shmu Radio Manager

A full-time management job at Station House Media Unit (shmu) in Aberdeen
Posted 4 March 2015, 10.40am est

shmu Radio Manager (37 hours per week, £27,536 - £29,989)

You will have overall responsibility for all radio related operations within the organisation; including managing shmuFM, the organisation’s FM community radio station; providing support to the radio component of the Media Access Project in HMP & YOI Grampian; and collaborating fully with all parts of the organisation to ensure that there is effective joint working between the Radio department and the other strands within the organisation.

Responsibilities will include; the development and implementation of strategic and operational plans for the strand; management of the relevant staff team and volunteers; managing radio related project budgets; reporting on project outputs and outcomes; overseeing and developing radio programming/scheduling and related training programmes; liaising with external stakeholders; and collaborating with the Funding and Business Development Manager to create a sustainable financial plan for the strand.

Station House Media Unit (shmu), at the forefront of community media development in the UK, operates across the regeneration areas of Aberdeen and with other disadvantaged and vulnerable individuals and groups across the region.

The organisation is undergoing a significant period of growth and are recruiting posts to support and develop our core services.

We have also recently secured £896,326 from the Big Lottery Fund to deliver the Media Access Programme (MAP), which will offer a transformational programme in HMP & YOI Grampian supporting participants, aged between 16 and 30, to make a successful and sustained transition back into the community using media (radio, film, music and magazines) as a unique platform to address a range of barriers.