Editor

Join our team as an Editor for our third-party due diligence (VANTAGE) department! The VANTAGE team assess our clients’ current, former or potential counterparties, looking for any issues that might pose a reputational or business risk to them, wherever they may be in the world. You'll play a crucial role in ensuring all written materials for our clients are well written, well presented, timely, and accurate.

What you'll do:

• Coordinate with Researchers, Senior Researchers, Research Supervisors and Quality Assurance & Alignment team to manage due diligence work conducted under the VANTAGE programme so that multiple reports with tight deadlines can be juggled simultaneously; the ability to maintain high quality at a fast turnaround rate is key.
• Edit, format and provide critical feedback where appropriate on VANTAGE reports produced by research teams. Adapt content where necessary for methodological consistency.
• Referencing SharePoint and Knowledge Management channels, ensure that reports are written in a current standard or current client specific template.
• Compare risk ratings and report level scope across jurisdictions within each programme to ensure consistency and comparability across reports.
• Liaise with Researchers, Senior Researchers, Research Supervisors and Quality Assurance & Alignment team to ensure that all online content is regularly reviewed and kept up to date. Keep records of progress, including the use of SharePoint tracking system.
• Contribute to the development of the VANTAGE product. Assess ways of improving readability for online output and reports, including through the use of graphics.
• Edit and proof other types of documents (e.g. marketing material) for grammar, clarity and style as required.

Requirements

Who you are:

• Proven experience working on multiple editorial projects simultaneously.
• Ability to keep clear lines of communications on deliverables.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-turnaround environment.
• Knowledge of research techniques, databases, and archives the general internet.

• Education to degree level in English or media studies.
• Native or equivalent fluency in English and excellent written skills.
• Demonstrated excellence in proof reading and copy editing to house style.
• MS Office proficiency and ability in the use of editorial software.

This is a hybrid role and requires 2/3 days in our Mexico City office.

Benefits

• Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
• We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
• Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
• As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.

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