CKDU-FM is a non-profit campus and community radio station based at Dalhousie University serving listeners throughout the Halifax Regional Municipality. Our mandate is to provide an alternative to private and public broadcasters and serve as a forum for diverse and under-represented voices and artists. The station broadcasts 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and is run by roughly 150 volunteers, a volunteer Board of Directors, and 5 permanent part-time staff.

Nature of the job:
The Spoken Word Coordinator is responsible for facilitating spoken word programming at CKDU. The SWC provides training and feedback to spoken word programmers, develops and facilitates production of CKDU's daily campus-community news program, maintains CKDU's public service announcements archive, and works within CKDU's cooperative non-hierarchal staff structure. The SWC also works with the Program Director to ensure spoken word programming conforms to CRTC regulations and CKDU policies.

Duties & responsibilities:

- Coordinate and support volunteers in production of spoken word programming, and facilitate production of CKDU's daily campus-community news program
- Recruit volunteers for campus-community news programming, production, and field recording
- Assist with management of local and syndicated spoken word programming
- Help ensure CKDU is meeting its weekly quota to air at least 15% of local spoken word programming
- Facilitate involvement of the University of King's College School of Journalism, and strengthening relationships with campus media and local community grassroots media initiatives
- Coordinate Public Service Announcements and Community Announcements
- Coordinate current affairs focus and speciality programming
- Manage field recording inventory and train volunteers on using portable audio equipment
- Facilitate the coordination of CKDU's annual Homelessness Marathon and provide supervisory support to the Homelessness Marathon Coordinator
- Maintain CKDU's news media such as news.ckdu.ca, CKDU news twitter feed, and coordinate forums for audio sharing among spoken word programmers
- Attend weekly staff meetings, take part in consensus decision-making and participate in a cooperative staff structure
- With other staff members, assist in aspects of Funding Drive as required
- Maintain healthy relationship with the volunteers, take part in decision-making in programmers' meetings and member-driven committee meetings
- Host regular Spoken Word Rules and Regulations training sessions, as well as field recorder, on-air performance and production training
- In consultation with the Programming Committee, Program Director and Station Coordinator, respond to public comments and complaints about programming
- In conjunction with the Programming Committee, Program Director and Station Coordinator, enforce CKDU rules and, if necessary, discipline errant programmers