Radio-Canada

Senior Producer, Investigative Unit

Radio-Canada

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Fredericton • Canada

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Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Oversee daily editorial decisions in the Atlantic I-unit
  • Lead editorial meetings, organise rollouts, and provide editorial oversight to ensure our content is original, representative, responsive, relevant and impactful, and meets our journalistic standards
  • Work with the Executive Producer to develop a strategy for the CBC Atlantic I-Unit with a focus on uncovering the best investigations and developing data, source and document driven content across all platforms
  • Leadership in analysis of facts and information gathered and ability to draw conclusions or raise issues requiring further investigation
  • Great understanding investigative techniques including Access to Information requests
  • Provide feedback and coaching to journalists to help them develop their skills and produce content of the highest quality
  • Assist with planning CBC-wide coverage for special projects and events
  • Be in tune with story and video trends and audience habits
  • Collaborate with other leaders to grow audiences on all CBC News platforms
  • Work closely with community producers to deepen our community connections through programming, outreach and stakeholder sessions

Requirements

  • University degree in journalism or equivalent
  • Minimum of seven years of journalism experience
  • Demonstrated experience leading a team in a fast-paced daily multi-platform news environment
  • Excellent understanding of investigative journalism best practices, research and production techniques
  • Excellent journalistic and critical thinking skills, including knowledge of the legal and ethical issues related to journalism
  • Superior communication, leadership, 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
  • An enthusiastic 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, 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
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Hard Skills & Tools
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Soft Skills
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Certifications
university degree in journalism