We’re Hiring! Part-time Development Coordinator

Posted Wednesday, December 4, 2024

Central Vermont Community Radio continues to commit to right-sizing the station by building our capacity on staff. We are looking for a very part-time, 10 hours a-week, one year temporary Development Coordinator to help work directly with our Station Manager and board of directors to help us manage our fundraising efforts and administrative needs of the organization. This position is new to CVCR, but the work is established.

We’re looking for a new teammate who is all about the details, eager to learn, excited about helping this community radio station grow, and is such a people person, that you’d be pumped to ask folks for support. To be successful in this role, you must be ready to work with a wide range of personalities, fundraising comfort levels, and many types of systems (with an eye toward integration and improvement!). The role will have a mix of remote computer work, at station event management, and some out in the community connecting.

CVCR is committed to being an equitable employer and has set the rate for this position at $22 an hour. We are an organization that believes the more diverse we are, the better we can be at meeting our mission. Therefore we strongly encourage folks from underrepresented backgrounds (in radio and more largely media) to apply.

Applications are due by Friday, January 3, 2025, with reviews beginning promptly. We are looking to fill this ASAP (by early February at the latest) so don’t delay in applying!

To apply send your resume and a brief cover letter explaining your interest in the position and how you’d make a great fit with the CVCR team, to the Station Manager, Llu Mulvaney-Stanak at Llu@WGDR.org.

CVCR Development Coordinator Position Description

Job Summary

WGDR/WGDH’s Development Coordinator (DC) role will help us build our capacity in fundraising, telling our story, and keeping the everyday critical administrative details of the organization on track. This role will work closely with the SM and CVCR board to support a variety of fundraising strategies, some well-established, and some brand new to the station. This position will ensure the behind-the-scenes organizational systems hum, like data management, mailings, fundrive support, and more. If the idea of integrating systems, spreadsheet coordination, project management, and leveraging data to help make magic happen excites you, this would be a great fit.

Responsibilities Include

Fundraising & Messaging Support

● Lead the year-long underwriting and sponsorship efforts, including soliciting new

support and ensuring renewals, meeting the set annual budget goals.

● Work side by side with the Station Manager to support existing areas of fundraising,

including donor development (appeals, list building and tracking), two fundrive “behind

the scenes” support, and end-of-the-year fundraising efforts.

● Lead the planning of the annual big station birthday party, at the station, coordinating

volunteers, entertainment, food, sponsorship, and promotion.

● Work with the SM and CVCR Board to support the administrative needs to establish new

sources of fundraising and income, including a new online silent auction, legislative and

municipal funding, space rental, and a possible new crowdsourced funded event.

● Assist with broadcast messaging (promos and scripts) and digital updates (website,

social media, and email newsletter), for our fundraising projects.

● Help with creation and production of station printed outreach materials: schedule,

brochures, posters, stickers, etc.

Administration & Systems Coordination

● Manage all coordination of underwriting and sponsorship contracts, scheduling, spot

recording, and other details.

● Manage the station’s database (Little Green Light) for all donations and other income

donations, general upkeep and integration of station data information, and prep for

appeals and mailing projects.

● Manage all donation acknowledgments, end-of-year tax donation prep, and other donor

assistance needs.

● Help track monthly income and expenses, working with the SM and bookkeeper.● Coordinate community event tabling by volunteers and supply restocking.

● Assist with utility and other account coordination as needed for the station.

Other duties assigned by the Station Manager as needed. 

Prior Experience Required:

·      At least two years of experience working in the administrative or development area of a smaller-sized nonprofit(s).

·     Eagerness to work with a small, but mighty team of community radio staff and volunteers. Ability to work with people of all tech comfort and personalities.

·      A deep appreciation for detail management.

·      Prior radio experience not required.

Reports to: Station Manager

Position Status: Part-Time, Temporary for FY25 (dependant on fundraising success)

Compensation: $22/hour, 10 hours a week. No PTO or benefits are part of this position.

Please note, funding and effectiveness of this position in expanding capacity will determine if this position continues into FY26.

