Assistant Editor (Volunteer/Remote)

<section class="job-section" id="st-companyDescription"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Company Description</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg"><ul><li>Are you a stay-at-home parent, recent graduate, or someone exploring a new career path?</li><li>Looking for a flexible volunteer opportunity to gain valuable experience while supporting ARO’s mission to help victims of abuse?</li><li>Do you enjoy the flexibility of working in a virtual environment and connecting with passionate individuals worldwide?</li><li>Interested in developing your skills through cross-training, leadership opportunities, mentoring, and professional growth?</li></ul><p>Apply with ARO today and join our team of amazing volunteers! <u>This is an unpaid volunteer position.</u> Only hiring female identifying volunteers - read more about our BFOQ policy below.</p></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-jobDescription"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Job Description</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="responsibilities"><p><strong>Content Creation & Editing</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Write and Edit:</strong> Develop, refine, and revise articles for Medium, ensuring all blogs maintain a high standard of overall publication quality and accuracy.</li><li><strong>Maintain Editorial Standards:</strong> Review all content to ensure strict adherence to guidelines for style, tone, clarity, formatting, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.</li><li><strong>Repurpose Content:</strong> Craft engaging, concise summaries of long-form articles for use across various social media platforms.</li><li><strong>Manage Visual Assets:</strong> Generate and source compelling images to accompany and enhance blog posts.</li></ul><p><strong>Team Leadership & Workflow Management</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Supervise Journalists:</strong> Lead, guide, and collaborate with a team of journalists, reviewing their drafts and providing constructive feedback to support their progress.</li><li><strong>Oversee Project Timelines:</strong> Manage editorial workflows by developing clear task descriptions within Asana and ensuring all deliverables are completed on schedule.</li><li><strong>Report to Management:</strong> Communicate team progress, assigned task updates, and potential roadblocks directly to the Editorial Manager.</li></ul><p><strong>Departmental & Administrative Support</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Deliver Department Updates:</strong> Compile editorial department updates for monthly company meetings (held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month).</li><li><strong>Support Editorial Initiatives: </strong>Assist the Editorial Manager with ongoing projects, daily operations, and additional responsibilities as needed.</li><li><strong>Monitor Industry Trends:</strong> Stay continuously informed on current trends, tools, and developments related to content creation and digital publishing.</li><li><strong>General Support:</strong> Perform other related administrative or editorial duties as assigned.</li></ul><p> </p></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-qualifications"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Qualifications</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="qualifications"><p><strong>Required Skills & Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Availability to volunteer 8-10 hours per week for a minimum of 8-10 months.</li><li>Excellent writing, editing, and communication skills.</li><li>Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.</li><li>Proficiency with AI generation, Google Docs, Slack, and Asana</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in English, Journalism, or a related field required.</li><li>Minimum of two years of editing experience required.</li><li>Must be based in the U.S., Canada, or neighboring countries within a time zone difference of no more than three hours.</li></ul><p> </p></div></section><section class="job-section" id="st-additionalInformation"><div><p class="googlejobs-paragraph--empty"></p><h2 class="title">Additional Information</h2></div><div class="wysiwyg" itemprop="incentives"><p><strong>Please note:</strong> As part of our volunteer program, we ask all volunteers to actively engage with our organization's social media platforms by liking, sharing, or commenting on posts to help spread awareness of our mission and initiatives.</p><p>Your background and experiences matter to us. If this position resonates with you, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t meet every qualification. We value passion and potential as much as experience.</p><p> </p><p><strong>About Abuse Refuge Org:</strong></p><p><em>ARO focuses on championing 28 areas of abuse including Narcissism, Sexual, Physical, Psychological, Financial, Child, Self, Cyberbullying (Including Online Abuse), Bullying, Spousal, Workplace, Elderly, Isolation, Religious, Medical, Food, Authority, Educational, Child Sexual Exploitation, Sex Trafficking, Political, Weather and we've added six additional abuse protocols and services including Norm Therapy® for PTSD, Educators, Police, Prisons, Suicide, and Military. Support our efforts by visiting https://abuserefuge.org/ and NormTherapy.com to sign up for Norm Therapist® Training to become one of our dynamic staff members who serve Victims and Survivors of abuse worldwide, schedule Norm Therapy® sessions, become a Live Stream volunteer, join our mailing list to learn how you can make an impact on the Abuse Care Community, and provide life-saving financial assistance with a generous donation.</em></p><p><em>At this time in ordinance with our BFOQ policy we are only hiring female identifying volunteers. In the near future we will be launching a male side to ARO at which point we will open up opportunities to all who are interested. You can view our BFOQ policy here https://abuserefuge.org/human-resources/#BFOQ</em></p><p><em>ARO is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We support the LGBTQ-IA+ community and the disabled communities. For more about our hiring practices, please refer to: Human Resources – Abuse Refuge Org</em></p></div></section>

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