Senior Editor

Marie Curie is the UK’s leading end-of-life charity. We are the largest non-NHS provider of end-of-life care in the UK, the only provider across all 4 nations, delivering community nursing and hospice care across the country, while providing information and support on all aspects of dying, death, and bereavement. Our leading research pushes the boundaries of what we know about good end-of-life, and our campaigns fight for a world where everyone gets to have the best possible quality of life while living with an illness, they are likely to die from.

The care and support we provide is highly valued by the people we care for and their loved ones, but at present we are only reaching around 10% of dying people at the end of life. We want a different society than the one we live in now. Our mission for the next five years is to close the gap in the number of people missing out on what they need at the end-of-life.

Help make complex health information clear, accessible and meaningful for the people who need it most.

At Marie Curie, we believe everyone deserves the best possible end-of-life experience, reflecting what matters most to them. Our Information and Support team provides trusted, evidence-based information for people affected by terminal illness, those supporting them, and health and social care professionals. The right information, at the right time, can make a real difference to someone navigating terminal illness.

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Editor to join our Information and Support Content team. Working alongside editors, healthcare professionals, subject matter experts and people with lived experience, you’ll help develop and maintain high-quality information across our digital, print and video channels.

As Senior Editor, you’ll play a key role in ensuring our information is accurate, accessible, compassionate and genuinely useful to the people who rely on it. You’ll lead content development and review projects, translate complex evidence into clear and practical information, and help identify opportunities to expand and improve our information service. You’ll also line manage an Editor, supporting editorial quality and professional development across the team.

• Develop, write, edit and review evidence-based health and social care information across digital, print and video formats.
• Manage the end-to-end content development and review process, ensuring information is accurate, up to date and delivered to agreed deadlines.
• Research clinical guidelines, literature and other evidence sources, translating complex information into clear, accessible content.
• Lead projects to develop new information, identifying audience needs, content gaps and opportunities to improve the service.
• Line manage an Editor, providing guidance, feedback and support while maintaining high editorial standards across the team.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals, subject matter experts and people with lived experience to ensure content is accurate, relevant and meets users’ needs.
• Work closely with Digital, Creative, Marketing and Support Line teams to develop, publish and promote information across different channels.
• Maintain editorial consistency, following established style guides, tone of voice, accessibility standards and content production processes.
• Support improvements to editorial workflows, content quality and service evaluation, contributing to the ongoing development of the information service.

• Extensive experience writing and editing health or social care information for the public and/or healthcare professionals.
• Excellent editorial skills, with the ability to communicate complex and sensitive subjects clearly, accurately and compassionately.
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