Senior Supervising Producer

Description:

Senior Supervising Producer with expert journalism and management skills to help lead its national news product and support its growth on multiple platforms.

Millions of listeners depend on NPR’s newscasts to set the news agenda each hour of each day. Do you want to help lead a team that distills NPR’s compelling reporting down to its essence? Come join NPR’s Newscast Unit, where we produce the best of NPR in five minutes. Newscasts are NPR’s most listened to news product, with 23 million weekly radio listeners and the #1 U.S. podcast according to Podtrac.

The right candidate for this position is committed to daily and breaking news, is interested in and knowledgeable about a wide variety of topics, and is eager to deliver a mix of the freshest, most audience-relevant stories to listeners. They are innovative and think out of the box but always put the needs and wants of audiences first. They believe in the mission of public media. And they are excellent at interacting with and leading the team.

Newscast is NPR’s 24/7 news operation. This is a Wednesday-to-Sunday job where you are in charge of leading the team on the weekend. Successful candidates will be asked to temporarily change their work schedule to cover shifts and special assignments as needed.

This is an NPR editorial role covered under the terms of the NPR Ethics Handbook. All editorial staff are bound by this guidance. Editorial staff is defined as staff members who play a role in shaping the journalistic or creative direction of NPR's content, including events.

Responsibilities
 

• Manage a team of anchors, producers and editors and help oversee daily operations at Newscast on all platforms including broadcast and digital.
• Coordinates Newscast editorial planning with team and desks. Leads the team on the weekends.
• Collaborate with the Executive Producer and other members of the team in developing and implementing editorial and operational strategies and projects to expand the unit’s reach and caliber.
• Help develop and maintain editorial standards as set by the Executive Producer.
• Manage the hiring and onboarding process for individual staff hires as well as take initiative in cultivating and developing new talent.
• Coach, mentor and direct members of the team to excel at Newscast at all levels.
• Assess performance of direct reports and give clear & constructive feedback.
• Evangelist and liaison to desks, member stations and other organizations about the strengths of Newscast/NPR News Now and the power of short-form journalism.
• Maintain administrative staff operations such as work schedules, training and skills development.
• Ability to work proficiently on all platforms; ability to adapt to changes in equipment, software and workflow and help lead the team through those shifts.
• Cultivate and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.
• Occasionally fill-in for Executive Producer when they are away.
   

One-time or periodic special projects or additional work beyond core responsibilities of the role
 

• Travel on behalf of the team or network as a representative of NPR
• Travel with the staff on editorial or reporting projects
   

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.

Minimum Qualifications
 

• At least five years experience managing direct reports in a journalism newsroom or operation.
• At least 10 years experience creating journalism content as an editor or producer, with demonstrated ability to exercise solid, independent news judgment.