Position Title: Senior Media Librarian (Telework) (English Services)

Status of Employment: Temporary 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: 2026-03-24 11:59 PM

Senior Media Librarian, Indigenous Languages Archives Project - 1 year with possibility of extension The Indigenous Languages Archives (ILA) curates, digitises, and catalogues (using a decolonizing and Indigenizing approach) CBC’s Indigenous language archived radio programs to make them searchable, discoverable, and accessible. CBC North is seeking a Senior Media Librarian to facilitate this work.

Reporting to the Manager, Indigenous languages Archive, and working under the supervision of the Project Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing the work of a team of cataloguers, ensuring established workflows and standards are adhered to, liaise with various technical teams to implement and operationalise metadata schemas in the media asset management system - and as such, make the content searchable and accessible, and provide continued training and support to the team. Work is governed by CBC programming and journalistic policies as well as various agreements governing the possible use of these materials. Advice and guidance are available but there is latitude for, and an expectation of independent judgement. Work usually involves the coordination of the activities of others.

Some key tasks include:

• Support the Project Lead in implementing best practices with respect to physical assets, media assets, and metadata management.
• Working in CBC’s media asset management system, you will ensure the integrity of catalogued records.
• Ensure materials are catalogued to established standards, with specific reference to metadata maintaining an Indigenizing perspective.
• Assigns, co-ordinates, and trains the cataloguing team.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of CBC’s media asset management system.
• Update asset and workflow tracking documents as required.
• Work with the Project Lead to track the progress of the Project.
• Collaborate with stakeholders in technology solutions and support to ensure best practices in the management of digital and digitised files.
• Ensure unique identifiers are applied to all digitised files.
• Carry out records validation, and report issues to the Project Lead.
• Responsible for maintaining and updating guidelines/standards, workflow, and user training documentation.

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

• Strong bilingual communication in Inuktitut and English—with an emphasis on written English and spoken/comprehensive Inuktitut.
• Knowledge of metadata standards, subject analysis and controlled vocabularies.
• Familiarity or experience or knowledge of/with non-western metadata schemas.
• Knowledge of or experience cataloguing digital collections.
• Knowledge of CBC/Radio-Canada programming policies and journalistic standards and practices, an asset.
• Knowledge of CBC/Radio-Canada programming is an asset.
• Familiarity with, or ability to learn, CBC internal systems.
• Understanding of file-based workflows, systems and tools is an asset.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
• Ability to work without supervision.
• Strong interpersonal skills working in a team environment.
• Highly organised and detail-oriented.
• Self-motivated and self-sufficient.
• Four years of comparable and relevant experience.
• Graduate degree from an accredited library school or equivalent education and experience.
• A Master’s degree in Library Science is considered 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: 5002 Forrest Drive, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, X1A 2A9

Number of Openings: 1

Work Schedule: Full time