Senior Features Editor
Job Title: Senior Features Editor – Maternity Cover
Location: London
Reports to: Head of Editorial
Grade: 4
Duration: 12 months
About Us:
We are The Royal College of Pharmacy, the professional leadership body for pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists. Our mission is to put pharmacy at the forefront of patient care.
As a Royal College, incorporated by Royal Charter, it is a registered charity with a public benefit purpose while remaining focused on supporting its members to deliver great patient care, develop their capability through education, assessment and credentialling and advancement in the science, research and practice of pharmacy.
Our mission is to put pharmacy at the forefront of patient care.
Our vision is to become the world leader in the safe and effective use of medicines.
We empower pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists to deliver excellence in practice and the advancement of safe and effective medicines usage across Great Britain and beyond.
We work to develop professional standards, guidance, learning and credentialing to support pharmacists and the wider pharmacy team to deliver safe, effective and patient-centred care.
Our values:
At the core of our culture, our Values Focus, Agility, Quality, Collaboration and Respect describe the way we work to achieve our organisational goals.
We believe people don’t need to be fixed to their desk to achieve great things, so we offer flexibility to our people in how they do their work wherever possible, to bring out the best in everyone and provide an inclusive working environment.
Our governance and leadership:
Our Trustee board and Senate provide overall governance and strategic direction for the College. Our three National Pharmacy Boards provide advocacy, support and strategic leadership for pharmacy practice and developments within England, Scotland and Wales. The Pharmaceutical Press (PhP) Board advises the Assembly on the direction and approach of Publishing, while our Executive Team look after every aspect of our operations.
The Role Profile:
This role is designed to support The Pharmaceutical Journal’s Executive Editor – News & Views in taking responsibility for features; including commissioning, editing and writing feature content. This includes producing podcasts and infographics on a monthly basis. The Senior Features Editor will also support the News Editor by writing news content related to their features when time allows.
Specific Accountabilities:
To take responsibility for sourcing, writing, commissioning and editing features for the PJ website – checking for the legality, accuracy and appropriateness of the content.
To assist the Executive Editor in developing investigations and other data-driven editorial projects for The Journal e.g. through Freedom of Information requests, NHS prescribing data or scientific research.
Develop ideas for multimedia content, including infographics and podcasts.
To assist the Art Editor with the selection of pictures and illustrations to accompany features content.
To represent The Pharmaceutical Journal at meetings, symposia and press conferences and to report the proceedings.
Work with the Executive Editors in delivering new editorial and supported content, including partnership projects with industry as and when required.
To maintain a bank of freelance journalists with the skills necessary to produce high-quality feature content.
To take over tasks delegated by the Executive Editor to cover absences.
**This list is a summary of the main accountabilities of this role and is not exhaustive. The role holder may be required to undertake other reasonable duties from time to time.
Success Measures:
The news & views section of The Pharmaceutical Journal contains relevant, accurate and timely features.
Relevant, accurate and timely features are uploaded to The Pharmaceutical Journal’s website weekly.
The Executive Editor has access to a bank of freelance journalists with a range of relevant skills and knowledge base.
Knowledge & Skills for this job:
At least three years of experience in features journalism, preferably in a health-related field.
Undergraduate degree, preferably in science, pharmacy or medicine.
Strong awareness of current issues and of what makes a good feature.
Capable of coming up with ideas and developing them.
Commissioning experience is crucial.
Well organised.
Excellent communication and decision-making skills.
A strong wish to keep the profession informed of clinical developments.
Ability to manage a bank of freelancers.
Possess a methodical approach to work yet able to work to tight deadlines.
Proven writing ability.