Position Title:

Video Journalist (English Services) (On-Site)

Status of Employment:

Temporary (STTRC)

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:

2024-05-28 11:59 PM

This role requires full time on site presence.

Your role

CBC New Brunswick is looking for an excellent journalist and visual storyteller.

This is how we describe our ideal candidate:

You love local news. You are a journalist who thrives in a deadline-driven, breaking news environment. You pitch original stories and relish the chance to tell stories of individuals making a difference in their community. Your professional and personal experiences have set you up to tell stories in an inclusive manner. You are comfortable shooting and editing your own material to produce packaged reports or to go live with the story. You love to try new ways of telling stories, and are equally comfortable talking to audiences through video content for all CBC platforms. You work well as part of a team and get satisfaction from group success and individual wins.

This is a temporary position until October 2024.

This position is based in Moncton.

Function:

As a Videojournalist, you will shoot and edit footage, write copy, and produce live or packaged reports for all CBC video platforms and programs.

Tasks:

• Keep up with current events by consulting a variety of sources.

• Forge and maintain contacts with various sources.

• Propose and be assigned topics for news items, reports, interviews, and special features.

• Research, gather, evaluate and check all material on the story being covered.

• Shoot, light, edit reports. Present them for broadcast.

• Drive a news vehicle.

• Be prepared to file for any CBC news platform.

• Solid command of communication skills specific to the medium as well as interview techniques.

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

A) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

• Three (3) years experience in journalism or an equivalent experience in media production.

B) Competencies:

• Awareness of what’s happening in the news in Canada and abroad.

• Good knowledge of New Brunswick current events.

• Fluent in English.

• Ability to understand spoken and written French is an asset.

• Knowledge of video and editing techniques.

• Valid driver's license.

• Please include a letter of interest detailing how your experience would be an asset to us, and tell us what contribution you’d like to make at CBC. Please include examples of your best work.

Selected candidates may be subject to the following testing:

• Assignment;

• Interview.

Please include a cover letter explaining why your experience is relevant and the contribution you would like to make to CBC. Please include a link to examples of your work.

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.

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 (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/working-with-us/jobs/diversity-inclusion-cbc-rc) 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 (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/values-ethics/conduct) . 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 (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/vision/governance/corporate-policies/human-resources/conflicts) . 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:

165 Main St, Moncton, New Brunswick, E1C 1B8

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Part time

At CBC/Radio-Canada (http://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en) , 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.