MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

TITLE OF POSITION: Staff Officer II (Managing Editor)

DEPARTMENT: News & Public Affairs

ANNUAL ENTRY SALARY: Competitive

JOB DUTIES INCLUDE:

If you’re ready to be a part of a growing, award winning news team, Mississippi Public Broadcasting wants to hear from you. We’re adding the position of Managing Editor to our news department to help guide and build upon our success as a recognized news source.

Our ideal candidate will play an important role in ensuring the excellence and editorial integrity of MPB News. The Managing Editor will work under the supervision of the News Director to help manage the day to day coverage of news. She/he will help develop story ideas, track issues and events as well as write and edit. On a regular basis, this person will produce NPR-style news stories/features on issues of local and regional interest and may be called upon to anchor and host programs.

Candidates should be comfortable and competent with digital media. The ideal candidate should have strong news judgment and be an enterprising journalist.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

A Master’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university, (AND) seven (7) years in the special experience defined below, three (3) years of which must have included line or functional administrative or advanced technical supervision; (OR) A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited four-year college or university, (AND) eight (8) years in the special experience defined below, three (3) years of which must have included line or functional administrative or advanced technical supervision. Special Experience: Employment must have been in an administrative, professional capacity in an area of work related to the functional responsibility of the bureau in which the position exists. In those bureaus where registered specialists provide the primary source of functional and technical knowledge for planning and accomplishing the mission of the bureau, the incumbent must also be registered and experienced in that profession. Work experience must have included supervising and coordinating a variety of functions. This position is classified as State Service, Exempt. See website for complete description (www.mpbonline.org). SUBMIT: Applicants may apply online through the Mississippi State Personnel Board or mail the State of MS application to Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Attn: Human Resources, 3825 Ridgewood Road, Jackson, MS 39211 received by July 31, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITY FOR EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION
3825 RIDGEWOOD ROAD, JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 39211

July 21, 2014 Cindy Stevenson, Human Resources Director 601-432-6273

(08-31-14)