Vermont Public

Job Title:  Reporter (Reporter II) Job Requisition ID: 1042 Salary Range:  $60,561.00 To $71,248.00 annually Department:  Content Reports To:  News Editor Classification: Regular Full-Time FLSA Status: Salary Exempt Work Location:   Vermont Public studio (TBD - Colchester, Montpelier or Upper Valley) Cellular Phone Reimbursement Eligible : Yes Prepared Date:  September 2025 Application Deadline: Friday, November 14th, 2025 Application Requirements:   All applications must include a resume, cover letter and best 3 writing samples that demonstrate your skill in journalism. Applications missing any of these materials will be considered incomplete and  not reviewed . Summary  The Reporter II will be part of a team of journalists who are dedicated to informing, educating, and entertaining our audience through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in Vermont. Reporters produce stories and interviews for digital platforms and broadcast and report a mix of newscast and longer feature pieces. Reporters also develop rich, creative and innovative digital and social content as part of their work. The Reporter II will work with editors to prioritize coverage decisions. Reporters work closely with Vermont Public podcasts and programs. Reporters are committed to expanding who is included in our coverage and finding ways to connect to a broad and diverse audience.  Essential Duties & Responsibilities   Report daily breaking news, and feature stories for a variety of platforms on deadline. Develop expertise related to assigned coverage areas and issues of interest. Regular on-air interviews with our news hosts. Work together with the video production team to produce content when opportunities exist. General assignment reporting, as assigned. Ensure that journalistic standards and ethics are upheld. Foster diversity, equity and inclusion as an employee and within our content and sources. Participate in newsroom meetings, bring story ideas and suggestions for coverage. Cultivate a broad base of sources and engage with communities. Use broadcast and digital skills to produce for various platforms. Collaborate with journalists within Vermont Public and the New England News Collaborative.  Participate in station fund-raising activities as needed. Consistently act with the highest standards of journalism, business ethics, and personal integrity. Seek out and participate in professional development opportunities.       Participate in Vermont Public events. EXCELLENCE IN THIS ORGANIZATION   A high level of commitment and dedication to the mission of the organization and public media. Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with co-workers and audience, supporting and enhancing a culture of belonging. Preserving confidentiality appropriately. Serving as an excellent ambassador for the organization, both formally and informally. Helping audience and potential audience members, donors, and potential donors connect with the organization. Facilitating excellent communications across departments, among employees, and with the public. Fostering open and candid relationships with Vermont Public audience and donors. Managing conflict constructively. Demonstrating a commitment to the continuous improvement of the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission and vision.  Demonstrating and encouraging creativity and enthusiasm for this work. Expressing consistent, high-performance expectations for themselves, their department, the leadership, and the organization itself. Developing a broad understanding of the organization’s departments, programs, and services to assist donors, collaborate effectively with peers, ensure respectful communication and teamwork among departments. Supervisory Responsibilities:  None Position Requirements: Education and Experience Five years or more of reporting experience desired and a demonstrated interest in covering issues facing Vermont. Strong organizational, communications (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills required.  Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively. Ability to work under strict deadlines and pressure, ability to break news as it emerges and develop a vision for coverage within a beat. Working Conditions Work is normally performed in a climate-controlled office environment with moderate noise levels (computers, telephones, etc.).  No known environmental hazards are encountered in the normal performance of job duties . Must hold a valid driver’s license and have reliable transportation for work travel, as required.  Physical Demands Work involves standing and walking for brief periods, bending, and filing, but most duties are from a seated position. There is potential for eyestrain from reading detailed materials on a computer screen. Deadlines, workloads during peak periods, and changing priorities may cause increased stress levels. Work requires finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination to operate computer keyboards at a moderate skill level.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please note: This is not an all-encompassing statement of this position’s responsibilities. While it attempts to be comprehensive, new responsibilities may be assigned to this position at any time. Vermont Public is a proud equal-opportunity employer. We work diligently to recruit a broad pool of candidates and to hire and promote qualified individuals whose personal experiences, characteristics, and talents reasonably reflect the diversity of the communities served by Vermont Public. Our equal employment opportunities apply to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We encourage applications from women, minority groups, veterans, and people with disabilities.

