Position Title:

Administrative Support II, Discoverability, Outreach and Engagement - CBC Kids (English Services)

Status of Employment:

Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement:

Language Skills:

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:

2025-07-16 11:59 PM

Function:

Working with the CBC Kids Discoverability, Outreach and Engagement team, your job will be to support a small team of producers and associate producers who create and publish content in a variety of ways, on third-party platforms including YouTube and Meta. If you love children’s media and crave a working environment where team members are working on a variety of projects at the same time and things can change from week-to-week, this position is for you.

We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, detail-oriented, organized, and has high proficiency in written and verbal communication. The job involves providing ongoing support to producers, including managing team calendars and work platforms, booking key personnel, managing contracts, creating call sheets, ordering supplies and communicating with all involved.

This job also involves assisting in the coordination, set up, and execution of occasional in-person events and our weekly live virtual school program. The successful applicant will occasionally work at events on weekends or later-than-normal on weekdays. They may occasionally have to work at locations other than CBC Toronto. The work also involves facilitating live Zoom calls with classrooms on a weekly basis during the school year.

This position is hybrid, with some work being done from home, and some being done at CBC.

Key responsibilities:

• Production Coordination: Support small production tapings, including booking locations, crews, gear and talent, and communicating with all involved including preparing and sending call sheets.
• Virtual School Program: Scheduling and facilitating live Zoom calls with classrooms, including managing the technical aspects of Zoom, managing a scheduling platform, and responding to teacher emails as they come.
• Live Events: Supporting the CBC Kids Outreach team at occasional in-person events, including packing, set up, working at events and functioning in an audience-facing environment with kids and their parents, or other audience groups.
• Team administration: Maintaining various tracking spreadsheets and workflows on Google and Monday.com, and looking for ways to improve these established methods on an ongoing basis as new features are added and team needs arise or change.
• Audience Relations: Written communication with audiences via email and social media platforms

As required, performs the following tasks:

• Supporting various aspects of YouTube and Meta packaging and publishing
• Copy editing text written by others
• Update and maintain Monday.com and other databases, and create new work systems as needed
• Order, package and ship items for giveaways
• Organize and maintain a storage room
• Occasionally lift and move boxes and mascot bags
• Research and order swag according to established best practices
• Schedule a virtual school program, and facilitate
• Administration of contests and giveaways
• Prepare reports as requested
• Request contracts as needed

Education Required:

• Job requires a university degree or equivalent.

Experience Required:

• Candidates must have a minimum of three years’ of experience in Children’s Media Production, proven ability as a production coordinator, experience in publishing on YouTube, Meta, and other social media platforms, and a strong understanding of the various stages of child development especially preschool, and school age audiences.
• Previous experience working with children aged 0-12 is an asset.

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