CBC/Radio-Canada Looking for Environmental Sustainability Lead, Business & Rights (English Services) at Ontario Full Time

Position Title:

Environmental Sustainability Lead, Business & Rights (English Services)

Status of Employment:

Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement:

English

Language Skills:

English (First Official Language), English (Reading), English (Speaking), English (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:

2024-02-06 11:59 PM

Your Role

As CBC’s Environmental Sustainability Lead, you will lead CBC though focussed impactful environmental change and action by working closely with all of CBC’s in house producers (including those in CBC News and CBC Entertainment divisions) as well as with independent producers, CBC’s environmental influencers and green teams to help us adopt greener production practices, and greener content choices. You will also be in charge of implementing other changes to help CBC continue to be a leader in environmentally sustainable decision making and action.

The successful incumbent will decide how to take faster impactful environmentally sustainable action in the creation and production of programming while ensuring that the rest of CBC’s overall strategies and priorities are balanced. Your responsibilities will include:

• acting as the CBC expert on use of the albert carbon calculator on program production;

• distilling, sharing and advancing lessons learned connected to carbon calculator results, green production guide, green certification and carbon offsets;

• fostering, leading and creating a climate of green storytelling and green editorial choices;

• leading CBC’s training to internal and external producers and creators on its environmental priorities (including on all matters which are content related including the albert carbon calculator; green production guide; and green editorial choices and storytelling);

• managing CBC’s program related data on its environmental action and creating reports for use inside and outside CBC on the data and what actions should flow from it;

• managing specific channels of communication, including the CBC internal sustainability newsletter and external green production resources webpage;

• overseeing and driving forward other green priorities for CBC English Services including changes connected to reuse; waste; energy use; gardens; and environmental content initiatives and hubs;

• acting as co-chair of CBC’s Environmental Influencers committee;

• sitting on CBC’s cross-dept Environmental Sustainability committee;

• learning and sharing worldwide environmentally sustainable techniques and action.

You communicate well. You have an expertise in environmental sustainability combined with strong knowledge about the production of content (especially video content). You will report to CBC’s Executive Director of Business & Rights and Production Sustainability. You will work with, share information and build green momentum with the members of CBC’s Sustainability Committee including the Manager, Environment and with representatives from Radio-Canada.

We are looking for a candidate with the following:

• A post-secondary education or related experience, in environmental sustainability. Experience in environmental sustainability in media sector will be considered an asset

• In-depth knowledge and experience with television, audio and digital media process and production;

• Training and presentation experience;

• Experience with data aggregation and presentation in a way that is simple and inspires action;

• Strong computer skills (familiarity with Google Suite and Microsoft Power BI would be considered an asset);

• Ability to comprehend and translate the concerns of internal and external producers into appropriate environmentally sustainable actions;

• Creativity and innovative problem-solving skills to address all policy and production issues in a manner which successfully balances multiple interests;

• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including an ability to work with both emerging and experienced producers – inside and outside CBC as well as with mid level and senior management and industry leaders;

• Ability to handle multiple priorities, and work under pressure;

• Ability to exercise judgment and work independently taking initiative;

• Strong analytical skills;

• Able and willing to work beyond regular office hours during peak periods of activity as well as the flexibility to attend industry functions and events;

• Bilingualism would be considered an asset.

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 [email protected] .

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

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.