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About the Role

CBC News is seeking a creative editorial leader with sharp news judgment to lead live and daily audio news programming on weekends. This role drives daily programming with a hyper-focus on live and breaking national and international news for hourly radio news and podcast programs, Your World Tonight and The World This Hour. The position requires an audience-first mindset, shaping compelling content for both podcast and terrestrial radio formats. Responsibilities include steering editorial meetings, stimulating creative discussions, identifying impactful stories, and reacting decisively to major developments to ensure audiences receive timely content. The role also involves supporting colleagues during extended live coverage and requires extensive studio skills in a fast-paced environment. The Senior Producer will foster a diverse and inclusive work culture, provide constructive feedback, guide complex editorial decisions, and teach advanced writing and producing skills, while ensuring adherence to CBC journalistic standards for fairness, balance, accuracy, and immediacy.

Responsibilities

Determine story priorities, develop innovative content strategies, and guide teams through live, breaking, and ongoing news coverage.
Guide the team on story length, deadlines, updates, and audio treatments.
Develop and practice a culture of embracing breaking news and leaning into developing stories with a disciplined focus on audience needs and CBC News strategy.
Collaborate with broadcast, streaming, and digital teams to ensure a full live experience across all platforms.
Exercise editorial responsibility over daily production and live broadcasting.
Coordinate resources and determine the look, style, and pace of the lineup to maintain consistency with network mandates.
Drive continuous improvement, be agile and adaptable in transforming newsroom structures and roles, and lead transitions.
Understand what motivates people, welcome feedback, and consider input when aligning the team around shared goals.
Facilitate open, inclusive story meetings.
Encourage story pitches and development.
Collaborate across CBC News platforms to coordinate content, such as raw sound, clipped material, and packaged audio items.
Actively support staff development, provide ongoing constructive feedback and coaching.
Connect regularly with senior leadership about staffing and scheduling requirements and team culture.
Translate insights and data to guide content decisions to expand reach to new and younger news consumers, and to deepen engagement with all Canadians.
Strictly uphold CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices at all times.
Step in to perform all or part of the functions of an equivalent or lower classification as needed.

Requirements

Minimum of seven years in broadcast journalism.
Proven experience producing live and breaking news programming, including production planning and resource co-ordination.
Demonstrated ability as a programmer with a keen ear for pacing, tone, and presentation.
Mandatory experience taking programs to air.
Exceptional problem-solving skills to navigate fast-moving, high-pressure news situations.
Adept at verifying and fact-checking content.
Superior coaching abilities to support developing journalists, veteran staff, and on-air hosts.
Exceptional communication, organizational, and feedback skills.
A deep commitment to public broadcasting.
Understanding of modern industry trends.
Ability to identify legal and ethical issues in journalism.
Application of CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices.
Submit a cover letter with resume to assess written communication.
Portfolio should include work produced for audio and streaming platforms.
Do not use generative artificial intelligence in submission.
Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.
Candidates who advance will be asked to complete a background check, including a mandatory Criminal record check.
Other background checks may be conducted based on operational requirements.

Skills

Sharp news judgment
Audience-first mindset
Live and breaking news production
Podcast and terrestrial radio content creation
Editorial direction
Content strategy development
Live broadcasting
Production management
Broadcast coordination
Agile and adaptable
Team leadership
Coaching
Constructive feedback
Advanced writing skills
Advanced producing skills
Journalistic standards adherence
Fairness, balance, accuracy, thoughtfulness, immediacy
Cross-platform content creation
Audience engagement
Data analysis for content decisions
Audio production skills
iNews
Dalet
Avid Media Central
Google tools for content creation, distribution, and planning
Critical thinking
Problem-solving
Verification and fact-checking
Broad knowledge base (politics, business, science, sports, entertainment, health)
Communication skills
Organizational skills
Mentorship skills

Location

Toronto, Ontario

Work Type

On-site
Full-time
Permanent
Four-day compressed work week (Thursday to Sunday)
Overtime, including early mornings and evenings when news is breaking

Experience Level

Senior

Education Level

University degree or college diploma in journalism, audio production, or a related field

About the Company

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.
CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity.
We create and tell stories that connect Canadians by having a workforce that mirrors the ever-changing makeup of our country.
CBC/Radio-Canada values equal opportunity and nurtures an inclusive workplace where individual differences are recognized and valued.
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.
Consult our policy on conflicts of interest.

Equal Opportunity

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to being a leader in reflecting our country’s diversity.
We 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.
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.