Candidate Bank: Announcer/Operator, Indigenous Languages (English Services)

工作内容

Keepers of the Language: Inuktitut

Keepers of the Language: Inuvialuktun

Keepers of the Language: Tłı̨chǫ

Keepers of the Language: South Dene

Keepers of the Language: North Dene

Keepers of the Language: Gwich’in

Keepers of the Language: Chipewyan

Work at CBC/Radio-Canada

CBC North’s team sometimes seeks candidates to fill upcoming positions. Submit your profile online and we’ll put you in our candidate database, which we consult regularly to fill a variety of positions (short-term/on-call, temporary, permanent) in all areas of the North. You can update your online profile at any time.

CBC North is focused on attracting a diversified talent pool and ensuring that diversity informs how it recruits and develops its workforce. For more information, visit the Diversity and Inclusion section of our website.

Please note that this is an anticipatory posting. Only successful candidates will be contacted in the event of a vacancy.

Your role

CBC North is seeking our next Announcer/Operators, for the Northwest Territories’ weekday Indigenous Language language radio programs which provides the top stories of the day and all the information listeners from the Northwest Territories need to know about issues affecting their communities.

In this role you will find, research, prepare and present interviews, news stories and host radio program content in the territorial Indigenous languages.

You will be working in a deadline-driven environment that requires close cooperation and consultation with other staff, while adhering to CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practice.

Key Tasks

• Plans and organizes programs or program segments, ensures the preparation of material for broadcast.
• Proposes program ideas, lines up guests or interviewees, prepares background notes and questions, and conducts interviews on or off air.
• Writes material for broadcast.
• Develops and maintains contacts with diverse community sources.
• Evaluates information gathered, organizes it and presents it on air.
• Edits program material.
• Interacts with program participants such as guests, interviewees, panelists and/or members of the audience. Uses interviewing skills to elicit pertinent facts and information.
• Provides narration and linking continuity between program segments.
• Ensures the proper operating condition of equipment.
• Ensures that program audio mixes achieve optimum aural results.
  

As Required, Performs The Following Tasks

• Participate in community relations activities to promote the CBC.
• Direct a program or program segment in studio or at a remote location.
• Maintain an appropriate level of communication with members of the audience.
• Archive programs and program scripts and lineups.
• Perform incidental technical functions necessary to ensure the smooth and continuous functioning of the station.
  

We Are Looking For a Candidate With The Following

• Fluent, Excellent Indigenous language skills required.
• Previous on-air experience in radio or television would be an asset.
• Excellent on-air presentation skills.
• Good writing and interviewing skills.
• A critical thinker with strong editorial judgment.
• A strong understanding of Indigenous storytelling.
• Good computer skills and experience with forming and maintaining Social Media networks using external platforms like Facebook, Twitter etc.
• Mature, positive attitude and an excellent ability to contribute to a team environment.
  

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

All employees of CBC/Radio-Canada are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as ofDecember 1st 2021unless exempted based on a medical/religious ground. As per this requirement, employees must attest to their vaccination status. The requirement for employees to be fully vaccinated applies whether they are teleworking, working remotely or working on-site. This is a condition of employment and it applies to all employees. Should you reach the point in the selection process where it is necessary to verify if you meet the conditions of employment, you will be asked to provide an attestation confirming your COVID-19 vaccination status.

If this sounds interesting, please click on ’’Apply online’’. We thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates selected will be contacted.

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.

Job Family

Programming (TV-Radio-Web)

Primary Location

Yellowknife

Position Language Requirement

English Only

Language Skill Level (Reading)

Language Skill Level (Writing)

Language Skill Level (Speaking)

Status of Employment

Permanent, Contract, Temporary, Short term

Work schedule(s)

Full-time, Part-time

Job Posting Date

Feb 7, 2022, 9:36:35 PM

Unposting Date

Ongoing