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Job no: 496083
Full time/Part time: Full-time
Location: South Orange
Categories: Administrator
Under the supervision of the CHDCM Director of Production/Facilities, the Sound and Media Engineer provides engineering and technical services and maintains studio and broadcasting equipment within the CHDCM, including but not limited to WSOU-FM and the affiliated Media Studio within the University Center.
The Visual and Sound Engineer is a full-time administrative position which serves in a leadership capacity among the professional staff. The Sound and Media Engineer provides 24-hour, 7-days-a-week on-call coverage. The incumbent also ensures WSOU-FM’s compliance with FCC and related regulations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Aligned with the University’s Information Technology infrastructure, maintain, inspect, repair, and operate all broadcast studio, production studio and transmission equipment and facilities associated with the CHDCM. Develop recommendations, specify, design, and install new equipment; assist others, including outside vendors, with the installation of new studio, broadcast, transmission and computer systems. Monitors, troubleshoots, and maintains visual and sound-related equipment, including multiplexers, hubs and routers, and uses remote monitoring tools.
Responsible for developing and maintaining an inventory of University property across CHDCM production facilities.
2. Maintain and oversee all station-related broadcast signal and streaming operations, including iHeartRadio, HD2, online audio, mobile apps, and other streams and technologies. Monitor WSOU and station subcarriers (SCA) to ensure on-air sound and technical performance meets FCC and University standards; maintain the technical aspects of SCA operations. Conduct annual signal coverage strength surveys; investigate all interference complaints received by WSOU.
Communicate to Director of Production/Facilities the operational status of CHDCM and related equipment, including routine service and proactive equipment refresh, and equipment failures or anomalies.
3. Serve as WSOU-FM’s FCC-designated Chief Operator. In coordination with the Director of Production/Facilities, maintain all records, logs and reports as required by the FCC, state and local agencies, and the University. Ensure compliance with all technical FCC requirements and the federal emergency alert system. For applicable CHDCM facilities, prepare and execute preventive/routine maintenance schedule for all studio, broadcasting, remote and transmission equipment; maintain equipment service log.
4. Serve on-call to resolve technical emergencies. Function in a key leadership role among the CHDCM Professional Staff. Collaborate with the Director of Production/Facilities in the development and training of students as broadcast and media production professionals with technical experience and understanding of current industry technology and practices.
About the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media and Seton Hall University:
Launched in Summer 2023, Seton Hall’s College of Human Development, Culture, and Media (CHDCM) embodies the University’s commitment to pedagogical innovation, intellectual ferment, and community engagement. Uniting scholars and students from four dynamic departments—Communication, Media, and the Arts; Education Leadership, Management, and Policy; Educational Studies; and Professional Psychology and Family Therapy—the College is the new home of cutting-edge, transdisciplinary inquiry into the stickiest problems of our time.
The faculty, staff, and students of the College seek to improve the human condition by collaborating across distinct fields that uniquely complement one another, thereby preparing the next generation of dynamic leaders poised to tackle contemporary social challenges and opportunities. Expression underpins all facets of the integrated College’s portfolio — media as a form of education and artistic expression; teaching and learning as modes of creative expression; expression and expressibility as critical to counseling and therapeutic treatment; and self-expression as a vehicle of social agency. With enrollment at approximately 1,550 total students, both graduate and undergraduate, CHDCM is the second largest college at Seton Hall University, with approximately 70 full time faculty and 125 adjunct faculty.
Seton Hall is located in South Orange, New Jersey, just 14 miles from New York City. The University is the oldest Catholic diocesan institution of higher education in the United States, and the Carnegie Foundation classifies it as a doctoral university. It is home to approximately 6,300 undergraduate and 4,700 graduate students from every state in the United States and from more than 70 countries around the world. Nearly 40 percent of our undergraduates identify themselves as students of color, and this figure is increasing with each new graduating class. The University also prides itself on supporting first generation students, and 98% of our students receive scholarships and grants to fund their education. Given this exciting and rich, diverse community, Seton Hall pursues academic excellence and ethical development in a collaborative environment and prepares its students to be servant leaders in their professional and community lives, capable of engaging effectively with diverse populations.
In keeping with Seton Hall’s emphasis upon those historically excluded from higher education, the College of Human Development, Culture, and Media embraces the value and power of diversity—and the critical importance of creating inclusive, welcoming forms of community. Reflecting the University’s mission, the College is committed to advancing social justice, championing equity and inclusivity, and working toward an anti-racist future, free of violence and oppression of all kinds. We are especially called by our mission to serve underserved communities in and around the Archdiocese of Newark, though we also recognize the need to attend to the intersection of the local, national, and global in questions of power and access. We therefore commit to addressing systemic inequality and injustice of all kinds, and we look forward to welcoming new colleagues similarly aligned to this mission.
For more information about the new College of Human Development, Culture, and Media, and Seton Hall University, please visit our website, https://www.shu.edu/human-development-culture-media/.
Required Qualifications:
Salary Grade:
AD170 - Administrative
Exempt/Nonexempt: Exempt
Physical Demands: General Office Environment
Special Instructions to Applicants:
To apply for this position, please visit http://jobs.shu.edu. Applications should include a cover letter; resume/curriculum vitae; and names and contact information of references.
Semi-finalists will be invited to a virtual interview. Finalists will be invited to a full-day campus interview at our South Orange, N.J., campus.
The committee’s review of applications will begin immediately.
Direct queries about the position to the search committee chair, Mr. Christopher Aurilio, via email at christopher.aurilio@shu.edu.
Seton Hall University is committed to programs of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and the principles of affirmative action.
Advertised: 15 Dec 2023 Eastern Standard Time
Applications close:
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