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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.

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As Regional Director, Radio-Canada Acadie, you are responsible for setting the region’s strategic direction and objectives across all Radio-Canada platforms. You oversee Radio-Canada’s regional stations and bureaus in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island.

You lead a young, dynamic management team ready to take on the challenges currently facing the media industry. You play a key role in developing and implementing performance indicators tied to the regional stations’ positioning. Engaged in the community, you serve as the Corporation’s representative to community organizations in the region.

Key Responsibilities

• Set the strategic direction and objectives for Radio-Canada Acadie.

• Ensure effective management of all regional resources (people, financial, equipment and facilities).

• Provide positive, collaborative and outcome-focused leadership to the Radio-Canada Acadie management team as well as all programming and non-programming staff.

• Be responsible and accountable for audience ratings and metrics across Radio-Canada Acadie platforms. Work closely with your management team and employees to ensure that results and metrics match or exceed the previous year’s performance.

• Ensure the development and production of network programs within the region.

• Oversee the development of new programming in the context of media priorities.

• Cultivate close strategic relationships with Radio-Canada Acadie partners to better connect with the community and enhance programming.

• Act as corporate spokesperson for regional issues. Proactively and positively represent CBC/Radio-Canada within the region and help conduct public relations initiatives, particularly targeting cultural and francophone associations.

Qualifications

• University degree in a relevant field (journalism, communications, administration, etc.).

• Solid strategic planning, execution and performance-tracking skills.

• Strong leadership and experience managing teams, preferably in a unionized environment.

• Excellent positive, collaborative and engaging leadership skills.

• Superior skills and keen interest in communications and interpersonal relations, including the ability to communicate effectively with employees, colleagues, members of the community and outside organizations.

• Bilingualism (English and French, spoken and written) essential.

• Deep experience in and knowledge of the media, cultural and political landscape in Acadie as well as the region’s major players and markets.

• Skills and experience in financial and budgetary management.

• Journalistic and/or programming background; understanding of content development and production processes an asset.

• Understanding of the broadcast industry and its practices an asset.

Candidates may be subject to skills and knowledge testing.

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 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 [email protected].
 
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.

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