Designation:

Production Coordinator

Category:

Super Sport

Level:

Skilled

Closing date:

13 Sep 2024

Position Type:

Permanent

Location:

Multi Choice City

Job Description:

The Organization

The Multi Choice Group is a multinational media and entertainment group headquartered in South Africa, Dubai and the Netherlands with principal operations in pay television, video entertainment, advertising and content security. Brands within the Group include DStv, GOtv, Super Sport, M-Net, DStv Media Sales, Showmax and European-based content security leader Irdeto. We’re proud to say we serve 20 million subscribers across more than 50 African markets, with a successful history of identifying and adapting to industry trends, allowing us to continuously deliver the best in entertainment.
By joining our passionate and creative team, you can help us achieve our objectives of expanding our pay-TV and SVOD (Subscription Video On demand) subscriber bases, improving advertising sales, spearheading cutting-edge technology, supporting local content and providing an exceptional customer experience.
Join Africa’s most loved storyteller!

Key Customers
Internal: Super Sport, M-Net, Multi Choice Internal Customers
Location
South Africa, Johannesburg, Randburg
Purpose of the Position:

• To co-ordinate and schedule EVS Operators, Vision Controllers, Camera Operators and Bashers related to the successful execution of Productions

Key Performance Objectives
Tasks
Crew Scheduling

• Perform end to end scheduling activities of operational crew in the OB environment, maintaining a balance between cost efficiency, business rules, scheduling guidelines and production requirements.
• Ensure that bookings of production crew are made accurately on SOBER.
• Ensure regular communication with relevant Camera and EVS Supervisors to review crew booking schedules on both monthly and weekly cadences to ensure accurate skill allocation across all productions and minimize last-minute crew adjustments.
• Ensure proper and accurate maintenance of crew personal data, schedules and availability on SOBER.
• Maintain regular communication channels with Event Facilitators, ensuring efficient communication of crew changes and updates on productions and any special crew arrangements on specific events.
• Efficient communication of schedules and call times in the OB environment with the OB crew
• Ensure that all crew members possess the appropriate seasonal accreditations for various sporting genres. Update the accreditation portals seasonally.
• Act as a first point of contact with the freelancer operators on HR, SOBER and admin related queries

Compliance

• Operate within a given budget to determine and ensure that the financial requirements can be met
• Perform in accordance with the business processes and policies and SOP’s.

• Participate in learning and development activities to ensure adherence to the requirements of the division

Qualification:
A matric certificate or equivalent NQF Level 4 Qualification

• 
  Qualification Preferred:
  
A post matric certificate

• 
  Experience
  
• A minimum 2-3 years’ experience in project or production coordination role

Technical Competencies

• Event Management
• Planning and Coordinating
• Problem solving
• Compliance
• Record Keeping/Management
• Production Coordination

Behavioral Competencies

• Accountability
• Teamwork
• Delegation
• Interpersonal Support
• Perseverance
• Motivating
• Prioritization
• Analytical thinking