Position Title:

Executive Producer - Indigenous Content for CBC News (English Services) (On-site)

Status of Employment:

Permanent

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (Reading - C - Advanced), English (Speaking - C - Advanced), English (Writing - C - Advanced)

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:

2026-04-01 11:59 PM

Your role:

We are looking for a highly collaborative, positive leader who will lead and support staff and drive the growth of Indigenous content across CBC News. This leader will oversee and support the remote teams responsible for CBC Indigenous and Unreserved, and the content produced by these teams. The Executive Producer role requires strong strategic thinking, superior relationship building skills, solid journalistic skills, a firm understanding of CBC’s journalistic standards and practices, and a passion for building stronger relationships through our journalism and connections with Indigenous communities throughout Canada.

Importantly, the new Executive Producer of Indigenous Content, will play a key role in connecting and amplifying the Indigenous content produced across all of CBC News, including by CBC North, the Cree Unit in Quebec, and our many newsrooms.

We are looking for a leader who naturally brings people together working across CBC News teams to support and align a strategy that unites the work of Indigenous content creators across the country for a common mandate that better serves Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences — all in line with CBC/Radio-Canada’s

National Indigenous Strategy

.

Function:

Reporting to the Managing Editor of Indigenous Content, the Executive Producer will be responsible for working closely with the CBC Indigenous team, the Unreserved team, and leaders across CBC News to bring this unified content strategy to life.

The Executive Producer will lead the development of Indigenous staff and implement the successful rollout of CBC’s expanded Reporting In Indigenous (RIIC) training, along with other training needs across CBC News.

This is a full-time, permanent role that can be based in any CBC location in Canada.

Key tasks:

The Executive Producer is responsible for:

• Building a supportive and collaborative work environment for teams
• A strong focus to help recruit, develop and retain Indigenous staff
• Leading and supporting the journalism of the CBC Indigenous and Unreserved teams, including resource planning and staffing decisions, against key priorities and an evolving mandate for CBC Indigenous
• Implement the development of the CBC News Indigenous Strategy and execution in conjunction with creators across the country against a common mandate to better serve Indigenous and non-Indigenous audiences
• Maintaining regular connection as a peer with Executive Producers and other leaders across Canada on individual newsroom strategy implementation efforts (including RIIC, individual initiatives, content tracking)
• Strategizing and managing CBC Indigenous presence and impact at big events across CBC News
• Ensure that content produced meets editorial standards and targets and adheres to CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices.
• Overseeing staff management, performance, training, development, leave, and adherence to CBC policies
• Support ongoing development programs like Pathways for new Indigenous hires
• Some travel across Canada to CBC offices will be required

Your Profile:

• Demonstrable leadership and management skills and experience to inspire teams during periods of significant change
• A minimum of 5 years related leadership experience
• A connection to and deep understanding of Indigenous communities in Canada including journalistic experience producing/creating Indigenous content
• A strong commitment to recruiting, developing and retaining Indigenous staff
• Proven collaborative and supportive leadership skills
• Ability to handle multiple priorities
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills including the ability to be clear and concise
• Strong knowledge of newsgathering and current affairs to lead, develop, implement, and evaluate programming
• Proven ability to set and implement programming strategy and create the conditions necessary for success, including by working collaboratively across multiple teams and disciplines in a complex organization
• A knowledge and understanding of audience measurement targets
• Proven ability to find solutions to a variety of resource and operational issues; make decisions to tight deadlines
• Cultural sensitivity, awareness and a demonstrated commitment to the value of diversity in the workplace

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

Diversity and Inclusion section

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

recruitment@cbc.ca

.

You are invited to consult and familiarize yourself with our Code of Conduct, which can be found on our

corporate website

. All employees must adhere to the Code as a condition of employment. We also invite you to take a look at our policy on

conflicts of interest

. 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:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full time