Senior Copy Editor

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Manage a team of copy editors to provide timely and high-quality refinements to the organisation's papers, and elevate the overall expertise of the team

• Ensure that copy editing input improves the clarity, concision, flow, argumentative tightness, and grammatical precision of our papers

• Serve as an authority on English usage conventions and house style, and ensure overall editorial consistency across projects

• Plan, design and deliver training initiatives to improve copy editing and writing expertise. This includes the development of teaching materials, and the organisation and delivery of workshops to share learning points

• Provide technical and strategic leadership for a team

• Design and implement workplace processes, with future trends and needs in mind

• Plan and guide your team’s professional growth, in both general and technical areas

• Build good relations and workflows with internal and external stakeholders

• Mentor and develop junior team members to maximise their potential

WHAT YOU WILL GAIN

• Opportunity to help policymakers achieve more clarity on issues of vital interest to Singapore, by leading a team that improves the written quality of our papers

• Opportunity to hone your craft by refining our delivery of analyses on a wide range of issues

DESIRED QUALITIES AND ATTRIBUTES

• At least eight years of working experience either in senior copy editing or writing/vetting roles, preferably in a government agency or news agency

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills

• Motivated team player, as well as an independent self-starter