Job title: emphasize the formal title of the position as a header.
Job purpose: a brief description of the overall goals and general nature of the position. This can be an overview of why the job exists and what the role is expected to accomplish. The job purpose is usually a summary and not more than four sentences long.
Reports to: specify the role/title of the position that the person that gets the job reports to.
Duties and responsibilities: list the primary job duties and responsibilities using headings and provide examples of core activities under each heading.
- Checking copy for grammatical, spelling and typographical errors.
- Marking copy with standard proofreading marks to notify writers and editors of necessary changes.
- Adding/deleting words, phrases or sentences to improve the reading of a text.
- Checking facts and statistics to ensure a text is accurate and correct.
- Making stylistic suggestions.
- Re-wording/re-working sentences or whole sections of text.
- Working with paper and online manuscripts.
- Liaising with publishing editors, writers and other clients.
Qualifications: provide the minimum qualifications required to perform the job successfully, for these categories:
- Education;
- Professional Certification;
- Experience;
- Specialized knowledge;
- Skills;
- Abilities;
- Other qualities such as personal characteristics.
Working conditions: provide whether a person has to work in special circumstances, such as shift work, working outdoors, working with challenging clients, etc.
- Travel: work is based at home or in an office environment.
- Working hours: are flexible for freelancers; in-house copy-editors and proofreaders may work longer hours around busy periods.
- Location: opportunities are based across the {{territory}}
Physical requirements: describe whether the job is physically demanding, for example, lifting heavy objects on a regular basis, if standing for extended periods of time is needed or the job contains mostly repetitive tasks, or if traveling is demanding, lunch breaks are uncommon, and so forth. The job is open to graduates of all disciplines, but a degree in English, publishing or languages may be advantageous. An excellent command and understanding of the required language is essential. Specialist publishers, such as those in legal or science sectors, often require graduates with relevant degrees.
Direct reports: specify by job title any positions to be supervised by the incumbent.
Approved by: specify who gives the authorization to approve the job description draft.
Date approved: the date upon which the job description was approved.
Reviewed: date the job description was last reviewed.
Contact details: include relevant contact details at the bottom of the job description.
Additional conditions: additionally, you might consider adding the following:
- Opportunities occur to work on a self-employed, consultancy basis - usually on short-term contract work;
- Describe any kind of training is provided during the onboarding procedure;
- Alternative common names for the job title;
- You may specify common daily equipment or tools used;
- Possibility to work from home.
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