Interim Managing Editor, English Services

Jobtailor; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks a senior editorial leader to oversee four Southwestern Ontario teams (Windsor, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, Hamilton) and the Niagara Region bureau. You will guide daily news, pilots, live and on-demand coverage, and community outreach, ensuring accuracy, balance, and local relevance.

Collaborating with CBC leaders nationwide, you will hire and mentor staff, manage budgets, and drive innovative local storytelling across on-air, digital, and live events, while upholding

Qualifications

• Exceptional critical thinking skills.
• Deep passion for local journalism and community engagement.
• Clear, concise, and collaborative communication style.
• Compassionate and collaborative leadership approach.
• Ability to connect with diverse personalities and perspectives.
• Strategic daily newsroom planning against set objectives.
• Experience with breaking news, features, investigative, audio and digital storytelling.
• Commitment to workplace diversity and inclusion.
• Strong interpersonal and conflict management skills.
• Willingness to travel to stations as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead four Southwestern Ontario teams in Windsor, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Hamilton, including the Niagara Region bureau.
• Drive local editorial strategy and oversee objectives with measurable outcomes.
• Oversee local daily news, pilots, live and on-demand coverage, community outreach, and news specials.
• Collaborate with CBC leaders and units across the country.
• Hire, mentor, and develop staff while ensuring journalistic standards are met.
• Manage budgets, costs, and resources with finance.
• Build relationships with new audiences, including the 35–49 demographic.
• Address issues with maintenance, security, and technical matters as needed.
• Travel to and supervise multiple stations as required.
• Develop local partnerships and community outreach strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Editorial Strategy

Local Journalism

Crisis Management

Team Management

Budget Management

Content Accuracy Monitoring

Community Outreach

Legal Knowledge in Broadcasting

Bilingual (English/French)

Job description

• Lead four Southwestern Ontario teams in Windsor, London, Kitchener-Waterloo, and Hamilton, including the Niagara Region bureau
• Drive local editorial strategy for the stations
• Develop, implement, and oversee objectives with measurable outcomes
• Oversee local daily news, pilots, live and on-demand coverage, community outreach, and news specials
• Collaborate with CBC leaders and units across the country
• Build meaningful relationships with new audiences, including the 35–49 demographic
• Lead change and adapt station work to evolving community needs
• Hire, inspire, mentor, support, and develop staff
• Ensure journalistic standards are met and content is fair, balanced, accurate, thoughtful, and intelligent
• Address non-journalism issues with other departments, including maintenance, security, and technical matters
• Provide daily and project-based editorial leadership
• Work with legal teams when required
• Develop local partnerships and community outreach strategies
• Build connections between local teams and colleagues across Canada
• Answer complaints to the CBC Ombudsman
• Track costs and follow budgets with finance staff
• Support staff training and development
• Troubleshoot station site issues with executive producers
• Travel to stations as required
• Manage special programming, including town halls, forums, specials, holiday events, enterprise series, and investigative projects
• Monitor published content for accuracy, immediacy, and integrity
• Manage editorial matters, HR, financial resources, and budgets

Requirements

• Exceptional critical thinking skills
• Keen understanding of and passion for local journalism
• Clear, concise, and collaborative communication style
• Compassionate and collaborative leadership approach
• Ability to connect with a wide range of personalities, perspectives, and experiences
• Strategic approach to daily journalism against established objectives and priorities
• Experience with breaking news, features, investigative, audio, video, and digital storytelling
• Cultural sensitivity and commitment to workplace diversity
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including feedback, positive reinforcement, and conflict management
• Commitment to continuous learning
• Sense of adventure and eagerness to try new things
• Minimum 10 years of related leadership experience, including newsroom leadership
• Proven leadership and management skills during significant change
• Track record guiding complex journalistic decision-making
• Experience applying journalistic standards and practices in a daily newsroom
• Understanding of CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices
• Knowledge of law relating to broadcasting, digital media, and journalism
• Strong understanding of media trends and implications for CBC News and local journalism
• Ability to make rapid, frequent decisions under tight deadlines
• Experience leading a news team during major breaking-news events
• Experience hiring and supporting new staff in a journalism setting
• Experience with video and/or audio storytellingli>
• Experience managing teams remotely
• English and French reading, speaking, and writing skills
• Must travel to stations as required
• Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing
• Successful candidates advancing in recruitment must complete a mandatory criminal record check and potentially other operationally required background checks
• Employees must adhere to the CBC/Radio-Canada Code of Conduct
• Employees must comply with the conflict-of-interest policy

Core Competencies

Demonstrates strong leadership in local journalism, with a focus on strategic editorial management, community engagement, and adherence to journalistic standards. Proven ability to mentor and develop teams while navigating complex decision-making in a fast-paced news environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Leadership Experience in Newsroom
• Strategic Editorial Management
• Understanding of CBC's Journalistic Standards
• Experience with Video and Audio Storytelling
• Bilingual Communication Skills (English and French)

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Local Journalism
• Editorial Strategy Development
• Investigative Storytelling
• Digital Storytelling
• Budget Management
• Crisis Management
• Content Accuracy Monitoring
• Team Management
• Community Outreach Strategy
• Legal Knowledge in Broadcasting

Soft Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Collaborative Communication
• Compassionate Leadership
• Interpersonal Skills
• Conflict Management

Industry Keywords

• Journalistic Standards and Practices
• Media Trends
• Diversity and Inclusion
• Community Engagement
• Broadcasting Law