Producer, Atlantic Investigative Unit (English Services) (On-Site)

CBC/Radio-Canada • Halifax, NS

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The CBC Atlantic Investigative Unit seeks an innovative and collaborative producer to support our team of award-winning investigative journalists. Reporting to the Senior Producer of the Atlantic I-unit, Rob Antle, you will help shape investigative and enterprise story creation, ensuring content resonates with our audience across various platforms. You will produce numerous story and project rollouts and help land them for maximum public service impact. You will pitch and shape ideas, vet scripts for video, audio and text, and bring knowledge and experience to thorny legal and JSP matters. You’ll be on the lookout for opportunities to collaborate, co-produce, and leverage learning opportunities for the team. Your keen news sense and curiosity, understanding of investigative best practices and top tier editorial and organisational abilities will be crucial in helping to shape the team’s work. A natural collaborator, you will thrive on mentoring young journalists, navigating conflict and change, breaking down silos, and developing a representative and inclusive culture that is brought to bear on the stories undertaken by the unit as well. You will help to guide, coach, and support reporters, working closely with regional leaders. You’re an advocate for transparency and press freedom in the world around us, and bring that work to external institutions when possible. This role requires full time on site presence. The work can be done from any of the following CBC stations in the Atlantic: St. John’s, Halifax, Fredericton, or Charlottetown.

Requirements

• University degree in journalism or equivalent with a 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 team leader with a positive, team-first attitude and the ability to motivate and coach people, 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.
• 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.
• Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
• As part of our recruitment process, candidates who advance to the next step will be asked to complete a background check. This includes: A mandatory Criminal record check. Other background checks may be conducted based on the operational requirements of the position.

Responsibilities

• Help shape editorial decisions in the Atlantic I-unit. Contribute to editorial meetings, rollouts, and provide editorial support to ensure our content is original, representative, responsive, relevant and impactful, and meets our journalistic standards.
• Leadership in analysis of facts and information gathered and ability to draw conclusions or raise issues requiring further investigation.
• Be a resource for great story ideas and development
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior