Senior Writer

Position Title:

Senior Writer (French Services)

Status of Employment:

Temporary Long-Term (Durée déterminée)

Position Language Requirement:

English, French

Language Skills:

English (Reading - B - Intermediate), English (Speaking - B - Intermediate), English (Writing - B - Intermediate), French (Reading), French (Speaking), French (Writing)

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:

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Your role

Radio-Canada Toronto is looking for an enthusiastic Senior Writer with strong journalistic skills and experience in digital news to join our daily news team. 

Working for Radio-Canada Toronto website and associated digital platforms, you will be expected to write news stories to tight deadlines. The successful candidate must be able to create and coordinate digital news content and add relevant multimedia material to stories to enhance their value to the audience.

The weekly schedule of 38.75 hours is spread over two (2) days during the week in addition to the two (2) weekend days (Saturday and Sunday). This position is a 12-month temporary replacement.

Function:

Selects Radio-Canada assigned stories and writes material for publication on Radio-Canada and our associated social platforms. Demonstrates and maintains exceptional skill in writing headline news stories, editing, and packaging following Radio-Canada's style to tight deadlines. Work is governed by and adheres to CBC/Radio-Canada journalistic and programming policies, standards, and practices. Editorial leadership provides guidance, but initiative and independent judgment are expected. Work can involve the coordination or revision of the activities of others and close cooperation with other journalists is essential.

Key tasks:

• Writes, edits, packages, and publishes digital content in a clear and concise manner for a regional and national audience.

• Curates and updates of the Radio-Canada Toronto landing page.

• Ensures the website and stories adhere to the priorities of the day.

• Gathers and reports information from various sources.

• Re-writes material as necessary to make it more relevant to the platform.

• Ensures all text conforms to Standard French grammar and Radio-Canada's style, including proper spellings and capitalization.

• Writes headlines to search and social guidelines.

• Selects photos, and video/audio clips to accompany online stories.

• Critically edits material written by others and/or items produced by others and provides constructive feedback.

• Prepares and writes articles and headlines from information provided by reporters, or wire copy, CBC, or original sources.

We are looking for a candidate with the following: 

• University degree or equivalent

• Three (3) to five (5) years of directly related experience that includes proven knowledge of online and digital news media

• Substantial and demonstrable knowledge of regional, national and international issues

• Sound editorial judgment to evaluate information and ability to work effectively under pressure in a newsroom with tight deadlines

• Ability to write on a wide range of news and current affairs topics

• Experience and proven ability to write and edit using best practices and style for digital platforms

• Ability to select and edit photos and video to enhance storytelling

• Experience in determining potential legal issues and journalistic policy violations in digital content

• Must be available to work shift work

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Ability to determine the newsworthiness of a story for online audiences

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills; strong team player

• Excellent French communication and writing skills and a very good knowledge of English
  

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
 
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

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