Position Title:
Senior Specialist, Workforce Planning and Management, Audio and Radio (French Services) (Telework/Hybrid)
Status of Employment:
Permanent
Position Language Requirement:
French
Language Skills:
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:
2026-05-10 11:59 PM
Your role
Reporting to the Senior Manager, Radio Operations and Resources, you will play a central role in ensuring seamless operations across the entire Audio and Radio division (ICI PREMIÈRE, ICI MUSIQUE and Radio-Canada OHdio).
Your mission is to oversee the assignment and development of production teams with a balanced focus on organizational goals and the human element. Leveraging your expertise in workforce logistics, you will agilely navigate short- and long-term planning, recruitment and backfill co-ordination for all content teams (including producers, researchers and on-air talent). You act as the vital link between leadership’s strategic goals and day-to-day operations, ensuring administrative rigour and full process compliance.
Key responsibilities:
Implement short- and long-term workforce strategies by forecasting needs and aligning hiring with the Audio and Radio division’s strategic goals.
Plan and manage production and content team assignments to meet the division’s evolving needs.
Use your leadership and persuasion skills to gain buy-in from stakeholders, ensuring operational needs are met and services remain uninterrupted, even during non-traditional hours or under tight deadlines.
Work with various departments across Radio-Canada to facilitate employee mobility, optimize resource sharing and encourage cross-functional teamwork.
Oversee internship programs (including maintaining academic partnerships) and create professional development plans to build a sustainable talent pipeline.
Lead the hiring of new talent by implementing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategies and ensuring new hires are successfully onboarded into the production environment.
Assist management in forecasting labour needs and proposing agile solutions to complex assignment challenges.
Contribute to enhancing assignment systems and maintain meticulous administrative records (hours worked, annual leave, etc.) to ensure process compliance.
This is a hybrid position with a mix of in-office and remote work. Work arrangements will be discussed with hiring managers per depatmental guidelines.
What You Bring:
University degree in business administration, media and communications, human resources or a related field.
Three (3) to five (5) years of relevant experience, ideally within a unionized environment.
Prior experience in production co-ordination or workforce logistics an asset. A combination of comparable education and experience will be considered.
Keen interest in and quick grasp of content production and the unique dynamics of a studio environment.
Exceptional people skills with a proven ability to build bridges and influence diverse personalities.
Ability to remain effective and composed under pressure within a fast-paced, evolving media environment.
Familiarity with collaborative tools (Google Suite, Excel and scheduling software) with an aptitude for learning new systems.
Ability to shift seamlessly from high-level strategic planning (EDI, development) to immediate, hands-on action (logistics and emergency management).
Availability to address urgent operational needs in a 24/7, high-movement environment.
Excellent command of spoken and written French.
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:
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:
1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2
Number of Openings:
1
Work Schedule:
Full time
