Position Title:

Senior Co-ordinator, Community Experiences and Partnerships (French Services)

Status of Employment:

Contractee Long-Term (Fixed Term)

Position Language Requirement:

French

Language Skills:

French (Reading - C - Advanced), French (Speaking - C - Advanced), French (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:

2025-03-20 11:59 PM

Your role

Reporting to the partnerships manager, and working with the communications officers, you will be responsible for developing, co-ordinating and operationalizing partnership plans and events under the Radio-Canada brand. You will also be in charge of developing and co-ordinating communications strategies and tools to promote those initiatives.

Your primary duties will be the following:

• Develop, negotiate, co-ordinate and implement three-way partnership plans; determine value and visibility exchanges with partners; define TV and/or radio distribution strategies for our specific needs.

• Work with the communications officers to design brand activations tied into partnerships.

• Co-ordinate the distribution of benefits negotiated under partnership agreements (tickets, complimentary items, client events, etc.).

• Support the communications officers in developing and deploying field activations, mainly by co-ordinating all the necessary steps: do technical and location scouting, ensure compliance with allocated budgets, gather requester needs, perform costing, obtain submissions, manage timelines and approvals, etc.

• Manage and supervise on-site visibility materials and the production of communications tools and promotional elements tied into the various partnerships.

• Draft clear strategic briefs, ensuring they are properly understood by stakeholders (field activation, ambassador briefs, etc.); work collaboratively with the various communications teams (360 strategy, creative studio, etc.).

• Manage contests tied into our partnerships: oversee copywriting for the various activations (website, banners, social media); draft contest rules; obtain legal approvals; research, negotiate and manage prizes, communications and visibility; contact and follow up with winners and suppliers.

• Collaborate with the team on large-scale event initiatives.

• Together with the communications officers, make recommendations to the programming teams.

• Guide and coach field ambassadors during on-site activations tied into partnerships.

• Respond to inquiries in the partnerships email account.

• Assist with the evaluation process to gauge the performance of implemented solutions and identify optimization opportunities.

Please note this is a 18-month contract position. This is a hybrid role with a mix of in-office and remote work. Work arrangements will be discussed with hiring managers per departmental guidelines.

Your profile:

Qualifications:

• University degree, or substantial equivalent experience, in communications, advertising, marketing or a related field

• Three (3) years’ experience in similar positions

Skills:

• Proven ability to plan and organize projects

• Strong proficiency with project management tools such as Google Sheets, Google Calendar, Jira, Canva and any other relevant software

• Proven brand activation experience

• Budget and schedule management skills

• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and handle stress

• Creative, solutions-oriented team player with the ability to work well under pressure with minimal supervision and meet deadlines that may be tight at times

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Excellent negotiating skills

• Knowledge of CBC/Radio-Canada, its mandate and its programming

• Familiarity with the Montreal arts and culture scene and interest in arts and culture

• Availability to work on a sometimes irregular schedule and/or long shifts

Given the nature of the position, all application materials submitted (resume and cover letter) should preferably be in 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:

• 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 (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:

1000, Rue Papineau, Montreal, Quebec, H2K 0C2

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.