- 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
- Team-oriented Communication
- Compassionate Leadership
- Interpersonal Skills
- Conflict Management

Industry Keywords

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

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