Division: Global News
Work Status: Full-Time
Location: Barber Greene - Toronto, ON (Onsite)
About the Role
Global News is looking for a highly organized, proactive, and experienced Executive Assistant to provide high-level administrative
and organizational support to the Senior Vice President of Global News and Corus Audio, as well as, News management at Barber Greene.
As a trusted partner to the VP, you will play an important role in keeping priorities, schedules, communications, meetings, and key initiatives moving forward. Working in a fast-paced and dynamic news environment, you will interact with senior leaders, internal teams, and external stakeholders across the organization.
The successful candidate brings exceptional organizational skills, sound judgment, professionalism, and discretion, along with the ability to anticipate needs, manage competing priorities, and remain agile as schedules and business needs evolve.
You Will Contribute By:
Executive & Administrative Support
- Providing comprehensive day-to-day administrative and organizational support to the Senior Vice President of Global News and Corus Audio, as well as, News management at the Barber Greene office.
- Managing a complex calendar, coordinating meetings, and proactively balancing competing priorities and shifting schedules.
- Coordinating meeting logistics, agendas, presentations, briefing materials, and other supporting documentation.
- Preparing correspondence, reports, presentations, and executive communications.
- Coordinating travel arrangements, itineraries, accommodations, and related logistics.
- Preparing and processing expense reports, invoices, and other administrative documentation.
- Tracking key meetings, commitments, deadlines, and follow-up items to help ensure priorities move forward.
- Supporting leadership meetings, special projects, events, and department initiatives as required.
- Acting as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders and helping facilitate effective communication across teams.
- Handling confidential and sensitive information with a high degree of professionalism, discretion, and judgment.
- Partnering with teams across Global News and Corus to support administrative processes and evolving business priorities.
Skills & Experience You Will Bring:
- Post-secondary education in business administration, communications, media, or a related field is preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Demonstrated experience providing executive-level administrative support to a senior leader or leadership team, ideally in a fast-paced and complex organization.
- 5+ years of progressive executive administration or senior administrative support experience preferred.
- Experience supporting senior executives and managing complex calendars, meetings, travel, and competing priorities.
- Experience within media, news, broadcasting, communications, or a similarly fast-paced environment is considered an asset.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams.
- Exceptional organizational and time-management skills with strong attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and stakeholder-management skills, with the confidence and professionalism to work effectively with senior leaders and colleagues across the organization.
- Excellent judgment and demonstrated ability to anticipate needs, solve problems, and work independently.
- Ability to remain composed and adaptable when priorities or schedules change quickly.
- A high level of professionalism, discretion, and integrity when handling confidential or sensitive information.
Application Deadline: November 18, 2026
