This Editor - Center for Faculty Well-Being will be responsible to edit academic, research, and related documents, including manuscripts, textbook chapters, abstracts, newsletters, grant proposals, foundation progress reports, patient questionnaires, protocols, department reports, database reports, and other documents for department faculty.

This position is mostly remote and generally requires 1 day per week on site.?? ?? Employees must reside in MA, NH or RI.????

Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations. We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.

Editing

• Edit manuscripts, abstracts, letters, permissions, memos, statistical reports, patient questionnaires, CME materials, proposals, patient education materials, grant applications, department/service newsletters, and other related documents for the department for submission to journals, publishers, committees, meetings, or book publication.
• Performance Expectations:
  
  • Edits documents requiring substantive, developmental, mechanical, stylistic, design, or copy editing, as needed by document authors. This could include assessment of readability, proofreading, formatting, fact-checking, creation of tables/charts/diagrams, creation of bibliographies, research, and re-organization, re-writing, and working with illustrators to provide figures for documents. This also includes adherence to copyright, HIPAA, and other guidelines.
  • Creates bibliographies for specific manuscripts and checks manuscript references when requested or supervises these services for faculty.

Information Management/Project Tracking

• Maintains, updates, and contributes to the development of document management systems for tracking editorial projects/manuscripts to produce reports (re: priority, productivity, status) for use by the department and external editorial/publishing groups.
• Performance Expectations:
  • Develops, maintains, and suggests improvements for editorial document management systems to ensure version control and tracking of manuscripts, abstracts, multi-authored textbooks, grant application components, department reports, and other documents.
  • Creates project reports using document tracking data to provide information to the director of the center for faculty well-being, administrators, or faculty.
  • Participates in the development and maintenance of database integrity for manuscript, workload, and other tracking databases.
  • Other tasks as needed by the program director.

• Bachelor???s degree Major: Journalism, Liberal Arts, Humanities, or Science. Minimum Experience: 2-5 years scientific or medical editing/writing experience is required.
• Preferred Education (optional): Master???s degree preferred OR 5???10 years publishing, editing, or writing experience.
• Preferred: American Medical Writers Association Medical Writer Certified (MWC) credential or UC San Diego Professional Certificate in Medical Writing. Medical editing experience is neccesary.
• Knowledge of medical terminology; technical publishing; grammar, syntax, and usage; new media, print, and web- based writing processes. Proficiency in WORD and EXCEL.
• Strong writing/editing skills in English.
• Experience in mechanical editing, copyediting, stylistic editing, and proofreading required. Experience in substantive, developmental, and plain-language editing desirable.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.

At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong.?? As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are equally committed to diversifying our faculty and staff.?? Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and diverse professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other groups as protected by law.