Sectional Lead: Technical Services (NW) - Mmabatho at The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC)

PURPOSE

To manage an innovative team and cross functional members to maintain & support Radio and TV Broadcast Systems as well as to develop new innovations to modernise and enable technologies, processes and services to evolve the SABC Technology Division.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Expert at compiling standby shifts to provide 24-hour support to all broadcast related faults and ensuring the mandate of the SABC is protected through a multi-skilled and diverse knowledgebase across all radio and television platforms
• Contributions to Technology's Long-Term Capital Plans detailing future growth patterns and solutions to client's 5 year plans.
• Compile submissions to Line Manager as part of Divisional Strategy input in alignment with the Corporate Plan and the Target Operating Model.
• Expert PFMA knowledge to produce accurate and timeous Operational Budgets
• Manage overtime and standby within agreed parameters
• Maintaining financial planning and controls within acceptable parameters by optimally applying resource management, time management, internal control measures, while remaining within the PFMA
• Expert knowledge of all management principles to managing staff conflict, grievances, recruitment, staff retention, disciplinaries, etc
• Expert in knowledge base and understanding of all HR policies & procedures, eg Employment Equity, Labour Relations, Code of Conduct, etc in order to promote healthy people management practices
• Advanced level of technical & operational knowledge & understanding of discipline specific matters
• Advanced knowledge & understanding of industry related matters and requirements, e.g. broadcast operations, TV/Radio operations, industry trends & developments and customer needs.
• Advanced working knowledge of criteria to which broadcasting should comply e.g. audio quality
• High level of technical and operational knowledge, understanding and application of broadcast equipment  in accordance with minimum broadcast standards
• Planned & scheduled expert level maintenance of broadcast equipment and systems in accordance with specifications
• Setting up, monitoring and manage outside broadcast infrastructure in order to ensure adherence to technical and safety specifications, maximum utilisation of facilities and resources for successful recording, production and broadcast
• Ability to assist and monitor where needed with rigging and de-rigging cables and equipment, ensuring the efficient and effective setting up and dismantling of the complete infrastructure and its safe return to the SABC base.
• Conducting advance inspection, analysis, checks and repair on the faulty equipment/ systems
• Design and implementation of equipment /system on required level in a facility in accordance with specifications
• Ability to improvise and exploit new ideas in order to improve the efficiency of products, systems & processes e.g. mechanisms that would help make the system work productively and less downtime
• Applying problem solving principles to resolve a fault within reasonable time in a facility system during production showing the understanding of system, e.g. transmission problems, configuration, etc.
• Setting up and configuration of equipment in systems, e.g. Servers, Routers, Play-out systems, mixers, etc
• Maintaining media inventory, managing broadcast application server and networks, managing broadcast networks, managing production server.
• Understanding and setting up as well as configuring equipment in systems, e.g. Servers, Routers, Play-out systems, mixers, etc

Minimum Requirements

• National Diploma in Electronic Engineering\ Information Systems or equivalent NQF Level 6 and A+, N+
• Code 10 with PDP
• At least 10 years' experiencing in TV/Radio Broadcasting systems with a sound knowledge of IT and Broadcast Engineering principles with a minimum of 4 years as Principal Technician within broadcasting.

Additional requirements to the job

• Expert understanding of Financial Management.
• Expert Knowledge and understanding of business and broadcast planning.
• Expert Strategic Management Skills
• Expert understanding of broadcast standards.
• Expert knowledge & understanding of different audio & video formats.
• Expert knowledge and understanding of circuit diagrams and electronic components.
• Expert understanding of broadcast operations