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Kansas City PBS Kansas City Media Collective Part-Time Project Manager in Kansas City, MO [1]
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Date: 2023-06
About the job:
The Kansas City Media Collective is a partnership between six non-profit media organizations: The Kansas City Beacon, Kansas City PBS, KCUR, Missouri Business Alert, Startland News, and American Public Square, which collaborate on and share content to strengthen the local journalism ecosystem in Kansas City. The KC Media Collective is seeking a part-time program manager to organize ongoing efforts to provide more news and information to more people throughout the metro. KCMC partners have spent the last two years combining resources to reverse the trend of shrinking newsrooms and declining civic engagement. The project manager is integral to expanding capacity and supporting coherence, strategy and sustainability to these efforts. The new position will be based at Kansas City PBS, which is opening its renovated headquarters building this summer.
The role:
The Kansas City Media Collective is looking for someone who can help manage collaborative reporting projects between six different non-profit journalism and journalism adjacent organizations. You are someone who thrives when you are creative problem solving, and implementing sustainable systems that deliver impactful journalism. You are comfortable serving as a neutral third-party and balancing different interests.
What you’ll do:
Act as the central point of contact for all collaborative communications for the KCMC.
Help facilitate conversations among the collaborative members about reporting priorities.
Track story pitches and ensures the necessary people and resources are available.
Design workflows to encourage content distribution across the collaborative members’ platforms.
Schedule and manage meetings with collaborative partners.
Coordinate any future events (virtual or in-person), working closely with community organizations.
Manage administrative and budgeting duties.
Who you are:
You thrive in an energetic, people-focused environment.
You care about making Kansas City an equitable city with a thriving journalism community that keeps citizens informed and holds people accountable.
You are confident both keeping the trains running behind the scenes and speaking publicly.
You are proactive, generating new ideas and pathways for execution.
You are a creative thinker and value listening to diverse audiences.
You understand the current challenges of building trust between community and newsrooms.
Fluency in both English and Spanish is a plus.
Newsroom and journalism experience is a plus.
Candidates must live in Kansas City or the immediate surrounding area.
What you get
This is a 1-year contract position without benefits except for optional participation in the 403(b) retirement. Consideration for an extension of the contract will occur. The ideal candidate will start immediately.
The contract will pay $29.00 per hour for a 25-hour-per-week position for one year.
Flexibility is a key feature of this job, with the opportunity for a hybrid mix of remote and in-person work along with flexible scheduling.
About The Kansas City Media Collective:
The KC Media Collective is committed to efforts that emphasize mutual understanding and empathy within communities. Breaking systemic barriers to news access, including poverty, language barriers, disabilities, and educational inequity, will unleash the potential of our communities. Likewise, the sustainability of local news is central to the connectivity and success of the Kansas City region and each individual who calls it home.
The ultimate goal of the KC Media Collective is to better meet community information needs by maximizing resources through new lines of communication, content sharing and collaborative reporting.
If interested in this exciting opportunity, send cover letter, resume to
[email protected]. Please include in your cover letter how you learned about this position.
KCPBS is an E-Verify, Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.
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