Producer CBC Indigenous, English Services, (On-site)

CBC/Radio-Canada; Regina; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

CBC Indigenous, English Services, on-site, seeks a highly collaborative, experienced assignment producer to drive Indigenous content growth across CBC News. Lead multi-platform story coverage, provide editorial oversight, and coach journalists to deliver high-quality, impactful journalism.

The role supports CBC’s commitment to diversity and integrity, with responsibilities spanning development, distribution, and cross-location coordination.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading a team in a multi-platform news environment.
• Excellent journalistic and critical thinking skills, including knowledge of CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices as well as the legal and ethical issues related to journalism.
• Ability to manage and organize large volumes of fast-moving information and redirect resources to meet priorities and objectives.
• Knowledge of and experience in assigning and creating content for all platforms (video, digital, social, radio, television, streaming) as well as vetting, editing, fact-checking and packaging.
• Superior communication, 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.
• A high-energy 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 Indigenous communities 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.
• University degree in journalism or equivalent with a minimum of five years of journalism experience.

Responsibilities

• Organize and lead story coverage across all platforms (video, digital, social, radio, television, streaming), including making decisions about story priorities and rollouts, allocating resources and assigning staff, and providing editorial oversight to ensure our content is original, relevant and impactful, and meets our journalistic standards.
• Oversee all aspects of story development including assigning, researching, gathering, writing, copy editing, vetting, packaging and push alerts.
• Oversee the distribution of our content on multiple platforms,
• Ensure assignments and content choices resonate with Indigenous audiences and align with CBC’s strategic objectives to connect with and grow audiences.
• Coordinate and collaborate on story assignments with producers of digital, visuals and current affairs radio, as well as with producers in other locations and program units.
• Provide feedback and coaching to journalists to help them develop their skills and produce content of the highest quality.
• Help lead the planning of coverage for special projects and events.
• Help oversee staffing and scheduling decisions when needed.

Skills

Team leadership

Editorial judgment

Journalistic standards

Strategic thinking

Multiplatform content

Communication skills

Indigenous engagement

People management

Flexibility

Diversity & inclusion

Education

University degree in journalism or equivalent

Job description

Producer CBC Indigenous, English Services, (On-site).Position Language Requirement:.English (Reading - P - Professional), English (Speaking - P - Professional), English (Writing - P - Professional)... Show more

Position Title:

Producer CBC Indigenous, English Services, (On-site)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (Reading - P - Professional), English (Speaking - P - Professional), English (Writing - P - Professional)

Work 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.

Unposting Date:

2026-11-09 11:59 PM

CBC Indigenous is looking for a highly collaborative, positive leader to help drive the growth of Indigenous content across CBC News. You are an experienced journalist and newsroom leader to support our daily and enterprise content as an assignment producer. The role can be based in any CBC location in Canada.

Your responsibilities:

• Organize and lead story coverage across all platforms (video, digital, social, radio, television, streaming), including making decisions about story priorities and rollouts, allocating resources and assigning staff, and providing editorial oversight to ensure our content is original, relevant and impactful, and meets our journalistic standards.
• Oversee all aspects of story development including assigning, researching, gathering, writing, copy editing, vetting, packaging and push alerts.
• Oversee the distribution of our content on multiple platforms,
• Ensure assignments and content choices resonate with Indigenous audiences and align with CBC’s strategic objectives to connect with and grow audiences.
• Coordinate and collaborate on story assignments with producers of digital, visuals and current affairs radio, as well as with producers in other locations and program units.
• Provide feedback and coaching to journalists to help them develop their skills and produce content of the highest quality.
• Help lead the planning of coverage for special projects and events.
• Help oversee staffing and scheduling decisions when needed.

Your profile:

• Demonstrated experience leading a team in a multi-platform news environment.
• Excellent journalistic and critical thinking skills, including knowledge of and familiarity with CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices as well as the legal and ethical issues related to journalism.
• Ability to manage and organize large volumes of fast-moving information and redirect resources to meet priorities and objectives.
• Knowledge of and experience in assigning and creating content for all platforms (video, digital, social, radio, television, streaming) as well as vetting, editing, fact-checking and packaging.
• Superior communication, 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.
• A high-energy 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 Indigenous communities 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.
• University degree in journalism or equivalent with a minimum of five years of journalism experience.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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.

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 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 .

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our . All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on . 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.

Primary Location:

541 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3B 2G1

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time