Designation: Editor
Candidates are expected to work Saturday and Sunday ( preferably), and take their two weekly off days during the weekends
Location: Remote
Job Type: 3-month Contract with possible extension to 6 months or 1 year
Total Experience: 0 to 4 years
Relevant Experience: Actual job experience is . However, a background and experience in academic writing, research, editing, or teaching is preferred. A passion for academia is highly regarded.
Bonus Experience: Teaching, published papers, a Master’s degree, a BEd degree, editing or copyediting work
Good-to-have: Professional attitude, passion for academia, interest in reading, being a team player
Job Responsibilities:
Editors are required for a specific project that involves evaluating assignments submitted by students for a HigherEd client. The students are professionals who have enrolled in courses to upgrade their skills and learn more.
The exact scope of work for the project is outlined as follows:
· Consultant will perform the role of “graders” and will evaluate student touchstones/assessments for a variety of courses submitted on the client platform.
· The courses belong to a variety of subjects including but not limited to Business, Science, English, and Social Sciences, and Technology.
· Each course has 1-3 assignments, known as Touchstones. Touchstones are essay-type, application-based assignments where students must apply concepts from the course to real-life scenarios.
· Subject-matter expertise is NOT required to grade Touchstones because grading is more about understanding the rubrics assigned to a course and the specific requirements from the course.
· Consultants will have a daily target in terms of number of Touchstones to grade. This will reflect their efficiency and will vary, depending upon the course they are grading.
· The specific number of weekly touchstones in the Consultant's queue will be based on actual submissions received from students as well as the Consultant’s performance on quality metrics.
· Consultants will be evaluated weekly on efficiency and quality.
Job Skills:
Content Research
- Ability to conduct multi-disciplinary research
- Ability to effectively use different web-search techniques, including Boolean search
- Ability to differentiate between credible and non-credible sources of information
- Ability to conduct focused research as per client briefs
- Ability to conduct exploratory research to discover details and create high-level structures
Reading Comprehension
- Ability to recall and summarize content
- Ability to determine the idea of given content
- Ability to interpret and apply content to scenarios accurately
- Ability to critically analyze content
- Ability to draw inferences from unfamiliar content
Content Review
- Ability to spot patterns in content and reorganize in logical manner
- Ability to identify gaps in logic and correct them
- Ability to catch small and big grammatical issues in writing and correct them
- Ensure that project guidelines and standards are met in all deliverables
- Identify errors in comprehension and interpretation of source content
Verbal Communication
- Ability to communicate with peers effectively
- Ability to communicate with clients effectively
Technical English
- Fluency with English language and grammar at the intermediate or advanced level
Special Skill: Attention-to-detail
Education and Certification:
- BA in subjects such as Mass Communication / English Literature /Journalism / Psychology/ Education
- MA in any subject
- Any formal training in writing or editing
- Knowledge of or experience with content authoring and/or web media creation tools is a bonus
Equal opportunity statement:
ansrsource provides equal employment opportunities to all team members and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, caste, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We respect and support diverse cultures, backgrounds,
Job Type: Contractual / Temporary
Contract length: 3 - 6 months
Pay: ₹30,000.00 - ₹35,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Work from home
Application Question(s):
- Are you an immediate joiner ?
- What is your current CTC?
- What is your expected CTC?
- How many years of experience do you have in academics?
Work Location: Remote
