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Director of Engineering
Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Blantyre Deadline: Nov 5, 2026
About this role
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategic Leadership:
Planning and designing the station and Outside Broadcasting (OB) systems to meet modern broadcasting standards.
Leading capital and recurring planning for the departmental expense budget
Quality Assurance & Compliance:
Assuring quality control of all installations to ensure technical excellence
Ensuring FCC compliance on all broadcast signals to maintain regulatory standards.
Infrastructure Management:
Managing the technical signal distribution, monitoring, and routing of infrastructure for the Corporation.
Overseeing and maintaining station documentation for all electronic installations as well as ouilding drawings
Managing and Överseeing all engineering infrastructure and equipment
Team Performance:
Overseeing the performance management of engineering staff.
Assigning, directing, and coordinating engineering-related projects to ensure timely and quality delivery.
Technical Öperations:
Monitoring and troubleshooting technical and ICT issues, including automated workflows, on-premise hardware/software, and cloud services.
Inter-Directorate Liaison:
Liaising with other directorates on the quality service delivery of the Engineering Directorate Attending and contributing to management meetings to align technical strategy with corporate goals.
TERMS & CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
MBC shall offer an attractive and competitive employee benefits package in accordance with its emolument structure commensurate with qualifications and experience. This includes a competitive salary, medical insurance, and membership to a contributory pension scheme.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested candidates who meet the above required qualifications and experience should submit their application package comprising:
A detailed and up-to-date Curriculum Vitae (CV)
Names and contact details of three (3) traceable referees.
Certified copies of all relevant academic and professional certificates.
Please send your application under confidential cover to:
The Comptroller of Statutory Corporations
P.O. Box 30061
Capital City, LILONGWE 3
Please note: Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged and invited for interviews.
MBC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Skills and requirements
a minimum of seven (7) years of progressive experience supervising an engineering workforcespecifically within broadcasting operations or a similarly complex technical environment. this experience must demonstrate a proven ability to manage large-scale technical infrastructurelead capital planningand oversee complex engineering projects.collaborative leaderproblem-solverstrategic plannerproject management experttechnical masterymaster’s degree in one of the following: a) electrical engineeringtelecommunications engineeringelectronics engineeringor a closely related engineering discipline; or b) information and communication technology (ict)computer scienceinformation systemscomputer engineering or another relevant technology-related discipline provided the candidate demonstrates substantial and sustained technical and operational leadership in broadcasting engineeringradio frequency (rf) transmission systemstelecommunications network infrastructureor a comparable technical environment relevant to the corporation’s operations