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Technical Manager job at Nation Media Group
Posted by: ugashare-Volunteer
Posted date: 2025-Feb-01
Location: Kampala
Vacancy title:
Technical Manager [ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Media , Category: Management ]
Jobs at: Nation Media Group
Deadline of this Job:
Monday, February 10 2025 Duty Station:
Within Uganda , Kampala, East Africa
Summary
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JOB DETAILS:
JOB PURPOSE:
The incumbent's main responsibility is to plan, organize, and coordinate all engineering and technical-related activities in the Broadcasting Division to meet production, transmission, and other operational requirements for radio and TV, as well as champion technology leadership in projects, change management, application of methods, techniques, and equipment while remaining within the approved budget. This position is also involved in translating the broadcast strategy into an operational system.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Supervising technical and production staff in a busy broadcasting environment;
• Drawing up technical budgets for approval, then controlling the spending on OPEX and CAPEX;
• Managing and supervising all technical suppliers and contractors’ activities;
• Coordinating multi-skilled and multi-disciplinary engineering activities;
• Proposing, designing, and seeking approval for new projects and changes required to continuously improve the efficiency of broadcast service delivery;
• Interacting with the media technology industry to keep abreast of rapid changes in technology and advising the business on best practices, technology changes, and the subsequent adoption thereof;
• Working in liaison with the Regulatory (UCC) body to advise the business on requirements and the regulatory environment to ensure full compliance;
• Engaging in contracts and other negotiations for all technical supply and support contracts, including license applications;
• Consolidating and presenting reports on all aspects of technical service delivery; and
• Ensuring agreed targets on service downtime, project delivery timelines, production support, and complaint resolution are achieved.
QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE:
• Academic: Bachelor’s Degree in Telecommunications or its equivalent from a recognized institution.
• Professional: Relevant professional qualifications and membership to a relevant professional body.
• Experience: Eight (8) years of relevant experience, three (3) years of which should be at a supervisory level.
CORE COMPETENCIES:
• Decision-making;
• Ability to interpret long-term plans, programs, and budgets developed at a senior management level;
• Interpersonal and leadership skills;
• Project management skills;
• Ability to develop plans, programs, SOPs, and coordination of workflows;
• Creativity; and
• Strategic management skills.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 96
Level of Education: Bachelor Degree Job application procedure
If you believe that you are our ideal candidate, please submit your application, detailed CV, and academic documents with a daytime telephone number as one PDF document, quoting the position you have applied for in the subject line by 10th February 2025 to the HR Manager–NMGU, at https://career.staffingsoft.com/careers/NationMediaGroupJobs.html
Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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