To All: Belmont Community Media Center, Inc. (BMC) has released the
Executive Director Job Description and Application (below) as of August
29, 2005 for this start-up Access Center serving the community of
Belmont, MA. Please circulate it far and wide. The Board of Directors
of BMC has hired me to assist them in the Executive Director Search
Process. If you have any questions or need any additional information,
do not hesitate to contact me. The deadline for submitting an
application is Friday, September 16, 2005.
Chuck Sherwood
Senior Partner
Community Media Visioning Partners
(508) 385-3808 (voice)
BELMONT COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER, INC.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
JOB DESCRIPTION
August 29, 2005
INTRODUCTION
The newly formed Belmont Community Media Center, Inc. (BMC) seeks a
highly motivated, creative, and technically skilled Executive Director.
This is an opportunity to get in on the "ground floor" in a substantial
upgrade to the Town of Belmont's PEG access facilities and services.
BMC is looking for an energetic individual who can work with minimal
supervision, has the confidence to make important decisions and is a
team player with great interpersonal skills. Reporting directly to the
BMC Board of Directors, the Executive Director will be working with many
members of the Belmont community.
CORPORATE BACKGROUND
Belmont Community Media Center, Inc. (BMC) is a private, nonprofit
corporation created to oversee operation of the Public, Educational and
Government access cable television channels in the Town of Belmont, MA.
Comcast Corp. currently provides cable services to the Town with a
subscriber base of approximately 6,300. Verizon Corp., in an effort to
leverage its newly installed fiber network, has recently applied to the
Town for a similar cable franchise license.
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
The Executive Director is responsible for the overall administration,
operations and planning, as well as outreach and community service for
the BMC and will report to the Board of Directors. The Executive
Director's responsibilities are based upon a detailed knowledge of the
principles, practices, and techniques of public, educational, and
governmental access operations and knowledge of the Cable Television Act
of 1984, as amended in 1992 and 1996, and an appreciation of the
philosophies which underlie that
Federal legislation.
In addition to the Public Access channel and its programming, the
Executive Director will interact with the Belmont public school system
to oversee program development for the new Educational Access channel to
include sports coverage, the School Committee Meetings and other
appropriate programming. The Executive Director will also be
responsible for coverage of governmental activities, such as the Belmont
Selectmen and other programming appropriate for a Government Access channel.
The Executive Director will schedule volunteer projects and their
resulting programs. The Executive Director will establish procedures for
project approval and for the definition and maintenance of technical
standards and overall program quality control. The Executive Director
will oversee website development and the production of electronic and
print newsletters as required.
Hours include some weekday evenings and occasional weekend special event
coverage. The Executive Director is responsible for studio operations
and cablecasting 24x7 and must respond to or make provision for
emergency situations.
The Executive Director will be an ex officio member of the BMC Board of
Directors but will not have voting rights.
QUALIFICATIONS
Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university and five
years experience in responsible cable television positions, or an
equivalent combination of experience and education which lead to the
following skills and knowledge:
* Management experience with educational, governmental and/or
public access operations and experience in teaching TV production
classes or workshops
* A high degree of technical knowledge of cable television
operations and proficiency in television program production
* Demonstrated ability to plan, organize, and orchestrate the
activities of diverse groups of individuals, agencies, and
organizations
* Ability to effectively manage the Corporation's material, fiscal,
and human assets
* Ability to communicate effectively, to present a professional
appearance and to maintain good working relationships with public
officials, agency staff, and the general public
* Ability to assemble, organize, and present financial and other
factual information derived from a variety of original and
secondary sources.
* Knowledge of new media for the Internet, Wi-Fi, videoblogging,
podcasting and other technologies as they evolve.
Responsibilities include:
ADMINISTRATIVE
* Maintain control over funds provided for the operations. Monitor
purchasing procedures and operating expenses to assure cost
effective operations.
