Senior Producer, Assignment (English Services) (On-Site) in Edmonton, Alberta

Position Title:

Senior Producer, Assignment (English Services) (On-Site)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

Language Skills:

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.

Do you think you have the ability and drive to keep up with this exciting, ever-changing industry? Whether it be in front of the camera, on air, online or behind the scenes, you would be joining a team that thrives on making connections and telling stories that are important to Canadians.

Unposting Date:

2024-09-17 11:59 PM

This role requires full time on site presence.

CBC Edmonton is looking for an experienced journalist and newsroom leader to drive our daily and enterprise news coverage as senior producer of assignment.

Your role

Reporting to the executive producer of news, the successful candidate will oversee our newsgathering resources, deciding what stories to cover, when and by whom. As the senior producer, you will be the lead producer on the assignment desk, ensuring that your teams set the news agenda for Edmonton and northern Alberta throughout the week.

You will be an editorial leader and an experienced mentor, someone who demonstrates sound news judgment and critical thinking skills in both breaking news and enterprise reporting, and who inspires others to be innovative and creative.

As a leader, you are naturally collaborative, skilled at navigating conflict and change, breaking down silos and developing a representative and inclusive culture.

You will have experience leading teams in all aspects of news, from breaking events to investigative projects, and you will thrive as part of a team in the fast-paced, high-pressure world of a multi-platform newsroom. You understand that daily news can be a flat-out sprint to deadline, with myriad complex decisions to make along the way, so organizational skills are key.

You will be a strategic thinker who puts audience needs at the centre of your decision-making, ensuring our news content across all platforms connects our audiences to the news they need to know, the stories that affect their lives and the issues that resonate in their communities. You will strive to broaden the range of perspectives and experiences reflected in our news content, especially those from people who have been traditionally underrepresented in the media.

You will ensure that all our work adheres to CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices and that it upholds our core principles of accuracy, fairness, balance, impartiality and integrity.

Your responsibilities:

• Organize and lead news coverage across all platforms (digital, social, radio, television, streaming), including making decisions about story priorities and rollouts, allocating resources and assigning staff, and providing editorial oversight to ensure our content is original, relevant and impactful, and meets our journalistic standards.

• Oversee all aspects of story development including assigning, researching, gathering, writing, editing, vetting and packaging.

• Ensure assignments and content choices resonate with residents of Edmonton and northern Alberta and align with CBC’s strategic objectives to connect with and grow audiences.

• Oversee and collaborate with the other producers on the assignment desk (afternoons, weekends) to ensure continuity of news coverage.

• Coordinate and collaborate on story assignments with senior producers of digital, visuals and current affairs radio, as well as with producers in other locations and program units.

• Provide feedback and coaching to journalists to help them develop their skills and produce content of the highest quality.

• Help lead the planning of newsroom-wide coverage for special projects and events.

• Help oversee staffing and scheduling decisions.

Your profile

• Demonstrated experience leading a team in a fast-paced daily multi-platform news environment.

• Excellent journalistic and critical thinking skills, including knowledge of and familiarity with CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices as well as the legal and ethical issues related to journalism.

• Ability to manage and organize large volumes of fast-moving information and redirect resources to meet priorities and objectives.

• Knowledge of and experience in assigning and creating content for all platforms (digital, social, radio, television, streaming) as well as vetting, editing, fact-checking and packaging.

• Superior communication, interpersonal and organizational skills.

• A strategic thinker with a proven track record of executing on a vision.

• Demonstrated ability to exercise both quick editorial judgment and long-term planning.

• A high-energy leader with a positive, team-first attitude and the ability to motivate and coach teams, encourage creativity and embrace experimentation.

• Experience and commitment to developing content strategies to feature new voices and perspectives and to connect with new, younger and more diverse audiences.

• A strong proven connection to the communities we serve in Edmonton and northern Alberta, and a deep and nuanced understanding and appreciation of diverse perspectives and lived experiences.

• Strong people management skills with a keen desire to live and promote the values of diversity and an inclusive and respectful work culture.

• Ability and willingness to work flexible hours as required.

• Possession of a valid driver’s licence as well as a driving record that meets the minimum requirements of CBC/Radio-Canada’s insurance company.

• University degree in journalism or equivalent with a minimum of seven years of journalism experience.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity. That’s because we can only create and tell the stories that connect Canadians, by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country. That’s why we, as an employer, value equal opportunity and nurture an inclusive workplace where our individual differences are not only recognized and valued, but also extend to and pervade all the services we provide as Canada’s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/working-with-us/jobs/diversity-inclusion-cbc-rc) of our website. If you have accommodation needs at this stage of the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible by sending an e-mail to [email protected] .

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/values-ethics/conduct) . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on conflicts of interest (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/human-resources/conflicts) . In the event that you become an employee, it will be important to inform us, as quickly as possible, of any situation that, because of your hiring, constitutes or could appear to constitute a conflict of interest.

Primary Location:

123 Edmonton City Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 2Y8

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time

At CBC/Radio-Canada (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en) , we create content that informs, entertains and connects Canadians on multiple platforms. Our successes and accomplishments are driven by embodying and upholding values, which include creativity, integrity, inclusiveness and relevance.