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Position Title:

Senior Advisor, Content Planning, Management and Acquisition (English Services)

Status of Employment:

Temporary Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement:

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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:

2024-10-14 11:59 PM

As a member of the Acquisitions team, your role as Senior Advisor, Acquisitions (Unscripted) is to serve CBC’s mandate to inspire, educate and entertain Canadians by contributing to programming excellence. You are committed to championing stories from underrepresented communities and creators, knowing that a driving objective for CBC is to reflect Canada across all platforms. Our content choices must also support CBC’s drive to deliver strong ratings and performance metrics. You also contribute to a team culture that values transparency, commitment, diversity and inclusion.

Reporting to the Senior Director, Acquisitions, the Senior Advisor, Acquisitions (Unscripted) is responsible for sourcing and evaluating a variety of content, making program planning recommendations, executing departmental requirements, and overseeing the integration of acquired content across departments internally.

Responsibilities include:

• Daily and ongoing research/assessment/evaluation of Unscripted content (documentary, lifestyle and factual) one-offs, specials and series, towards content planning recommendations to the Senior Director for CBC Gem, CBC Main Network, including The Passionate Eye strand and documentary Channel.

• Daily and on-going research/assessment of distributor catalogues to identify potential programming opportunities; refining pool of available content best fitting CBC’s current programming needs with particular focus on CBC Gem Thematic Collections.

• Responsible for building and managing relationships with the Unscripted division and documentary channel teams. Specific responsibility for identifying and communicating potential promotional requirements/restrictions outlined in license agreements

• Managing documentary Channel-CBC Gem Program Share Agreement; leading content selection process and acting as intermediary to initiate and conclude paperwork with the documentary channel and Business & Rights team

• Managing internal requests for acquisitions investment/contribution for CBC content such as Absolutely Canadian and Arts programming

• Managing evaluation process for potential and current Gem partnerships; ensuring partnership titles are carried through to successful launch, such as AMI, NFB and others

• Creation and maintenance of internal tracking documents; regular and consistent digital recordkeeping, including managing and monitoring content evaluation records and programming/scheduling requirements

• Leading initial conversations and information gathering with outside stakeholders towards licensing offers; Creation of Request to Acquire document and liaising with Business and Rights department throughout deal negotiations

• Building new connections with BIPOC content creators; leading sourcing of programming for Black History Month collection, National Indigenous History Month collection, Pride Collection and other similar offerings

• Initiating and maintaining close ties with key global content suppliers; holding face-to-face meetings with content suppliers to discuss CBC’s current programming needs and review potential content for acquisition consideration

• Attending industry conferences and festivals as a delegate of CBC’s Acquisitions department, as required .

• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant competing services- both streaming and broadcast; a keen understanding of the Canadian and International Unscripted Content players including distributors/festivals/producers/filmmakers, as well as broader issues in culture, broadcasting/streaming, current affairs, documentary and Unscripted trends in media

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

• University Degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

• Minimum 6 years experience in an environment with direct exposure to television and/or film content production, sales & distribution, festival programming or broadcast/streaming, with specific knowledge of Unscripted Content

• Experience in content evaluation within a market-driven framework for programming purposes- ie: broadcast, streamers and or film/tv festivals

• Deep exposure to Unscripted/Factual/Documentary/Lifestyle content; possessing strong content evaluation abilities and a drive to source content reflecting underrepresented group

• Strong cultural sensitivity and a commitment to contributing to an inclusive and equitable culture

• Deep understanding of Acquisitions framework including processes, requirements, systems and stakeholders

• Solid understanding and familiarity with Content Delivery procedures including broadcast material requirements (Closed Captioning and Described Video), marketing asset formats

• Solid understanding of legal framework and rights language related to content acquisitions contracts; clear understanding of complexity of rights within a broader market context as well as related to content use strategies

• Strong knowledge of global content market; relationships with Canadian/International Content Suppliers/Distributors is required

• Ability to multitask and handle complex, competing priorities; works effectively in decision making regarding conflicting priorities

• Must understand complexity of business practices and parameters.

• Ability to exercise judgment and work independently, taking initiative as required

• Ability to function collaboratively and effectively across several departments in a multi-functional capacity

• Strong & professional communication skills both written and verbal

• Must foster strong working relationships

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:

Broadcast Centre 205 Wellington St. W., Toronto, Ontario, M5V 3G7

Number of Openings:

1

Work Schedule:

Full 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.