NEOGOV · 2 weeks ago
Director of Public Affairs Programming
Bellevue, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$85K/yr - $123K/yr
2+ years expNEOGOV is seeking a Director of Public Affairs Programming at Bellevue College. This role is responsible for overseeing independent reporting and producing original local and regional news and public affairs programming, while also supervising student interns and volunteers in broadcast journalism.
GovTechHuman ResourcesInformation TechnologySoftware
No H1B
Responsibilities
Recruits, directs, instructs, and ensures the quality of public affairs programming produced by student producers, contract producers, and volunteer producers
Supervises and trains college and high school student interns, student volunteers and qualified community volunteers in the research, production, editing, and writing of original public affairs programming
Establishes relationships with partners at Bellevue College and in the greater community that enhance the station's ability to produce high-quality social justice focused public affairs programming. Including, but not limited to, BC Faculty and Staff, non-profit leaders, community organizers, and other media outlets that align with the KBCS mission
Assigns and approves public affairs stories for KBCS producers to research and develop and ensures the integrity of the information and sources included in those stories
Compiles, Updates, and maintains quarterly Issues/Programs Reports, documenting the station's most significant programming addressing community needs and concerns
Serves as board operator and host or provides oversight for live hosted public affairs programming
Develops and directs the overall strategy and schedule of public affairs programming
Ensures continuity of public affairs programming delivery through multiple platforms such as radio broadcast, KBCS website, and KBCS mobile app
Creates, edits, and produces original local and regional news content for broadcast on KBCS
Conducts research and reports on issues that have a political, social or economic impact on our local community and our region
Conducts interviews with community members and organizations
Collaborates with station management on acquisition and implementation of syndicated programming
Collaborates with Operations Manager and Music Director to ensure transitions between public affairs programming and music programming are seamless and leads staff messaging around public affairs programming
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
A bachelor's degree in journalism, the arts and humanities, or a related field and at least two (2) years of experience working full-time in radio or television broadcast journalism. Any combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted for the educational requirement for a year-for-year basis
Minimum two (2) years of experience managing paid or volunteer journalists
Minimum two (2) years of experience with audio production
Demonstrated knowledge of best practices in broadcast journalism, journalistic ethics and communications law
Demonstrated basic knowledge of political science, history, philosophy, physical geography, law, social justice, the environment, and current events
Experience working in a collaborative team environment with diverse employees and/or student/community volunteer groups
Preferred
A graduate degree in journalism, the arts and humanities, or a related field
Five (5) years of experience working as a radio or television news reporter
Two (2) years of experience supervising the work of one or more full time employees
Experience supervising students and community volunteers
Benefits
Medical, dental, life and disability coverage choices for employees and dependents
Choices of retirement and deferred compensation plans
Paid holidays, sick, and vacation plans
Transit program
Reduced tuition
Employee discounts and memberships
Company
NEOGOV
NEOGOV is the leading provider of workforce management software uniquely designed for the public sector, education, and public safety.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$700MKey Investors
Warburg Pincus
2025-07-28Secondary Market· $700M
2025-07-28Acquired
2021-06-02Private Equity
Leadership Team
Shane Evangelist
CEO
Brandon McDonald
Head Of Marketing
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