KSUA General Manager - Student Assistant

As the General Manager of Student Media's KSUA 91.5 FM, you will be responsible for working closely with students, staff, faculty, and community members. This role will see you collaborating with many unique students hosting radio shows who come and go over the course of each semester.

As the General Manager, you will guide a specialized team whose individual goals involve maintaining the station's equipment, marketing the station, training radio DJs, maintaining the programming schedule of the station, uploading music to the station, broadcasting hockey games on air, and producing pre-recorded material for the station. You will regularly meet with your team members and stay up to date on their projects and support them wherever they need assistance.

You will also serve as a point of contact between the station and other organizations within the University of Alaska Fairbanks Campus, keep track of software licenses deadlines, regularly check the station's social media accounts, represent the station around the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus, file FCC Quarterly Reports, file EAS Logs, sign off on Operator's Logs, and help maintain the image of the station.

This is a role perfect for those that are efficient in project management, unique problem-solving, and guiding a team.

Center for Student Engagement Mission:
Develop the whole student by creating connections to UAF and the surrounding communities through a variety of programs, services & opportunities.

KSUA Mission Statement & Values:
KSUA 91.5 FM is a student-run radio station located in the Wood Center on UAF's Troth Yeddha' campus. As part of UAF Student Media it provides a platform for student voices and alternative and/or independent music not regularly heard on commercial airwaves. KSUA also offers opportunities for students to gain real-world experience in live broadcasting, broadcast journalism, music, and running live events.

KSUA Goals:
● Providing unique programming and music that is normally not heard on radio.
● Providing assistance in recording, editing, and airing podcasts to students.
● Providing training and radio experience to students interested in a broadcasting career or being a content creator.
● Encouraging creativity and experimentation in the University of Alaska Fairbanks student body.

Minimum Qualifications:

Applicant must be enrolled as a UA student taking a minimum of 6 credits per semester with a minimum GPA of 2.0 or a newly enrolled student. Applicants should have prior management or leadership experience. Applicants should have knowledge of or ability to quickly learn of FCC operations and protocols and how to use the RCS Zetta and GSelector programs.

Position Details:

This position is located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus in Fairbanks. This is a part-time, student assistant position, starting rate of pay is $14.96 per hour. 

This is a pooled position, which means that the position remains open over the entire academic year.

☎️If you have any questions regarding this position, please contact Ashley Lindsoe, Signers' Business Office Human Resources Manager, at aclindsoe@alaska.edu or 907-474-5664.

The University of Alaska (UA) is responsible for providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the applicant screening process. If you need assistance in completing this application or during any phase of the interview process, please contact UA Human Resources by phone at 907-450-8200.

UA is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, educational institution and provider and prohibits illegal discrimination against any individual: www.alaska.edu/nondiscrimination.

The successful applicant is required to complete a background check. Any offer of employment is contingent on the background check.

Your application for employment with the University of Alaska is subject to public disclosure under the Alaska Public Records Act.

All employees at the University of Alaska are expected to uphold the highest standards of ethics and professionalism when conducting or engaged in university business.

*Each university within the University of Alaska system publishes an Annual Security and Fire Safety Report which contains information regarding campus safety and security including topics such as: campus law enforcement authority; crime reporting policies; campus alerts (Timely Warnings and Emergency Notifications); fire safety policies and procedures; programs to prevent dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault and stalking; the procedures the University will follow when one of these crimes is reported; and other matters of importance related to security on campus. The report also contains information about crime statistics for the three most recent calendar years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in On-Campus Student Housing Facilities; in Noncampus buildings or property owned or controlled by the University or a recognized student organization; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from, the campus.  The report also contains fire statistics for any fires occurring in an On-Campus Student Housing Facility during the three most recent calendar years.  

Access to the reports is available at:

UAA: (Addresses Anchorage campus, Aviation Technology Complex, JBER - Elmendorf Extension, JBER - Richardson Extension, Kenai Peninsula College - Kachemak Bay campus, Kenai Peninsula College - Kenai River campus, Kodiak College, Kodiak High School Extension, Matanuska-Susitna College, Prince William Sound College, and Prince William Sound College - Cordova Extension) Online: https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/students/safety. Request a paper copy in person: UAA Police Department Office at Room 114 of Eugene Short Hall on the Anchorage campus / UAA Dean of Students Office at Room 122 of Rasmuson Hall on the Anchorage campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-786-1120 or police@uaa.alaska.edu / 907-786-1214 or uaa_deanofstudents@alaska.edu. 

UAF: (Addresses Fairbanks Campus, Bristol Bay Campus, Chukchi Campus, Community and Technical College, Kasitsna Bay Campus, Seward Marine Center, Tok Campus, Kuskokwim Campus, and Northwest Campus) Online: https://www.uaf.edu/orca/files/ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: UAF Office of Rights, Compliance and Accountability on the 3rd Floor of Constitution Hall. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-474-7300 or uaf-orca@alaska.edu.

UAS: (Addresses the Juneau Auke Bay Campus, Juneau Technical Education Center, Sitka Campus, & Ketchikan Campus) Online: https://uas.alaska.edu/equity-and-compliance/docs/clery/UAS_ASFSR.pdf. Request a paper copy in person: Hendrickson Building, Suite 202 on the Juneau campus. Request a paper copy by mail: 907-796-6371 or emailing uas.clery@alaska.edu.