking for a Community Radio
Coordinator to join our staff! Please visit
http://prometheusradio.org/employment for any updates or contact
jobs@prometheusradio.org with any questions.
**Community Radio Coordinator**
Job Description:
The Prometheus Radio Project is an organization that builds
participatory radio as a tool for social justice organizing and a
voice for community expression. To that end, we demystify media policy
and technology, advocate for a more just media system, and help
grassroots organizations build communications infrastructure to
strengthen their communities and movements.
We collaborate with community groups who want a locally accountable
voice in the media, including civil rights activists in Louisiana,
farmworkers in Oregon, and environmentalists on the Chesapeake Bay.
Working in Congress and the FCC, we advocate for policies that support
community-controlled radio. Meanwhile, we arm community groups with
the skills they need to build their own media and maintain thriving
participatory radio stations.
For more information about our work, please visit our website at
http://www.prometheusradio.orgThe Community Station Coordinator will be responsible for
communicating with the thousands of people that contact Prometheus in
their quest to build a community radio station, as well as the
hundreds of existing stations that look to Prometheus for support and
connection to the community radio movement.
The Community Radio Coordinator is responsible for maintaining and
developing information and resources for Community Radio stations to
address their basic legal, engineering, governance and related
challenges. Additionally, this coordinator will assist organizations
that want to grow participatory radio including starting both Low
Power and Full Power FM stations. Prometheus recognizes that
participatory radio has been a powerful tool within immigrant
communities, in the US and that there is a growing interest
particularly within Spanish speaking Latino communities to start their
own radio stations. Therefore fluency in Spanish is desired but not
required.
Responsibilities include:
* Assist stations that have recently received broadcast
licenses in developing their own participatory radio stations;
* Create a program to assist stations in getting on-air;
* Manage incoming requests and integrate them into
Prometheus' operation. This involves providing information in response
to basic requests, connecting people with appropriate legislative and
regulatory campaign leaders, and directing people to appropriate
support among the Prometheus staff;
* Develop Prometheus affiliates station program to work more
closely with our ally stations;
* Spearhead the creation of collaborative tools which low
power and other community stations can use to share their knowledge
and experience;
* Develop resources for groups to develop radio in their
communities, including internet based strategies;
* Implement methods to assess the needs of our constituents
and make recommendations to Prometheus on we can better serve these
communities;
* Coordinate staff and volunteers in large station-building
events (also called barnraisings);
* Assist social justice organizations and community groups in
applying for new LPFMs during the next licensing window;
* Help build stations' sustainability by supporting their
efforts in grassroots fundraising and community outreach.
A candidate for this position needs:
* Commitment to social justice work
* Extremely strong organizational skills, and the ability to
work independently and juggle many projects at once
* In-depth knowledge of community radio station
administrative operations - an excellent job for a former station
manager or community radio participant
* Familiarity with computers, various software applications
and the internet
* Excellent research skills
* Supervision and/or volunteer management experience
The ideal candidate will have:
* Fluency in Spanish and English
* Ability/desire to work flexible hours, including some
evenings and weekends, and willingness to travel on occasion
* Experience working in partnership with ally and member organizations
* Community organizing experience
* Excellent interpersonal, written and communication skills;
strong public speaking skills
Other skills that would be very helpful:
* Grassroots fundraising experience
* Facilitation skills
* Radio engineering knowledge, or comfort with taking on and
communicating technical matters
* Experience in consensus decision-making and mediation
* A drivers license
* Audio Production/ Radio Journalism experience
* Non-Profit management experience
Salary, Location and Application Info
This is a full-time, salaried staff position. Please contact us for
salary information. Our office is located in West Philadelphia, in
the community center basement of the Calvary Methodist Church. Be
ready to smell delicious cooking, hear the shouts of children learning
martial arts, people singing gospel, or holding a self-help meeting.
We are seeking someone willing to work in Philadelphia and able to
make a two-year commitment to the organization; however we are open to
alternative proposals. These alternative proposals must be sent with
other application materials by the deadline below. Since we are
expecting a future LPFM window, we expect this position will involve
some travel throughout the US.
The Prometheus Radio Project respects and values people of all
backgrounds and considers applicants for positions without regard to
race, color, sex, religion, creed, gender identity and expression,
national origin, age, disability, marital or veteran status, sexual
orientation, or any legally protected status. As we work in
collaboration with many communities that have been marginalized from
media access, we believe it is crucial to employ members of these
communities at the Prometheus Radio Project.
To apply, please send a cover letter and resume, and up to three
relevant samples of your work, something that will speak to why you're
a good fit for the position (that could mean writing sample, manual
you've written, radio piece, etc.) to jobs@prometheusradio.org.
Applicants may also send questions to this address. Please be sure to
include "Community Radio Coordinator" in the subject line. The
application deadline is June 9th at 11:59 PM EST. First round
interviews will be scheduled for the week of June 28th-July 2nd. We
are hoping to have the new Community Radio Coordinator begin
orientation the week of Monday July 17th.
