CBC/Radio-Canada

Associate Producer, assigned to the Homestretch (English Services) - CAL00466

Job Family: Programming (TV-Radio-Web)

Primary Location: Calgary

Status of Employment: Temporary, Full-time

What it’s like working 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.

This is a full time, temporary role until September 2020.

Your role

We are looking for an energetic and forward thinking Associate Producer to take on a vital support role for our local afternoon radio program, The Homestretch. You perform editorial assignments related to the gathering, writing and presentation of program material for radio primarily but on occasion all of our media platforms. You participate in the production, direction and/or post-production of a program and/or program segment. You should be comfortable with the demands and needs of television, radio and online news production. You should have some experience in field production, and be comfortable chasing and developing enterprise journalism and original research. Advice, guidance and direction are regularly available from one or more producers, but there is latitude for initiative and judgment. There may be opportunity to coordinate the work of others and close cooperation with the program unit is essential.

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

• University degree or equivalent.
• A minimum of two years related experience.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team as a leader and/or contributing member.
• Strong writing and editorial abilities.
• Exceptionally strong research and organizational skills.
• Extensive general knowledge.
• Extensive knowledge of Calgary and Southern Alberta.
• Experience directing a radio show would be an asset.
• Strong on-air presence.
• Strong and enthusiastic team player.
• Connected to the community.
• Curious, quick thinking, incisive and critical thinker.
• Innovative with programming ideas.
• Experience using social media to research, develop and source stories.
• Passionate about both stories and issues.
• Demonstrated attention to accuracy under time constraints required.

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’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 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 6c5e7853@freshgigs.ca

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our corporate website. 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. 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.

Wherever in the wording of the job description either gender is used, it shall be understood to include all genders.