President and General Manager

KSPS PBS is searching for a strong leader for our next President and General Manager to manage operations and serve as the external ambassador of our renowned Public Television Station. Reporting to the Board of Directors, this position will be directly responsible for all station activities. The President and General Manager will provide an innovative, creative and strategic vision for KSPS PBS as we seek to strategically maintain and expand our position, while navigating the continual transformation of digital media.

The next President and General Manager of KSPS PBS must excel at community engagement and partnership building with the ability to deliver critical and effective fundraising leadership to both public and private sectors, while providing internal leadership and management of staff and facilities.

• Is a respectful, fair and mission-driven team leader and builder;
• Is a selfless, effective change agent who puts the mission and success of KSPS first;
• Is an empowering leader:
  Takes time to learn and utilize existing strengths of individuals and groups, and mentors and supports professional growth of individuals and our staff as a whole;
• Has great people skills and is effective with a wide range of stakeholders – from staff to individual donors and regional legislative, congressional, business and community leaders.

To lead and represent KSPS in various arenas, we seek a person with highly developed public and private interpersonal skills, who:

• Enjoys being in a public situation;
• Is an organized thinker, effective writer and speaker;
• Is personable, inspiring and respectful;
• Is an effective spokesperson for the organization.

• Continue to grow KSPS’s presence in the Spokane area, has personal qualities the community/region can connect with;
• Demonstrate a record of community engagement and collaboration, and of developing partnerships with individuals and organizations;
• Is comfortable and effective with a wide range of people, including at high levels of civic leadership in the region;
• Have a high level of energy for visiting stakeholders across the region, as well as authentic enthusiasm for Spokane in its geographic and demographic diversity.

Inspiring, respectful, collaborative, and highly competent manager of people and teams. We seek a leader with:

• An ability to create and maintain an effective,aligned,and cross-functional culture of engaged professionals;
• An ability to adjust our leadership style as needed, collaborating, enrolling, delegating, and directing as required by the situation;
• Skills at managing conflict, both limiting unhealthy and encouraging healthy conflict;
• The desire to and practice of seeking input from staff, and is comfortable with being respectfully challenged.

• Has a high level of understanding of the importance, issues and trends of localism, and ability to lead KSPS in this area;
• Is skilled at providing strategic management, including investment decisions related to maintaining effectiveness of our studio, geographically dispersed television transmitting and digital capacity;
• Is technologically competent in the content area, fluent with strategic and tactical aspects of digital and social media, and able to provide effective leadership towards identifying and adopting new platforms.

Expert decision-maker, who:

• Has the ability to prioritize and determine significance of a particular issue, understands who to include in the problem-solving process, and knows what and how much information is needed;
• Is able to effectively analyze and use data in the decision-making process, and will make decisions in a timely matter;
• Is good at follow-through - clearly communicates decision, designs and administers effective execution, with appropriate pre-determined success measures and time-posts;
• Has a high level of strength to stick by decisions and/or know when a change of direction is needed.

• Should display an ability to project KSPS’s needs into the long-term future;
• Can see and understand future trends in media, in related fields and the world, and the…