Job Description
Loction: National
The College of Law is looking for a talented Content Editor to join the Content Development & Design team
About the role
The Content Editor contributes to the development and maintenance of College learning content and publications across all programs and jurisdictions. The position also works closely with Content Designers, external authors and academic staff to ensure new learning content and publications are accurate, current and relevant.
Key Responsibilities
Editing & Publishing
- Assists with the annual production of print and online practice papers and learning content for all College programs
- Monitors legal developments and performs legal research
- Liaises with other CDD teams regarding production and course deadlines, updates, amendments and compilations
Learning Content Creation & Maintenance
- Commissions, briefs and manages external and internal subject matter experts
- Manages copyright records in the content revision and creation process
- Reviews, edits and formats learning content materials prior to publication
Education Design & Curriculum Development
- Champions the College "signature learning design"and all relevant style guides in all content and product development activities
Education and Experience
- Tertiary qualifications in Law or progress toward such a qualification
- Demonstrated experience in the publishing industry with knowledge of publishing workflows and content life cycles
- Demonstrated experience in writing and editing learning content
- Ability to contribute to the creation and maintenance of relevant, current and accurate learning content and publications
- Experience in commissioning, author management and contract administration
- Ability to think creatively and develop innovative solutions
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills
- Demonstrated ability to use Microsoft Office
- Demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative team environment
- Demonstrated ability to plan, organise, prioritise and execute multiple tasks under strict deadlines
- Highly developed attention to detail
A more detailed position description can be accessed here
If interested please send covering letter and CV to hr@collaw.edu.au by COB Friday 12 August 2022
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The College of Law is the school of professional practice for lawyers. We deliver innovative, practice-focussed legal education and training to enhance the careers of practising professionals across Australasia and its region.
We are unique in having locations in each of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Auckland, as well as providing onsite training in key regional centres. The College as a whole has over 60,000 graduates and more than 400 staff with all teaching staff having extensive practising experience.
Graduates of all law schools in Australia and New Zealand come to The College to undertake a comprehensive program of practical legal training, leading to admission into the profession. The College is the largest provider in both countries.
For legal practitioners, we provide a large suite of continuing legal education programs, both face-to-face and online, across a range of practice and skill areas.
The College offers fully accredited postgraduate degree programs in applied law. As a non-university higher education provider with self-accrediting authority (SAA) we have been recognised as achieving superior academic standards, governance, and quality. The Applied Law programs, including the LLM (Applied Law), are differentiated by their focus on the practice of law. They enable students to develop existing practice specialisations or move into new areas of practice and are conducted primarily online to meet the needs of busy practitioners.