At EachOther, we are looking for an Editor who understands the power of storytelling and who shares our passion for human rights.

You will support people whose rights are threatened to tell their own stories and act as custodian of our ethical editorial process. You will have an eye for detail and a commitment to helping us implement our new strategy in keeping with our core values.

You will be innovative and driven, with a love of social media and technology, the ability to work autonomously and a desire to develop further EachOther’s investigative and human rights journalism, and the cross-team working between our editorial and video teams.

About Us

EachOther’s storytelling puts the human into human rights. We tell news stories that inform and personal stories that inspire, and, in doing so, we build public understanding and support for human rights. We hope that more people will then speak up for our rights when they are threatened, putting pressure on politicians to do the same. By creating the conditions for more people to stand up for their rights, we can defend our human rights architecture whilst cultivating a culture of human rights in the UK.

Rights protect everyone, so we strive to reach into every section of society. Our filmmaking and independent journalism generate a wide range of multimedia content on our website and social media channels to engage a host of different audiences. We empower those whose rights are endangered to tell their own inspirational stories. By amplifying their voices, we can help people connect across perceived divides. The challenge is greater in a time of social distancing and an era of virtual communication, but the aim of our work is to kindle empathy. That way, we can show we are not alone. We are EachOther.

Role and Responsibilities

• Managing all editorial content published onto EachOther’s website, with a view to publishing an average of one piece a day, through both your own writing and commissioned work;
• Leading our broader editorial strategy across news, features and social, including both longterm planning and specific campaigns;
• Directly managing our Journalist / Journalism Intern as well as freelancers covering shifts and part-time sub-editors, plus collaborating with the wider creative team and our volunteers;
• Leading on our social media output alongside our Creative Director, to ensure our content is shared in the most engaging and innovative ways and reaches new audiences;
• Curating and tending to the growth and development of our website including sourcing and editing images and design
• Leading on the curation and growth of our daily and weekly newsletters;
• Sourcing and producing original stories: reacting to relevant breaking news, moving on stories already in the news, and coming up with your own stories and campaigns to help us set the human rights agenda;
• Plan and perform investigations in priority areas, using a range of investigative journalism techniques, including data journalism;
• Maintain an awareness and knowledge of developments in human rights law and policy in the UK;
• Commission and edit insightful and engaging pieces from our contributors and staff team, helping them to develop their storytelling skills with supportive feedback;
• Use data from Google Analytics and our various social media channels to assess and understand our audiences and reach;
• Help to develop our tone and voice as a brand, as well as developing EachOther’s community.

About The Application

We welcome applications from as diverse a field of candidates as possible, and you do not need to live in London (where EachOther’s office is located) to perform this role, however as a human rights charity that focuses on rights issues in the UK – you would need to be based in the UK.

We are committed to refreshing our EachOther family so that it better reflects our audience and we would particularly welcome applications from people from groups that are marginalised in society or underrepresented on our team.

Salary: £30,600 (gross) per annum

Job Description and Person Specification can be downloaded here: Job Description and Personal Specification – EachOther’s Editor

To apply: please send a CV to joinus@eachother.org.uk together with a covering letter that needs to give examples of how you meet the criteria in the person specification. Please mention Journo Resources in your application – it really helps us out.

It is useful if you set out the criteria as headers and address each one with examples. This is particularly helpful for example if you want to showcase transferable skills if you come from a different professional background).

Please also indicate what your notice period in your current role and when you’d be able to start work.

Please attach your cover letter and CVs as separate documents (word or pdf is fine) to your email (so we can download everything together) – please save both with the following format for attachments:

Surname_First Name_Document (CVor Cover Letter)

And please do  fill in our Equal Opportunities form – which you can access here.

Enquiries: for any other information, please email sarah@eachother.org.uk (until 24 December) or andy@eachother.org.uk (after 4 January).

Deadline for applications: 11.59pm on Sunday 31^st January 2021