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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Onsite
Position Title:
Producer, Scams Unit (English Services) (On-Site)Status of Employment:
Temporary Long-Term (Fixed Term)Position Language Requirement:
EnglishLanguage Skills:
English (Reading - C - Advanced), English (Speaking - C - Advanced), English (Writing - C - Advanced)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:
2026-11-12 11:59 PMOnline shopping scams, imposter schemes, deep-fakes and consumer fraud are on the rise in Canada. CBC News is developing a new Scams unit to unearth deceptive practices and help Canadians make sense of what they can do to protect themselves.
We’re looking for a Producer who will not only help shape the programming while championing great journalistic content and the people behind it but isn’t afraid to be the face of it when needed.
You’re a skilled journalist with experience in daily news and enterprise stories. You have exceptional research skills, experience with scams or fraud investigations and are comfortable using open source information and digital forensic technologies to break new stories.
Reporting to the Senior Producer, you’re someone who brings both strong editorial leadership and logistical expertise to the role. You understand the important role of a public service broadcaster in helping Canadians make sense of their world. You’re the person on the front-line upholding the upholding the CBC Journalistic Standards and Practices and our core principles of accuracy, fairness, balance, impartiality and integrity.
You’re an ideas generator, pitching stories and thinking about creative treatments to attract new and younger audiences. While you are adept at writing and editing video, audio and text-based content, you excel at mobile short-form video journalism, understanding what draws a viewer into your story and what keeps them engaged. You put the audience-first in your decision-making, vetting, producing, and are constantly searching for new voices and new perspectives to ensure our story-telling reflects the complexity and rich diversity of Canada.
You demonstrate daily the role of a public broadcaster in a media landscape proliferated with misinformation and rapidly evolving technologies. Verification is a core value. You lean into data, and use it to drive audience-focused storytelling.
You don’t wait to be assigned. You have initiative and can translate big ideas into tangible actions.
You’re a trend-setter, able to spot the latest in formats, tools and technologies and a willingness to experiment with same. You understand where new and younger audiences are finding their news - live and on-demand - and you’re focused on meeting them where they are at.
You understand that stories can break at any time of the day and you have a genuine desire to be on-top of that coverage. While this is a 5 day a week, Monday-Friday role, you recognize that you may be required to work early mornings, evenings, weekends and some overtime when needed to cover breaking news. As collaboration is key with this new team, you will be required to be on-site.
What you’ll be doing:
What you bring:
Your application will be evaluated on your experience, as well as your portfolio of work. Please include at least two examples of:
Please, do not use AI in your work samples or cover letter unless, of course, your work example is a story about AI.
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 recruitment@cbc.ca.
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 3G7Number of Openings:
1Work Schedule:
Full time