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Copy Editor

1 month ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom University of Edinburgh Full time

**UE05 £24,285 - £27,929 per annum, pro rata**

**Science, Technology and Innovation Studies, School of Social and Political Science, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences**

**Part Time for 10 hours per week**

**Fixed Term for 31 months from January 2023**

**The Opportunity**:
The post holder will provide copy-editing support to The Epidemiological Revolution (TER) research project. The post holder will work closely with the TER Principal Investigator and research team to prepare and refine content for publication, including copy-editing of: publications for the Medicine Anthropology Theory (MAT) Journal hosted by the University of Edinburgh, academic articles and working papers, copy-edit and assist in the production of website content for the TER project and the MAT journal, other content for dissemination to non-academic audiences.

**Your skills and attributes for success**:

- Vocational qualifications (N/SVQ 3, ONC or equivalent) plus previous relevant work experience in a relevant role
OR School education to standard grade or equivalent plus previous relevant work experience.
- Prior experience as a science writer or copy-editor
- Excellent written English language skills, including a firm grasp of spelling, grammar, and punctuation rules.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Ability to work to strict deadlines.
- Excellent IT skills, including experience using a variety of Website content management systems, proficiency with Word, Excel, Adobe Acrobat and Adobe In-Design.

**Click to view a copy of the **full job description**

**As a valued member of our team you can expect**:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, flexible working and much more. Click to access our **staff benefits page **for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.

The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT equality.

Interviews will typically be held 2-3 weeks after the closing date.

If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our **right to work **webpages

On this occasion the University will not consider applicants requiring sponsorship for this role. International workers will therefore only be able to take up this role if they can demonstrate an alternative right to work in the UK.

As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.

We seek to answer the big questions about how societies both influence and are influenced by science, medicine and technology. Science, Technology and Innovation Studies (STIS) is internationally recognised as a leading centre of research, teaching and knowledge exchange in this important interdisciplinary field. With more than 25 academic staff, STIS enjoys outstanding ratings for its scholarly publications and impact, sustains research intensity with a high volume of external research income, and excels in teaching through a suite of undergraduate and postgraduate courses and programmes. STIS maintains a highly collegial and interdisciplinary environment including a large complement of doctoral, postdoctoral and visiting researchers from around the world.

We produce innovative and interdisciplinary research, public policy advice and consultancy on the socio-economic implications of technology and innovation. We have an international reputation as a leading centre of excellence and we attract a substantial level of external funding. We also host the Innogen Institute and the Institute for the Study of Science, Technology and Innovation.

Our research currently covers four broad themes:

- Environmental Science, Technology and Sustainability
- History and Sociology of Science, Technology and Medicine
- Information and Communication Technology
- Life Science Innovation

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