Digital Producer, Morning - Apply Here! Requisition ID:  1040 Salary Range:  $60,108.00 To $70,715.00 Annually Job Title:    Digital Producer, Morning Department:  Content Reports To:   News Editor Classification: Regular Full-Time FLSA Status: Salary Exempt Work Location:  Based in a Vermont Public Studio Location (Colchester, Montpelier,  Upper Valley) Cellular Phone Reimbursement Eligible : Yes Prepared Date: July 2025 Application Deadline: Complete applications are due by Friday, October 17th, 2025 . Application Process: Applications must be accompanied by a resume , cover letter and 2-3 samples of writing that demonstrate your skills in broadcast or digital journalism .  (These can be a newscast script, a digital article, a social media post, a video script, etc. If you were not the primary writer, but served in a supporting role, please tell us the nature of your role.) Applications missing any of these requirements will be considered incomplete and thus not reviewed . Summary  The Digital Producer is a journalist who is part of a team of reporters, producers and editors working to inform, educate, and entertain through public service journalism and enlightening content rooted in Vermont. This role is highly collaborative, working with others to create, adapt and enhance stories for digital spaces. The Digital Producer is also innovative, trying new techniques to help Vermont Public increase the reach, usefulness and accessibility of its stories. On a given day, someone in this role might prepare a daily or feature story for online publication, repackage a broadcast segment into an explainer web post or TikTok (or both); make photographs, infographics and other visuals; and write and edit web, social media and newsletter copy using AP style (plus come up with compelling headlines). Strong news judgment, a commitment to journalistic ethics and attention to detail are keys to success in this role. Essential Duties & Responsibilities  Produce the local content – digital news, audio newscasts and daily newsletter – for Vermont Public’s morning audience Prepare online stories for publication, including copy editing for AP and house style, ensuring strong visuals, optimizing for digital platforms and reviewing for search engine optimization Convert existing broadcast stories into digital products, or existing longform digital stories into alternative presentations, in collaboration with reporters and editors  Monitor third-party content partners to pull in stories that would serve Vermont Public’s digital audiences Help create short newscast items for Morning Edition Help create and publish The Frequency morning newsletter Collaborate with reporters, producers, editors, illustrators, translators and web developers/designers to deepen Vermont Public’s storytelling through digital tools like strong visuals, interactive tools, databases, infographics, videos and maps Coordinate with Vermont Public’s social media team to enhance our content’s online reach Experiment with emerging technology, digital platforms and accessibility tools to develop best practices that can be adapted throughout the newsroom Act as a champion for the organization’s online audiences Use metrics to monitor the performance of Vermont Public content online Report multiplatform stories, as assigned  Ensure that journalistic standards and ethics are upheld Participate in station fundraising activities as needed Involved in ongoing professional development for the benefit of Vermont Public  Other duties, as assigned EXCELLENCE IN THIS ORGANIZATION  A high level of commitment and dedication to the mission of the organization and public media. Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with co-workers and audience, supporting and enhancing a culture of belonging. Preserving confidentiality appropriately. Serving as an excellent ambassador for the organization, both formally and informally. Helping audience and potential audience members, donors, and potential donors connect with the organization. Facilitating excellent communications across departments, among employees, and with the public. Fostering open and candid relationships with Vermont Public audience and donors. Managing conflict constructively. Demonstrating a commitment to the continuous improvement of the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission and vision.  Demonstrating and encouraging creativity and enthusiasm for this work. Expressing consistent, high-performance expectations for themselves, their department, the leadership, and the organization itself. Developing a broad understanding of the organization’s departments, programs, and services to assist donors, collaborate effectively with peers, ensure respectful communication and teamwork among departments. Supervisory Responsibilities:   None Position Requirements: Education and Experience Minimum four years of journalism experience with exceptional writing, copy editing and organizational skills. Demonstrated experience in digital media (i.e. web, YouTube, social media). Strong organizational, communications (written and verbal), and interpersonal skills required. Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively. Ability to work under strict deadlines and pressure, ability to break news as it emerges. Working Conditions Work is normally performed in a climate-controlled office environment with moderate noise levels (computers, telephones, etc.).  No known environmental hazards are encountered in the normal performance of job duties.   Physical Demands Work involves standing and walking for brief periods, bending, and filing, but most duties are from a seated position. There is potential for eyestrain from reading detailed materials on a computer screen. Deadlines, workloads during peak periods, and changing priorities may cause increased stress levels. Work requires finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination to operate computer keyboards at a moderate skill level.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please note: This is not an all-encompassing statement of this position’s responsibilities. While it attempts to be comprehensive, new responsibilities may be assigned to this position at any time. Vermont Public is a proud equal-opportunity employer. We work diligently to recruit a broad pool of candidates and to hire and promote qualified individuals whose personal experiences, characteristics, and talents reasonably reflect the diversity of the communities served by Vermont Public. Our equal employment opportunities apply to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We encourage applications from women, minority groups, veterans, and people with disabilities.