Feedback on the Station

As we look back on the year and all we've accomplished (even in the last three years), we're eager to hear from you about how the station is sounding, feeling, and engaging with the community.  There is a survey being conducted in partnership with the National Federation of Broadcasters (of which we are members) for community stations like ours collecting important feedback about how the station serves the community, you, and your larger thoughts about the state of media.

This takes just 5 minutes to fill out and we appreciate your participation! 

An interview on the future of Goddard Campus

On Sunday, December 1st's “Curse of the Golden Turnip,” Alan LePage and Steven Farnham interviewed Mike Davidson, the new buyer of the Goddard campus, and Celina Barton, who is working with Mike to envision the possibilities of campus and make them happen. They take many calls and the conversation is wide-ranging on what is in progress and what might come next. Take a listen and share widely!

Giving Tuesday: A Day of Music & Matched Donations

We're participating in this year's Giving Tuesday - a national day of raising funds for non-profits before the end of the year - on Tuesday, December 3. We've got a matching gift of just over $1,000 from some members of our CVCR board, the Programming Committee, programmers, and a generous donor to help challenge donors who have yet to give this year. If you have not yet given to the station in 2024, please make Giving Tuesday the day you give and have it doubled! We're aiming to raise $2,000 or more.

To add to the fun, we’re giving you a full day of live, specially-themed music shows, made by some of our local programmers. The line up will include:

• 9-11am - Maura Quinn of the “Thought Pasture”

• 11am-1pm - DJ Llu of “Get Fresh”

• 1pm-3pm - Dave Tucker of the “Long and Winding Road”

• 3-5pm - Bill Nowlan’s “Listen Up!”

• 5-6pm - Delia Gillen of “Magpie in the Morning”

• 6-7pm - Conni Mags of “Immanent Grove”

• 7-9pm - The “Still Life Crew” with DJ Orange Peel and Club Soda

• 9-11pm - KingTone with a special “Meltdown”

Tune in and enjoy a day of curated great music and hear us work toward meeting the match!

As always, we keep the station budget nimble. Everything we raise goes directly into the programming and costs to run the station. Give to WGDR & WGDH before the end of the year or give in honor of someone for their holiday gift. We provide our community with locally made, community-centered, unique, and inspiring content every single day. Gifts of any size go a really long way in helping us keep this up into 2025 no matter what comes our way with national trends. Thank you!

Get a show on WGDR/WGDH

Have you always wanted to try a radio show, but never taken the leap? Now is the perfect time to jump in with us at Central Vermont Community Radio. 

We are a fun crew of nearly 60 members of the community, bringing our thoughts, talents, and time to weekly, bi-weekly, and monthly shows here on WGDR and WGDH. We want you to join us!

We are specifically looking for more voices from our community to expand our representation of all who live in our area. This includes more BIPOC folks, women, trans and non-binary folks, queer folks, and people under 50 years old.

We are looking for show ideas that can speak to the experience of living in this part of Vermont - its rural nature, changing demographics, and the matters of our day. We are eager to entice more talk shows on the air - these can be interview style, call-in shows, and other ideas. Now, more than ever, our listeners want to hear alternative views, and respectful discourse, and to learn more about those who live in our communities. 

No radio experience is needed. We are currently prioritizing shows that can be done live in the WGDR studio in Plainfield. 

Get more information at WGDR.org and put your application in today!

If you have questions, connect with our station manager, Llu Mulvaney-Stanak at Llu@WGDR.org. 

We can’t wait to hear your show ideas!

Community radio is a tool of democracy.

Here at Central Vermont Community Radio, we see how connection and community can be an antidote to hate and fear every single day. In tough times, we have leaned into each other and the larger community to help make sense of what we face, to connect folks to resources and each other, and to just be there with you. As we look to what comes next for this country, we will continue to use the power of community radio to connect us, to be a source of information, and to spread hope and love.

At our core, community radio is a tool of democracy. This isn't just about access to the airwaves. We are about speaking truth to power, providing alternative viewpoints and content, and being a respite from mainstream media's despair and despondency drip. We will continue to face difficult discussions and disagreements with respect and transparency.

We are proud to keep this incredible tool of community radio going as a tool of good in this increasingly messy democracy.