Research: Editor x 3 - Durban/Pretoria or Cape Town at HSRC

Minimum Requirements

• The candidate must have experience in academic writing and in editing academic research reports, minimum
• 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.
• Must have experience in similar editorial work and should have excellent English writing skills.
• The editor should be experienced in editing technical content involving research findings.
• Reports to be edited will be provided electronically and should be delivered in the same manner to HSRC.
• 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)
• The service provider should show the ability to deliver within the agreed-upon timeframes

Duties & Responsibilities

• The scope of work and expectations of the editor will include the following:
• Copy edits and proof-reading the report to ensure editorial quality
• 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.
• Liaising with PI’s to address any editorial amendments.
• Special attention should be paid to the text to ensure that the information within the report is clearly
• communicated to a non-academic audience.
• The reports should be edited in terms of text cohesion, style and layout, language and referencing.