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San Bruno CA Seeking To Hire Cable Director

Do YOU know cable?

Robert Riechel, Neighbor

Posted Thu, Mar 29, 2018 at 6:06 am PT

Article Source: City of San Bruno CA

Cable Director / CATV Director

CategoryMedia Productions

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RegionSan Francisco/Peninsula

Job TypeFull-Time

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Close Date4/27/2018 at 5pm or until 999 applicants

Salary$163,657.00-$200,827.00 Annually

Additional QuestionnairesNone

About San Bruno

San Bruno is “the City with a Heart”. Located in San Mateo County, San Bruno is twelve miles south of San Francisco and adjacent to the San Francisco International Airport. San Bruno is an ethnically and culturally rich and vibrant city of more than 40,000 residents. The community offers a small town atmosphere within a large metropolitan setting. A variety of housing opportunities, an excellent school system, access to a world-class transportation system, and proximity to cultural and sporting institutions are among the amenities that make San Bruno a desirable place to live and work.

The city employs approximately 230 full-time employees in ten operating departments including: City Manager’s Office, City Attorney, Human Resources, Finance, Community Development (Planning and Building), Public Works, Community Services, Cable Television, Fire and Police. The City also owns and operates its own municipal cable television system – San Bruno Cable.

Location

567 El Camino Real San Bruno, 94066

Description

The City of San Bruno invites your application for
CABLE DIRECTOR / CATV DIRECTOR
Annual Salary $163,657— $200,827
(3% increase scheduled for January 2019)
Application Deadline 5pm on Friday, April 27, 2018

THE POSITION
An exciting future awaits San Bruno Cable. The Director of Cable will manage a staff of 20 employees and lead the department through the next generation of broadband innovation. San Bruno Cable recently completed a Fiber to the Home (FTTH) Project to 1,200 residential units, and has embarked on a second FTTH project involving another 1,300 residential units. With these deployments and possible future ones, the Director will oversee a rebranding campaign complete with name change, new logos and a robust new marketing effort to promote itself. Future projects include an IP delivered video product, system rebuild, and serving commercial services include businesses in town such as Google, Provident Funding, and Berkshire Hathaway, to name a few.
As a key member of the City Manager’s executive team, the Cable Director will also be responsible for managing an annual budget of approximately $11 million, much of which comes from the revenue-generating streams of the Cable Department.

SAN BRUNO CABLE
San Bruno Cable is only one of two cities in the Bay Are to operate its own unique, municipally-owned cable system. Since its inception in 1971, San Bruno Cable has maintained its mission to deliver value-oriented broadband services including television, internet, and telephone to the surrounding community. Serving just under 8,000 residential homes and businesses, the all-digital cable network spans over 100 miles of fiber and coaxial cable to deliver a full suite of broadband video, data, and voice services, to its residents and businesses. Customers also connected to the San Bruno community with regular access to City meetings, events, and festivities streaming into their homes and businesses.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
Any combination of experience and training that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required knowledge and abilities would be:

· Five years of responsible work within the Cable Television industry, three (3) years of which have been in a supervisory/management capacity
· Graduation from an accredited university with a bachelor’s degree
· Possession of a valid California driver’s license

IDEAL CANDIDATE
The new Director of Cable will have a strong and proven track record in managing a large cable operation, with the ability to take a fresh look at the operations, philosophy, and direction of San Bruno Cable Television’s future. The City is seeking a forward-thinking, entrepreneurial, experienced lead who has the vision to lead the organization toward its present and future potential. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a commitment to working as a member of an executive team, partnering with other city departments, and serving the diverse community of residents and businesses in a diverse community.

BENEFITS

· CalPERS retirement formula of 2.7%55 for classic members and 2%@62 for PEPRA members
· Employer-subsidized medical/dental/vision/prescription plan with employee contribution
· 10-23 days of annual vacation based on years of service
· 100 hours management leave annually with an annual option to cash out
· 12 sick days annually
· 14.5 holidays annually
· $1000 personal and professional reimbursement annually
· $300 monthly vehicle allowance
· Deferred compensation matching at 1% of biweekly salary
· Tuition reimbursement
· Home loan program
· City-paid life insurance and long-term disability insurance

APPLICATION PROCESS
Interested candidates are invited to submit applications online at www.calopps.org by 5pm on Friday, April 27, 2018. After an initial screening of applications, those candidates that best meet the City’s needs will be invited to participate further in the recruitment process.

Applications must be received by
5:00pm on Friday, April 27, 2018

Questions regarding the application process can be directed to San Bruno Human Resources by phone or email (650) 616-7055 hr@sanbruno.ca.gov

The City of San Bruno is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and as such does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, sex, gender, religion, ancestry, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, or any other status protected by law, in its employment actions, decisions, policies and practices. If you require special accommodations, please contact us to discuss your needs.