Executive Producer, Content Units (English Services)

Position Title:

Executive Producer, Content Units (English Services)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (First Official Language), English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (Writing)

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:

2024-11-04 11:59 PM

Permanent full-time based in Toronto.

The Opportunity

CBC News is looking for an exceptional editorial leader to be at the helm of our national Health, Climate, Science, Business, Entertainment and Education content unit teams and drive our editorial news coverage. If you’re an experienced journalist and an inclusive leader with ideas about setting a news agenda and developing staff, this is the opportunity for you.

Responsibilities include driving editorial coverage in our content unit subject matter areas – you encourage teams to respond to breaking and trending stories, to develop enterprise and impact content and to coordinate coverage of major stories and events. You have strong knowledge of the subject matter and can edit/vet sensitive or priority stories as needed. You are the first stop for the team around legal issues and issues involving the CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices. You ensure your teams are delivering content that meets the CBC News’s 5R strategy (Relevance, Responsiveness, Representation, Range, Reach/Retention).

You have knowledge of the CBC News mission and deeply understand the audience needs of traditional and emerging platforms. You understand what it is to create a strong story for The National, CBC NN, YouTube, About That, CBC’s new streaming channels, Your World Tonight, Your World This Hour, World Report and Front Burner. In particular, you are very familiar with the needs of our digital platforms – be it text, video, audio or live content. You have ideas of how the content unit teams can play a key role in the development of modular video and the CBC’s move to dayparted video.

While you oversee the content units, you are a partner to the domestic news executive producer and the world news executive producer, sharing responsibility to ensure the day’s priorities are met. You are able to step in to run national story meetings on behalf of the domestic news executive producer as needed and troubleshoot daily coverage plans as required. You can step in to backfill either of the other executive producer roles.

You also work closely with leadership in our local newsrooms and other parts of the CBC to partner on content and share expertise. You are driven to end silos at the CBC and bring teams together with shared goals.

While editorial excellence is an important element of this job, the role also requires strong leadership skills. Working alongside the Managing Editor of domestic news and content units, you guide and support your senior producers as they develop new journalists and help veteran journalists grow. You provide regular feedback to senior producers, reporters, producers and writers. You work with the Managing Editor to schedule your teams and handle their timecards and paperwork. You care for the physical and mental wellbeing of your team and coordinate support with the Managing Editor as required.

Must have University degree in journalism or equivalent with a minimum of 10 years of relevant journalism experience. Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

What you do:

EDITORIAL

• Drive editorial by ensuring teams produce daily content that includes breaking and trending news, enterprise and impact stories in the areas of Health, Science & Climate, Education, Entertainment, Business. The ability to drive enterprise stories while also being responsive to stories that emerge is crucial.

• Respond and coordinate coverage of major events connected to the content unit beats.

• Understand and drive the CBC’s 5R editorial strategy (Relevance, Responsiveness, Representation, Range, Reach/Retention).

• Partner closely with the domestic and world executive producers organize daily news needs or big breaking news as required.

• Ensure teams are meeting the audience needs of traditional and emerging news platforms. Understand the content needs for The National, CBC NN, YouTube, About That, the CBC’s new streaming channels, Your World Tonight, Your World This Hour, World Report and Front Burner.

• Have strong understanding of Digital platforms – digital text, video, audio, live content. Work closely with Digital executive producers and local digital leaders to ensure teams are continuing to meet audience needs in these spaces

• Understand and execute the CBC’s strategic move to create modular video and daypart video publication.

• Have a solid grasp of subject matter and follow the latest news and trends in the content unit areas.

TEAM LEADERSHIP/DEVELOPMENT

• Oversee 3 senior producers and teams of roughly 30 reporters/producers in the units of Health/Climate/Science, Entertainment/Education and Business.

• Develop/give feedback on leadership skills of the senior producers. Help them manage difficult staff situations, step in when they need assistance with support of the Managing Editor.

• Develop, mentor and promote growth of reporters/producers, with support of Managing Editor.

• Work with senior producers to bring on interns and other developing journalists; create development plans and feedback plans for them.

• Run weekly content unit story meeting, run weekly senior producer check-in.

• Schedule staff and approve timecards, with help of the Managing Editor.

COORDINATION ACROSS CBC NEWS

• Coordinate constantly with the executive producer of domestic news and the executive producer of World news to ensure the day’s overall needs and priorities are met. Step in as needed to run daily story meetings on behalf of the domestic executive producer. Assist in sorting out daily news coverage plans.

• Coordinate regularly with local leaders and leaders in other parts of CBC to drive overall editorial coverage of breaking news, planned news, 5R content and priority stories. Support other units as needed.

• Work with other executive producers in News to implement and develop strategy across teams.

• Coordinate/problem solve/drive strategy with show and platform leaders. Have regular check-ins.

• Coordinate/problem solve with leaders of areas that work with content unit teams – Editors, videographers, streaming, graphics, etc.

• Attend daily and weekly meetings to connect with other parts of newsgathering and the broader news department.

JSP/LEGAL

• Be a first stop for the content unit team on Journalistic Standards and Practices and legal issues.

• Give advice and provide guidance/leadership on Journalistic Standards and Practices and legal issues to content unit senior producers and field teams.

• Give editorial sign off and approval on priority stories, sensitive stories. Vet as needed.

• Answer Ombudsman letters and manage public/internal editorial issues, in collaboration with the Managing Editor.

• Evaluate outside appearance requests and conflict of interest issues that arise in the content unit teams, in collaboration with the Managing Editor.

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:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

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.