Research: Editor X 3

1 week ago


Durban, South Africa HSRC Recruitment Full time

**Job Advert Summary**:
The service provider will be appointed to undertake both language and technical edits to SASAS client research reports.
Each of the reports consists of approximately 200 - 300 pages. Only applicants that have an academic qualification in
English and a proven track record of undertaking both language (English) and technical editing of reports will be
considered for appointment. The editor will work in close collaboration with the Principal Investigators (PI’s) to
proofread and edit the research reports (which includes a bibliography, tables, figures & graphs).

**Minimum Requirements**:
of 5 yrs. experience in proof reading, editing large scientific research reports and an academic qualification (at
least a bachelor's degree) in any of the following - English, Communications, Journalism.
b. Must have experience in similar editorial work and should have excellent English writing skills.
c. The editor should be experienced in editing technical content involving research findings.
d. Reports to be edited will be provided electronically and should be delivered in the same manner to HSRC.
e. The documents should be in Ms Word and edited using track changes (a marked copy, with all corrections and
comments showing, and a revised copy that has the corrections accepted and comments removed)
f. The service provider should show the ability to deliver within the agreed-upon timeframes

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
The scope of work and expectations of the editor will include the following:
a. Copy edits and proof-reading the report to ensure editorial quality

b. Editorial services will include but is not limited to:

- Content editing and checking - citations, figures, tables, and graphs.
- Language editing - assess reports for linguistic quality (checking for grammar, syntax and consistent use

of terminology and style)
- Technical editing - formatting ensures consistency with font, size, page number, table of content etc. and
- Proof reading - checking for typos, spelling, and formatting errors.

c. Liaising with PI’s to address any editorial amendments.

d. Special attention should be paid to the text to ensure that the information within the report is clearly

communicated to a non-academic audience.

e. The reports should be edited in terms of text cohesion, style and layout, language and referencing.


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