Director of Philanthropy - Apply Here! Requisition ID:  1039 Salary Range:    $84,040.00 To $115,000.00 Annually Job Title:  Director of Philanthropy Department:  Development Reports To:  SVP of Development Classification: Regular Full-Time FLSA Status: Salary Exempt Work Location:  Colchester, Vermont Cellular Phone Reimbursement Eligible : Yes Prepared Date: January 2025 Application Deadline: Complete applications are due by Friday, October 17th, 2025 . Application Process: Applications should be accompanied by a resume and cover letter. Applications missing a cover letter will be considered incomplete and thus not reviewed . Summary  Oversees and directs strategic major giving efforts for Vermont Public, including annual major giving, planned giving, capital, grants and special project fundraising programs. Leads and manages the team to help meet the revenue needs of the organization. Manages a personal portfolio of top donors and prospects. Responsibility for a strategic approach to all individual giving efforts of the organization. May assist the Senior VP for Development and/or President on various issues within or outside of functional area of responsibility as requested. Contributes to the general management of Vermont Public as a member of the Management Team. Essential Duties & Responsibilities  Provides strategic direction and oversees the execution of the following revenue programs: Annual Major Giving and Special Campaigns - directed, capital and endowment Planned Giving  Grants Provides supervision of staff Serve as a resource for the Board of Directors Develops and successfully executes all major giving plans to reach prospective major donors to Vermont Public and help meet institutional funding objectives. Manages a personal portfolio of prospects and donors and participates in all aspects of the gift cycle. Enlists the involvement of members of Vermont Public staff, the President, the Board of Directors, and others as necessary to successfully implement the major giving plans. Designs and provides training for staff and volunteers as necessary. Supervises the annual major gift program including the solicitation, stewardship, research, and record keeping of Vermont Public’s major gift donors and prospects. Identifies opportunities for special campaigns to help ensure that Vermont Public is able to carry out its strategic plans and vision. This could include endowment campaigns and capital campaigns as well as membership drive challenges and special projects. Oversees institutional giving for the development department and the organization at large to ensure a strategic and coordinated approach to institutional and foundation outreach, funding requests and reporting. Recruits, manages, evaluates, and develops the Philanthropy staff consistent with Vermont Public’s values. Establishes budget goals for major, planned and capital giving in consultation with the Senior VP of Development and develops strategies to meet them. Supervise the preparation of written materials, including marketing and promotional materials, correspondence, solicitation materials, acknowledgements, and regular communications as part of the stewardship program for all major, planned and special gifts. Oversee the planning of major gifts cultivation and recognition events.  Develop a program for recognition, involvement and stewardship of major, planned and special gift donors. Responsible for the consistent and effective use of CRM with respect to the major donor program, including planned giving and campaigns. Ensures Vermont Public’s Gift Acceptance Policy and any other pertinent Vermont Public policies are followed, with a special emphasis on ethical standards for soliciting and reporting. Serves as a member of Vermont Public’s management team, sharing responsibility for the ongoing operation of the whole organization. Involved in ongoing professional development for the benefit of Vermont Public. EXCELLENCE IN THIS ORGANIZATION  A high level of commitment and dedication to the mission of the organization and public media. Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive and equitable working relationships with co-workers and audience, supporting and enhancing a culture of belonging. Preserving confidentiality appropriately. Serving as an excellent ambassador for the organization, both formally and informally. Helping audience and potential audience members, donors, and potential donors connect with the organization. Facilitating excellent communications across departments, among employees, and with the public. Fostering open and candid relationships with Vermont Public audience and donors. Managing conflict constructively. Demonstrating a commitment to the continuous improvement of the organization’s ability to fulfill its mission and vision.  Demonstrating and encouraging creativity and enthusiasm for this work. Expressing consistent, high-performance expectations for themselves, their department, the leadership, and the organization itself. Developing a broad understanding of the organization’s departments, programs, and services to assist donors, collaborate effectively with peers, ensure respectful communication and teamwork among departments. Supervisory Responsibilities:  Associate Director of Philanthropy Manager of Philanthropic Advancement and Operations  Position Requirements: Education and Experience Bachelor’s degree preferred and a minimum of five years of experience in development and/or major gifts management and fundraising or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Working Conditions Work is normally performed in a climate-controlled office environment with moderate noise levels (computers, telephones, etc.).  No known environmental hazards are encountered in the normal performance of job duties.   Physical Demands Work involves standing and walking for brief periods, bending, and filing, but most duties are from a seated position. There is potential for eyestrain from reading detailed materials on a computer screen. Deadlines, workloads during peak periods, and changing priorities may cause increased stress levels. Work requires finger dexterity and eye-hand coordination to operate computer keyboards at a moderate skill level.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Please note: This is not an all-encompassing statement of this position’s responsibilities. While it attempts to be comprehensive, new responsibilities may be assigned to this position at any time. Vermont Public is a proud equal-opportunity employer. We work diligently to recruit a broad pool of candidates and to hire and promote qualified individuals whose personal experiences, characteristics, and talents reasonably reflect the diversity of the communities served by Vermont Public. Our equal employment opportunities apply to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We encourage applications from women, minority groups, veterans, and people with disabilities.