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Job description
Senior Scientific Editor, Volunteer
About the Pet Cancer Foundation
The Pet Cancer Foundation’s vision is to increase life expectancy and improve the quality of life of pets diagnosed with cancer. Estimates suggest that 12M dogs and cats are developing cancer every year, roughly 6x the number of humans getting cancer yearly within North America.
We need to do more for our furry friends, and we're building a large team of distributed, animal-loving passionate volunteers to help them and their families. Our team is searching for experienced scientific editors to oversee the development of informational resources for our pet family community. That's where and how you can help us.
The Position:
The volunteer senior scientific editor is a key member of our team whose primary role is to review and edit veterinary content that is aimed at pet owners, ensuring it is accurate, clear, and engaging. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in veterinary science or a Ph.D. in a relevant biological science (related field) and previous experience in scientific editing or communication. This role requires a deep understanding of complex scientific information and the ability to translate it into layman's terms. As the Senior Scientific Editor, you will lead and work closely with an editing team ensuring the quality and accuracy of our materials. Your role will be instrumental in educating pet owners about various health topics, thereby improving pet care outcomes.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Content Review and Editing: As the Senior Scientific Editor, you will be responsible for the oversight, and final review/edit, of veterinary content worked on by your team of editors. This includes ensuring the accuracy of the information, clarity of the presentation, and overall quality of the content.
- Team Leadership and Management: You will lead a team of editors, providing guidance, feedback, and support. This includes overseeing the team's workload, setting deadlines, and ensuring that quality standards are met.
- Training and Development: As the team lead, you will be responsible for the training and professional development of your team. This includes providing ongoing feedback, identifying areas for improvement, and ensuring that your team is updated on the latest editing best practices.
- Scientific Accuracy: You will ensure that all content is scientifically accurate and utilizes only the highest quality veterinary research available. This includes ensuring any source literature is up to date with the latest research and developments in the field.
- Collaboration: You will collaborate closely with other departments, including our Website’s Editor-in-Chief to align style guides, voice, and tone consistently while ensuring the content meets the organization's goals and brand standards.
- Quality Assurance: You will implement and oversee quality assurance processes, ensuring that all content meets the organization's high standards for scientific accuracy, clarity, and user-friendliness.
- Compliance and Ethical Standards: You will ensure that all content complies with relevant laws, regulations, and ethical standards, including respecting copyright laws, citing sources correctly, and avoiding conflicts of interest.
- User Experience: Ensure our final product is understandable for the pet owner to a high school reading level.
About You
You are a detail-oriented individual with a strong background in veterinary science or a related (human) field and a proven track record in scientific editing or communication. With excellent leadership skills, you are capable of managing a team, fostering a collaborative environment, and guiding the professional development of others. Your exceptional written communication skills enable you to translate complex scientific information into clear and understandable content for pet owners. Above all, your passion for animal health, your dedication to accuracy, and your commitment to continuous learning make you the perfect candidate for this role.:
- DVM, or Ph.D. in the life sciences of a health-related discipline that applies to our subject matter.
- 3-4 years of post-educational experience writing and/or editing scientific-related content, including published, peer-reviewed papers.
- Strong history of translating research or technical findings into concise, engaging, and actionable content written for specialist and non-specialist audiences.
- Ability to identify, review, and critique topic-specific research literature.
- Ability to handle multiple projects at once while maintaining attention to detail.
- Excellent oral communication skills.
What we provide you with
This is a fantastic role for anyone in academia to explore a career in the private or non-profit sectors. You will develop excellent networking and strategy skills and continue to know the latest industry trends and developments.
Footnotes
- This is a volunteer position, and the time commitment is approximately 50-75 min/day or 6-8 hours per/week.
- This role is related to a specific project that will take 6-8 months in duration and will at times require more hours based on the timelines and deliverables. Please be ready to “own” your role.
- Days and times of service are flexible. Evenings, weekends, coffee breaks, etc.
- This position is virtual and can be completed from anywhere in the United States or Canada.
- Please visit our website at www.petcancerfdn.org for more information on the organization.
Job Type: Part-time
Part-time hours: 4-6 per week
Application question(s):
- Please note that Indeed adds a "suggested salary" for all roles when the posting does not include a salary. As this is a volunteer role, we do not include a salary. To avoid misunderstanding, we ask that you leave us a brief note acknowledging your awareness and willingness to volunteer so we can properly consider your application. Thank you!
Education:
- Doctoral Degree (preferred)
Experience:
- scientific editing: 5 years (preferred)
- Team Management: 3 years (preferred)
- scientific writing for a lay audience: 5 years (preferred)
Work Location: Remote
About Pet Cancer Fund
Revenue: Unknown / Non-Applicable
Size: 201 to 500 Employees
Type: Non-profit Organisation
Website: www.petcancerfund.org
