Senior Producer, Assignment & Story Centricity (English Services) (On-Site)

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The Senior Producer of Assignment and Story Centricity works everyday to ensure New Brunswickers get the stories they need from their CBC, to drive journalistic excellence and to make CBC New Brunswick the multi-platform choice for news and current affairs that gives people what they want, when they want it, and how they want it. They lead responsiveness to breaking news and support gathering for enterprise and current affairs journalism by overseeing daily, mid and long term assignment, resource management and logistics planning. The Senior Producer of Assignment and Story Centricity has direct reports and plays a critical role in managing the performance of team members in addition to planning, directing, and coordinating the work of others. They support team development and ongoing staff feedback, including the PDD process. The Senior Producer of Assignment and Story Centricity ensures assignments and resources are allocated against strategic priorities. They optimize the story-centered assignment process by being a champion of SCA best practices and leading the evolution of newsroom processes. They lead the one-division relationship with assignment colleagues (network / local). They stay informed of performance data and analytics, contribute to learnings (ie; AB headline testing), and apply best practices. This is a full-time permanent position, based in Fredericton. Key Tasks: Planning, directing, and coordinating staff and resource assignment for breaking, daily and enterprise news and current affairs journalism. Providing editorial oversight to ensure content is original, relevant and impactful, elevates a range of voices and perspectives, identifies legal risk and adheres to our Journalistic Standards and Practices. Supervising direct reports, playing a critical role in managing the performance of team members. Supporting team development including the PDD process and providing ongoing individual feedback. Ensuring resources are allocated against strategic priorities. Maintaining a comprehensive calendar of events and critical dates, demonstrating a nuanced understanding of the context, strategic significance, and possible resource requirements of each. Leading the one-division relationship with assignment colleagues (network / local). Driving the story-centered assignment process by staying up to date on best practices and evolving assignment processes. Staying informed of performance data and analytics, contributing to learnings (ie; AB headline testing), and applying best practices. Performing all or part of the function or duties of an equivalent or lower classification. About You: You are an experienced team leader and know how to plan, direct, and co-ordinate the work of others, as well as manage the performance of team members You know how to balance a senior leadership role that includes an accountability to achieve strategic objectives with the continuous requirement to focus on the details that ensure that content is of the highest quality You have a solid track record of quick editorial judgment and making immediate decisions in complex and stressful environments You are a critical thinker and can sift through complex layers of a story, and provide guidance or seek consultation when needed You have sound experience and judgment in news, Journalistic Standards and Practices and media law You have experience in and understanding of all content delivery platforms, and seek collaboration and seamlessness between teams, putting the audience first through a story centric approach You are a highly-motivated journalist and thrive during breaking news You have demonstrated excellence in assignment, logistics and planning, experience in risk assessment and mitigation, and have a keen understanding of operational and workload demands. You are an exceptional communicator, bring a team-first attitude and the ability to motivate and coach teams, encourage creativit

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Position Title: Senior Producer, Assignment & Story Centricity (English Services) (On-Site) Status of Employment: Permanent Position Language Requirement: English Language Skills: English (Reading - B - Intermediate), English (Speaking - B - Intermediate), English (Writing - B - Intermediate) 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: 2026-06-29 11:59 PM This role requires full time on site presence. Please note that a strong internal candidate has been identified.

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