Post Production Supervisor

Applications are invited for the above-indicated vacancy within Newzroom Afrika.  The incumbent will report to the Production Manager.
Job purpose
The primary role of the Post-Production Supervisor / Traffic Controller is to oversee Post Production processes of in-house and acquired video content to meet deadlines and delivery quality. This entails managing Video Editors, Post-Production Coordinators and Final Mix Engineers to ensure they meet their deadlines on assigned tasks. This role requires solid technical understanding as well as strong organisational leadership skills. The Post-Production Supervisor will act as a liaison between the Technical Production Operations department and the Editorial department to address technical and personnel concerns. You will need to work effectively with a wide variety of staff and be able to effectively work within the Editorial vision during the post-production process in terms of Live content, packages, long form and short form content and programming.
Key responsibilities:
Prepare the monthly shifts rosters for all post-production staff, ensuring equal distribution of shift amounts for our regular freelancers;
Manage the bookings of all regular and ad hoc freelance post-production staff and ensure sign-off from the line manager;
Ensure all bookings are within the allocated shifts per month and that they are aligned with the allocated budget;
Review and submit all freelance invoices and timesheets on a monthly basis adhering to submission deadlines;
Managing the workload of up to 20 edits at a time including the time of editors, final mix engineers and post-production coordinators to ensure that all tasks in the final stages of a project's editing are finished on time and within quality specification and brief.
Coordinate freelance video editors, final mix engineers and edit job schedules to ensure a smooth workflow and optimal output;
Assigning post-production schedules - checking with the editorial team (Producers and Editors) if viewing dates / times are going to be met and informing the relevant Heads of Department if not;
Liaising with the relevant stakeholders and the technical departments to systemise and enforce compliance of best practices,  SOPs and policies;
Liaising with the key Editorial staff to make sure review and approval happens at critical times;
Ensure that Quality Control is performed by editors and final Quality control is performed by the editorial team at all times on all edit work before sent for broadcast;
Ensure that all edit work is error free and the zero-tolerance to errors are maintained;
Review daily TD & EP reports, identify and investigate all errors resulting from post-production, provide feedback and assist the line manager with implementation of consequence management;
Prepare weekly update reports to the line manager and attend update meetings;
Prepare regular feedback reports to relevant