Editorial Assistant, Green Futures Magazine

IMPORTANT:  This Advertiser has requested that applicants MUST be National Residents / Valid Work Permit-holders.  Other applicants need not apply.

 

£22350 - £23942 (plus London Weighting of £3550) Pro rata
Part-time (up to 22.5 hours per week) contract for up to nine weeks

Leading magazine Green Futures is looking for an Editorial Assistant to support the publishing cycle -  from the initial research for a feature, to a perfectly proofed printed page. Reporting to the Managing Editor, the Editorial Assistant will help with a variety of tasks: defining briefs for freelance writers, checking facts and sub-editing finished pieces. They will also play a key role in editing content for the web, photo research and media monitoring.  This is a short term contract to the end of 2012.

Application pack
Job description
Letter to applicants
Application form
Equal opportunities form
Annual report
Staff benefits

Applications should include:

• a completed application form
• two pieces of published work
• 50 words on the style of Green Futures
• 100 words in answer to the question ‘What does an editor do?’
• an equal opportunities form

Equal opportunities forms will be separated from application forms and not referred to in the shortlisting process. Applications should be emailed to recruitment@forumforthefuture.org, or posted to Helen Saunders, Human Resources Manager, Forum for the Future, 19-23 Ironmonger Row, London EC1V 3QN

Closing date for applications: 9.00 am, Monday 8th October 2012
Interview date: Friday 12th October 2012
Start date: mid/late-October 2012 (ideally 22nd October - this is flexible)

Please note that due to the number of applications we receive we are unable to reply to all candidates. If you do not hear from us by close of business on Wednesday 10th October please assume we are not taking your application further.