* Prepare and present monthly reports on operations for the BMC
Board of Directors which describes current projects,
accomplishments and potential problem areas. Provide monthly
reports of expenses and income for the BMC Board of Directors.
* Prepare and present to the Finance Committee for BMC Board of
Directors approval yearly Operating and Capital budgets with
extended projections for three and five years.
* Establish a Work Plan for the implementation of the goals and
objectives as established by the BMC Board of Directors by which
the organization and the staff's performance can be measured.
* Interpret, implement and enforce policies and procedures that have
been established by the Board.
PERSONNEL
* Supervise, recruit, hire and provide leadership to the staff,
interns and volunteers.
* Interpret, implement and enforce the BMC personnel policies as
determined by the BMC Board of Directors.
* Establish and maintain procedures for conducting evaluation of the
staff on a continuing basis.
OPERATIONS & PLANNING
* Develop and implement the training curriculum for all staff,
interns, production volunteers and members.
* Develop and implement BMC Operating Rules and Procedures as
approved by the BMC Board of Directors for members' use of
facilities, equipment and channel time.
* Supervise the facilities operations as well as the maintenance and
repair of the television production and computer equipment.
* Provide as appropriate project management (overseeing design,
construction, and maintenance) for a new BMC facility.
* Participate in the development and the implementation of a long
range planning as determined by the BMC Board of Directors for
existing and new community media services. Such a plan will
include the facilities, staffing, training and equipment necessary
to provide those services.
OUTREACH AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
* Develop and implement an ongoing recruitment program for
volunteers and a marketing plan designed to inform the community
and its institutions about the availability, goals and uses of
Public, Educational and Government access.
* Actively seek out alternative sources of funding in the community
through grants, annual appeals and other development strategies.
* Maintain a high level of personal and BMC visibility in the
community and network with other nonprofit corporations to
establish and maintain cooperative relationships with community
agencies and institutions as well as with the public.
* Develop and maintain direct lines of communications with all the
members of BMC to provide support and assistance, and actively
assist volunteers in finding funds for their programs.
PROGRAMMING DEVELOPMENT
* Evaluate the current PEG programming for quality including
production and content quality, and develop procedures for
continuous improvement.
* Motivate, guide and train producers in all aspects of quality
programming
* Set objectives to improve production values and diversity in the
source of programming
COMPENSATION AND FRINGE BENEFITS
Compensation includes a salary ranging from $45,000 - $50,000 with a
competitive fringe benefits package.
SELECTION PROCEDURES
* Review of candidate's cover letter, written application and resume
* Telephone interviews with selected candidates
* Personal interviews with finalists
* Background checks
* Review of optional video submissions
BMC encourages a diverse range of candidates to apply for this position.
BMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
All submissions must be received no later than September 16, 2005.
Interested candidate should send submissions to: BMC Search Committee,
96 Kings Row Drive, South Dennis, MA 02660.
BMC website address--www.belmontmedia.org
APPLICATION FOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
BELMONT COMMUNITY MEDIA CENTER, INC.
Name: __________________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
Phone #: ________________________________________________________________
Email Address: ___________________________________________________________
Current Employer: ________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
Position: ________________________________________________________________
Prior Employer___________________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________________________
Position: ________________________________________________________________
EXAMPLES OF DEMONSTRATED EXPERIENCE
Please write a short summary of your experience for each area of experience
1. Administrative and operational management of PEG Access Center
2. Development and implementation of training curriculum
3. Technical operations of Television program production and
distribution process
4. Ability to organize and coordinate activities of diverse groups
5. Fiscal and personnel management of a Nonprofit
6. Development and implementation of outreach, marketing and fundraising
strategies to
include public speaking and involvement in the broader community
7. Development and implementation of long range goals and work plans to
reach them
8. Development and implementation of a strategy that migrates the Center
to the media content creation and distribution technologies beyond Cable
TV to the Internet
REFERENCES
Please provide a minimum of three work-related references to include
their name, organization, address and phone number.
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