CKDU is a non-profit campus and community radio station and student society based at
Dalhousie University, serving listeners throughout Halifax. Our mandate is to provide an
alternative to private and public broadcasters and serve as a forum for diverse and
underrepresented voices and artists. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
and is run by roughly 100 volunteers, a volunteer board of directors, and 3 core staff.
Dalhousie University and the offices of CKDU 88.1FM sit on unceded Mi’kmaq territory. We
recognize the colonial impacts that rest within university spaces and hiring processes and work
to address them. We welcome feedback as we do so. We are all Treaty people.
NATURE OF THE JOB
The Operations Director works as part of a non-hierarchical staff collective to support
programmers and other volunteers fulfill the mandate of the station.
The Operations Director is specifically responsible for administration, financial, and volunteer
management at CKDU. This includes:
● developing and administering the operating and capital budgets;
● coordinating grant applications, donor campaigns, advertising and other fundraising;
maintaining resources and office supplies;
● serving on the CKDU Board of Directors in a non-voting capacity to represent staff and
guide the board;
● coordinating overall volunteer recruitment and support;
● reporting to and communicating with the Dalhousie and King’s Student Unions,
government regulators and external organizations;
● and working with the staff collective, committees and volunteers on station projects.
APPLICABLE SKILLS
The Operations Director must know how to stay organized and ‘take care of business’. They
must be open to working as part of a non-hierarchical staff collective. They must be able to
work independently, and be accountable to their co-workers, fellow board members, and
station members.
Essentials:
Ability or experience working with volunteers and/or volunteer boards
Ability or experience in financial management and administration
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Strong organizational skills
Experience with consensus-building
Effective interpersonal relationship skills
Assets:
Understanding of campus/community radio, including CKDU's mandate and programming.
Experience with grant and donor-funded community organizations
Experience or skills in fundraising
Experience with or training in consensus decision-making and/or non-hierarchical structures.
CKDU works with a wide range of community members. We expect all staff to uphold our
commitment to welcoming each member into our station and supporting their needs and voice.
This includes (but is not limited to) support for racialized, Indigenous, newcomer, trans,
non-binary, and incarcerated programmers as well as programmers with access needs related
to physical and mental health.