2024-07-31 16:34:24
The monthly salary before taxes for the chairman of the board is 10,141.72 euros, and for members of the board – 9,219.75 euros.
Comparatively, for example, the chairman of the board of Latvian Television Ivars Priede received a total of 70,567 euros or around 5,900 euros per month, and the chairman of the board of Latvian Radio Una Klapkalne – 65,688 euros or around 5,500 euros per month, according to the declarations of state officials submitted by them.
SEPLP told LETA agency that when determining the monthly remuneration, the average amount of the fixed part of the remuneration was evaluated and taken into account in the sector in the private sector in a capital company of the appropriate size for the relevant position. Namely, SEPLP stressed that “Latvijas Sabiedriskais medijs” corresponds to a large capital company, therefore it is not correct to compare it with the remunerations of the board members of Latvian Television and Latvijas Radio, because the mentioned capital companies correspond to medium capital companies.
Also, when determining the remuneration, as stated by SEPLP, the ambitious, hard-to-achieve goals set in the capital company’s planning documents are taken into account when implementing the reorganization, the scope and complexity of duties related to the operation of a single media, as well as the manageable risks with a significant impact on the operation and responsibility of the capital company, when implemented with a single reorganization related to media activities. Also, the capital company’s financial resources available for the payment of remuneration, the share of the capital company’s own revenues and the share of public financial resources in the total revenues of the capital company are taken into account, reducing the base salary accordingly, taking into account that the capital company’s financing comes from public resources.
As reported, SEPLP has announced a competition for the positions of board members of the emerging VSIA “Latvijas Sabiedriskais medijs”. A competition has been announced for the positions of board chairman, board member for program and service development, board member for financial management, board member for technology management and board member for personnel management.
“The election of the board will be one of the most important events in the course of the formation of the united public media. This is a unique opportunity to lead unprecedented change processes in the Latvian media environment. Therefore, we invite candidates with a broad vision, the ability to inspire and achieve results – both those who come from the media environment to participate in the competition , as well as those who have experience and success in working in other sectors,” emphasizes Jānis Siksnis, chairman of SEPLP.
Candidates for board members of public media must have at least a master’s degree in higher education and must have knowledge of the media industry, especially the importance of public electronic media in a democratic society.
Also, candidates need at least five years of experience in a managerial position in the field of media or at least three years of experience as a member of the board or council of a medium-sized or large capital company, or at least five years of experience in a high management position of a capital company, organization or institution, the occupation of which proves the necessary set of skills and in which the obtained experience in the media is a plus.
The competition will be held in three rounds. In the first round, the candidates’ compliance with the minimum requirements will be evaluated, in the second round, the commission members will ask them about the development vision of “Latvijas Sabiedriskais medija”, and in the third round, the competences of the best applicants will be evaluated in depth by personnel selection specialists.
Applicants are invited to apply until August 23.
The agency LETA already announced that the merger of “Latvijas Radio” and “Latvijas Televīzijas” started at the beginning of April, with the two state capital companies merging to establish VSIA “Latvijas Sabiedriskas medijs”, which will start work on January 1, 2025.
2024-07-31 16:34:24