Copy Editor

CAMRIS International
Location: Nepal
Salary: Negotiable
Posted Date: 2016-05-22 Deadline: 2016-05-28
  • Nos. of Opening : 1
  • Location : Nepal
  • Working Position : Entry Level
  • Qualification Degree : Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, social sciences or a related field
  • Salary : Negotiable
  • Category : Journalism / Editor / Media
  • Nature : Full Time
Job Description

  Responsibilities:

The Copy Editor shall be responsible for ensuring MEL Project reports are free of grammar, punctuation, formatting and spelling errors. The Copy Editor will ensure consistency, accuracy and clarity of reports in compliance with USAID and CAMRIS’ Writing Style Guides and Evaluation Template. As required, the Copy Editor will create tables of contents and acronym pages as well as format text for final publication in Microsoft Word. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of USAID terminology and language pertaining to monitoring, evaluation, learning, knowledge management, training, and economic and social development programs.

 Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in English, communications, social sciences or a related field.
  • Minimum of three (3) years of professional copyediting or editorial experience
  • Outstanding attention to detail and exceptional proofreading skills.
  • English fluency (reading and writing) required.
  • Excellent Microsoft Word skills, with the ability to create and edit page and section breaks, automated table of contents, captions, cross-reference tables, and footnotes, among others.
  • Ability to handle tight deadlines and conflicting schedules in a professional manner. Must be flexible and able to work on weekends to meet deliverable deadlines, as required.
  • Knowledge of USAID terminologies around M&E highly preferred.
  • Ability to create Section 508 compliant documents preferred.
  • Familiarity with AP Stylebook preferred.

Nepali candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Apply Instructions

Qualified candidates will be asked to submit a relevant writing sample, and take a copy editing test.

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