Overview
- Position: commissioning editor
- Location: working online, but ideal candidate will be based in Poland
- Hours: 20 per week, with exact schedule to be agreed with successful candidate
- Start date: as soon as possible
- Language requirements
- native English (though near-native-level candidates will be considered)
- good understanding of Polish
- Skills/experience:
- editing/commissioning/curating content, including working with texts in English
- experience working in media/journalism is desirable but not essential
- knowledge of Polish culture, politics and society
- Pay: PLN 4,000 to 4,250 gross (part-time, 20 hours/week), depending on qualifications and experience
- Application deadline: 2 April 2024
The role
The newly created, part-time position of commissioning editor will focus on overseeing Notes from Poland’s “insight” articles, which complement our news coverage by offering deeper analysis and commentary on Polish current affairs, politics, history, culture, business and economics.
The role will primarily involve:
- Conceptualising and discussing ideas for insight articles with the rest of the editorial team
- Long-term planning and implementation of editorial strategy, including increasing the number, range and quality of articles
- Seeking and commissioning authors
- Editing articles
- Preparing articles for publication on our website
- Ensuring payment to authors
The successful candidate will also at times be involved in other tasks, including:
- Monitoring, discussing, selecting and writing news stories
- Editing news stories written by other members of the team
- Administration and organisational work
The position requires a particular focus on fact-checking and reporting accurately, objectively and comprehensively, as well as adherence to our philosophy of presenting a broad and diverse range of perspectives.
You must be comfortable with working remotely and independently, while also coordinating and remaining in regular contact with the rest of the editorial team as well as outside contributors.
The successful candidate will be contracted under Polish law with the Notes from Poland Foundation and will work remotely for 20 hours a week, with the possibility of a flexible schedule to accommodate other employment. The start date and distribution of hours will be agreed upon between the successful candidate and the editor-in-chief.
Our organisation
Founded in 2019, we have established ourselves as the leading source of news and analysis about Poland in English and were named in 2021 as one of Europe’s “media startups to watch” by the Financial Times’ Sifted news service.
Published by a nonprofit foundation, our aim is to help the world understand Poland through high-quality, comprehensive and balanced reporting on Polish current affairs, politics, history, business, culture and more.
We reach a large, international readership, with an average of around 600,000 pageviews per month on our website. Our primary audiences are in Poland, the US, the UK and Germany and our readers include a range of stakeholders in Poland, including diplomats, politicians, academics, and employees at international institutions and NGOs.
The successful candidate will be joining a small team, but one that punches well above its weight in terms of productivity and impact.
Applying
To apply for the position, please send:
- a covering letter briefly explaining your relevant experience and outlining why you want to work with Notes from Poland
- a CV (two pages maximum)
- examples of relevant writing/editing work
- suggestions for three insight article topics you think would be good for Notes from Poland to commission
Applications should be in English and submitted to [email protected] by 2 April 2024. Selected candidates will then be invited to an online interview.
For legal reasons, the following sentence in Polish regarding consent to process your data must be included in your email:
- “Wyrażam zgodę na przetwarzanie moich danych osobowych dla potrzeb niezbędnych do realizacji procesu rekrutacji (zgodnie z ustawą z dnia 10 maja 2018 roku o ochronie danych osobowych (Dz. Ustaw z 2018, poz. 1000) oraz zgodnie z Rozporządzeniem Parlamentu Europejskiego i Rady (UE) 2016/679 z dnia 27 kwietnia 2016 r. w sprawie ochrony osób fizycznych w związku z przetwarzaniem danych osobowych i w sprawie swobodnego przepływu takich danych oraz uchylenia dyrektywy 95/46/WE (RODO)).”
