Traffic Coordinator, Television Job at San Bernardino Community College District

Job Title: Traffic Coordinator, Television

Organization: San Bernardino Community College District

Performs a variety of duties to maintain the accuracy and integrity of broadcast channels' scheduling.

Representative Duties

• Prepares, updates and corrects daily broadcast logs detailing all aspects of operations including all program information, station identification, general support announcements, public service announcements, program promotion, and other information required by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations.
• Schedules recording of programs from satellite receivers for later broadcast and programs for instructional broadcast operations; ensures all material scheduled for broadcast has been received; approves and schedules dubs of programs.
• Maintains the accuracy and integrity of broadcast channels by ensuring that the programs and station break material are obtained, recorded, scheduled, and available for broadcast on all KVCR digital channels.
• Maintains the accuracy and reliability of ProTrack records for program material scheduled to broadcast and/or record material that has been recorded and program material that has been broadcast.
• Organizes and maintains program library.
• Enter data into the traffic scheduling system of all program and interstitial materials including promos, underwriter credits, IDs, and special event spots.
• Collaborates with other staff to write and edit copy to promote station, programs, or public service announcements; works with staff to establish promotion priorities and broadcast plans.
• Provides feedback in production and editing of local TV programs as needed including on-air spots, station breaks, and programming.
• Serves as System Administrator for ProTrack program and operations; coordinates maintenance, upgrades and user access.
• Provides input and makes recommendations during budget development process.
• Assists in the maintenance of content library; maintains records of recorded national or regional programs.
• Prepares and maintains a variety of reports, records and logs, including broadcast affidavits; ensures logs are kept in accordance with FCC rules and regulations.
• Performs other duties related to the primary job duties.

Core Competencies

Environmental Exposure Tolerance

• Performing under physically demanding conditions
• Accepts and endures the necessity of working in unpleasant or physically demanding conditions
• Shows established adaptation and performance under unpleasant or physically demanding conditions

Safety Focus

• Showing vigilance and care in identifying and addressing health risks and safety hazards
• Maintains high level of conscientious safety practice

General Physical Ability

• Using strength, endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination
• Applying motor and perceptual abilities requiring no specific technique, training or conditioning

Professional and Technical Expertise

• Applying technical subject matter to the job
• Knows the rudimentary concepts of performing the essential technical operations

Adaptability

• Responding positively to change and modifying behavior as the situation requires
• Accept and adjust to changes and the unfamiliar

Innovation

• Imagining and devising new and better ways of doing things
• Fix what is broken; find solutions and fixes with resources at hand
• Finds new approaches to performing familiar tasks
• Create and invent new ideas; envision the unexpected, unexplored, untried

Critical Thinking

• Analytically and logically evaluates information to resolve problems
• Follow guide, SOP or other step by step procedures for locating the source of a problem and fixing it
• May detect ambiguous, incomplete, or conflicting information or instructions

Informing

• Proactively obtaining and sharing information

Mechanical Insight

• Chooses the right tool for the job
• Applies principles of mechanical advantage to get the work done
• Follows step-by-step assembly procedures, troubleshooting guides, and simple diagrams

Customer Focus

• Attending to the needs and expectations of customer
• Seeks information about the immediate and longer term needs of the customer
• Anticipates what the customer may want or expect in a product or service
• Works across organizational boundaries to meet customer needs

Attention to Detail

• Focusing on the details of work content
• Shows care and thoroughness in adhering to process and procedures that assure quality
• Applies knowledge and skill in recognizing and evaluating details of work
• Applies skilled final touches on products

Using Technology

• Working with electronic hardware and software applications
• Using basic features and functions of software and hardware

Valuing Diversity

• Shows acceptance of individual differences
• Welcomes input and inclusion of others who may be different from oneself
• Shows understanding and empathy for the challenges of groups seeking inclusion or dealing with perceived discrimination

Education / Training

A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in communications, journalism, English, or a related field.

Experience

• Two (2) years of television experience in the areas of continuity, traffic, and/or promotion work.

License or Certificate

• Possession of a valid driver's license.

Equivalency Provision

In the absence of a Bachelor's degree with major coursework in communications, journalism, English, or a related field, an Associate's degree and four (4) years of television experience in the areas of continuity, traffic, and/or promotion work is qualifying. In the absence of an Associate's degree, equivalent to the completion of high school and six (6) years of television experience in the same areas is qualifying.

Desired Experience

• Experience in a public media environment, such as PBS, NPR, or other non-commercial television or radio stations.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a small production or operations team to meet daily broadcast and scheduling deadlines.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, and Teams) to prepare reports, maintain records, and communicate with staff.

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environmental Requirements

Work is performed primarily in a standard office setting; travel from site to site. Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to occasionally lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight up to 25 pounds; to occasionally lift, carry, push, and/or pull heavier amounts of weight with or without assistance; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision

See in the normal visual range with or without correction; vision sufficient to read computer screens and printed documents; and to operate assigned equipment.

Hearing

Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

Pre-employment Requirements

• Submit to and successfully pass DOJ live scan/fingerprinting. Cost of live-scan services to be borne by candidate.
• Sealed official transcript(s) in envelope from institution or electronic copies emailed directly from institution (for positions with higher education requirement).
• Tuberculosis (TB) risk assessment.
• Other pre-employment requirements may be required depending on the position (i.e., certifications or licenses; see job posting qualifications section for details).

Forecasted Recruitment Timeline

• Internal HR Screening: 12/15/25-12/19/25
• CSEA Testing: 1/5/26-1/9/26
• 1st Level Interviews: (Delayed due to Holiday closures) 1/12/26-1/16/26
• 2nd Level Interviews: 1/19/26-1/23/26
• Board Date: 3/12/26
• Projected Hire Date: 3/16/26