The HSRC was established in 1968 as South Africa’s statutory research agency and has grown to become the largest dedicated research institute in the social sciences and humanities on the African continent, doing cutting-edge public research in areas that are crucial to development.
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The Publishing unit of the Human Sciences Research Council requires a freelance fact checker for its scholarly publications. In addition to the responsibilities and requirements set out below, there may be a project-specific brief.
Minimum Requirements
Relevant experience in journalism, publishing or an independent writing career.
In your CV, include a list of projects (state publisher and date of publication as relevant) and your function. Do not exceed twenty items.
A tertiary qualification in any of the following: humanities, social sciences, economics, hard sciences or information sciences.
Duties & Responsibilities
Using the manuscript supplied, determine the correctness of the factual statements in the text with the aim to remove content errors before publication.
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