Editor / Content Specialist

**Location: Cape Town**

**Reporting Line: Editorial and Quality Lead (AU)**

**Working Practices: Minimum two days a week in the office with option to work flexibly for remaining days**

**Contract: Permanent**

**Working hours: 07H00 TO 15H30**

**Role summary**

The editor/content specialist role supports Learning Designers, the Online Unit Editor and Unit Quality Lead to produce online tertiary units that support OES’s premium positioning.

**Key responsibilities**:
**Editorial**
- Proof-reading units before production
- Contributing to the smooth running of QA process
- Maintaining quality standards for referencing resources in unit learning materials
- Ensuring resources are up to date and accessible
- Ensuring assessment details are correct and consistent across unit websites
- Ensuring assessment documents meet quality standards with appropriate supporting resources
- Contributing to the evolution of the editorial style guide and supporting resources

**Unit Development**
- Updating existing (‘rollover’) unit for delivery in upcoming teaching period
- Supporting Learning Designers in the development of new units and re-builds
- Supporting Learning Designers in the writing of usable, credible and cohesive content
- Supporting Learning Designers to source and reference materials appropriate to unit content, e.g. images, videos, articles etc.
- Ensuring that supporting materials (how-to-guides, eLA notes, assessment templates) are up-to-date and accurate

**Unit Support**
- Implementing global changes across units, e.g. template changes within Blackboard and via
- Adobe Dreamweaver (HTML), formatting in line with style guide
- Proficiency in and maintaining version control of files in Word, PowerPoint, PDF, HTML
- Maintaining shared file folders in Sharepoint
- Fixing technical issues on behalf of teaching staff as required

**Key relationships**:

- Learning Designers
- Online Unit Editor
- Unit Quality lead
- Education Technologists
- Workflow Planner
- Program Director

**Things that will challenge you in this role?**
- Creation of meaningful, engaging and sustainable unit content
- Managing multiple tasks simultaneously in order to meet demanding timelines
- Working within a team with competing demands and often changing priorities
- Ensuring that the learning materials presented to students are of the highest possible quality and free of errors
- Proficiency in technical platforms, specifically the Blackboard Learning Management System and Adobe Dreamweaver
- Mastery of Academic referencing styles (APA, Harvard, AGL)

**What does success look like?**
- Learning Design team are able to access required materials when they are needed, and can use their time efficiently
- Units are ready for delivery on time
- Minimal student complaints arising from errors in published online material

**Requirements**:
**Previous experience in a fast paced administrative role with excellence in**:

- Experience as a proof-reader or editor
- Experience implementing house style guide
- Experience in structural editing and production of web based content
- Exceptional spelling, grammar and written communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience in HTML
- Track record of producing quality outputs to tight timelines
- High level personal organisational skills and the ability to work autonomously
- A passion for clear, user friendly digital content
- Demonstrated capability to be a co-operative team member and build positive working relationships

**Benefits**

**The OES Group**

The OES Group is a team of over 1,750 people passionate about transforming lives through education. We are proud to work with the world's most prestigious universities and organisations to create online learning experiences that are immersive, learner-centric and at the forefront of innovation.

Our teams in the UK and Australia operate under the OES brand and the Construct brand in the US and South Africa. Together, with our vibrant and people focused culture, we have created over 11,000 online courses that have reached more than 100,000 learners worldwide.

Now is an exciting time to join our forward-thinking and fast-growing team. As demand for online education grows, we are actively seeking new partners, launching innovative products and expanding our presence in new geographies to capitalise on the opportunities the market presents.

**These are some of the perks you can expect when you join the team**:

- Flexible working hours
- Generous annual leave policy
- Learning and development opportunities within a global team
- Fun events organised by the Construct Social Committee