Job Description

What it\xe2\x80\x99s like working at CBC/Radio-Canada

CBC Yukon is looking for someone with a natural curiosity and energy who loves to tell stories with compelling visuals, rich audio and great writing. The Yukon is diverse and inclusive, a place brimming with interesting characters and stories that speak to the hearts of our communities and cultures. It\'s a place of growth and change. We\'re seeing a rise in the rights and influence of Indigenous peoples, emergent immigrant communities and major shifts in the territory\xe2\x80\x99s social, political and economic landscapes.

Join the team that serves the Yukon as the people\'s broadcaster and leads the way in local storytelling on multiple platforms. Come join us on this exciting challenge to explore new ways of telling stories and diving deep into the issues that matter to our audience.

We want to hear from you!

You are a confident, compassionate and inclusive leader who loves current affairs journalism. You bring experience mentoring, coaching and working with a team.

You are a creative person and you inspire others to be creative too.

You will be producing the morning, noon and afternoon shows every day in collaboration with hosts, associate producers and reporters.

You\xe2\x80\x99re a great planner, organizer and motivator.

You will have the opportunity to come up with creative ideas and projects to engage and grow our audiences by reflecting Northern stories in all their beauty, challenges, joy, and complexity.

Working with an editorial leadership team led by CBC Yukon\xe2\x80\x99s Executive Producer, you help oversee and guide program staff to effectively, efficiently and empathetically cover the stories and issues affecting our diverse audience across the Yukon. An understanding of local issues and our audiences across the Yukon is essential.

You will lead team meetings about story chases while collaborating with News, Digital and Video Producers across the North.

You will build relationships within the CBC with an eye and ear for getting Yukon current affairs content to CBC audiences across the country.

You have a deep and demonstrated understanding of broadcast journalism, news, digital roll outs and strategic social media storytelling. You\xe2\x80\x99re also keen to understand and embrace new kinds of story treatments on current and emerging platforms.

Qualifications

What we\xe2\x80\x99re looking for

A strong understanding of the Yukon and pan-Northern political and cultural landscape.

A track record of building trust and relationships with diverse, regional communities

Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills

Initiative, creativity and curiosity.

Strong organizational skills; ability to handle a variety of functions quickly and efficiently and meet multiple deadlines.

Experience in pitching and producing original and creative ideas for stories and segments on multiple platforms, including audio, digital and social

Demonstrated ability to coordinate a small team and ability to work in harmony in a high-pressure, tight-deadline environment.

Experience in solving problems independently and in-group discussions.

Openness to new ideas, approaches and feedback

Strong vetting skills

Clear and decisive direction through the day to the audio team on expectations around story coverage including length, deadlines, updates, treatments and value-added material, ensuring close collaboration between news and other program units

Planning, organizing, coordinating and monitoring all Yukon news content to ensure breadth of coverage, variety of innovative treatments and quality of work throughout the day.

Excellent editing/production skills in Dalet and other audio editing software

Interest in traveling to Yukon communities and experience in field producing and coordinating a team to produce remote, live programming

Working knowledge of digital news and social media workflow and engagement.

Demonstrated coaching skills.

Podcasting experience would be an asset.

Experience and proven ability to tell stories in compelling and innovative ways to increase audience engagement.

Ability to work flexible hours and overtime, is required.

University degree or equivalent preferred.

Minimum of 5 years relevant experience of which 3 must involve work in broadcasting or a closely related industry

Knowledge of CBC editorial policies, including mandates and CBC\'s Journalistic Standards and Practices.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

If this sounds interesting, please click on \'\'Apply online\'\'. 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\xe2\x80\x99s diversity. That\xe2\x80\x99s 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\xe2\x80\x99s 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\xe2\x80\x99s public broadcaster. For more information, visit the section 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 recruitment@cbc.ca.

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on . 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.

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