Host/Producer (Late Night News, English Services) / Animateur/Realisateur (Téléjournale 23h, Services anglais) - VAN00383

When you work at CBC/Radio-Canada, you're part of an inspiring, entertaining, truly Canadian organization. Each day, some of the industry's most creative minds come to work for a world leader in public broadcasting that fuels the Canadian dream, making our national broadcaster one of the country's largest cultural institutions.

As an important member of the unit, the successful candidate will be expected to both Host and Produce the weekday newscast for CBC Vancouver's late night news. In keeping with evolving editorial goals, the successful candidate will generate daily program ideas and program content. Utilizing a full range of presentation formats, the person will, with imagination and energy, bring a \"value-added\" approach to the news program. In addition to vetting scripts and writing program continuity, this host/producer will take an active interest in the overall content, texture and production values of the program, from assignment through program presentation. This role will require the candidate to also produce and present the 7:00 PM radio newscast. The successful candidate will be a strong team player, working closely with other staff and the executive producer. This is a temporary assignment, for approximately 6 months, beginning in September 2011.

Preference will be given to those candidates with previous experience as a host.



Qualifications

We're looking for a candidate with the following:

University degree or equivalent, with five years' experience of which three must involve work in broadcasting or a closely related industry, which is directly related to the area of assignment.

Solid journalistic skills, with highly developed vetting skills

Superior leadership, coaching and mentoring skills, with the demonstrated ability to mentor and encourage creativity

Highly developed production skills, including strong ability to produce a variety of program formats and experience in field production

Highly developed technical skills, including field recording, and experience using a variety of equipment

Advanced skills in, iNews and Dalet and Desktop Editing.

Ability to work proactively and provide leadership by example in a journalistic unit composed of highly talented professionals

Strong on-air presentation in Television

Excellent knowledge of political, social, economic and national issues that pertain to BC

An understanding of the relationship between network and regional programming

A track record of completing assignments independently

Driven by a passion for public service journalism

CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. CBC/Radio-Canada brings diverse regional and cultural perspectives into the daily lives of Canadians in English, French and eight Aboriginal languages.

CBC/Radio-Canada is committed to reflecting the country's diversity within its workforce and encourages applications from people of any wealth of cultures, linguistic and ethnocultural communities, gender, sexual orientations, ages, religions and those with different abilities.

For more information, visit the Talent and Diversity section of our corporate website: www.cbc.ca/jobs.

If this sounds interesting, we want to hear from you! We thank you for your interest, but only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Programming and Production

Primary Location Vancouver

Job Posting Jul 19, 2011

Unposting Date Aug 4, 2011



Status of Employment Temporary

Work schedule(s) Full-time


TO APPLY go to: https://cbc.taleo.net/careersection/2/jobdetail.ftl