Chinadialogue seeks a Managing Editor to join its London office. The ideal candidate would have a keen interest in climate change and environmental issues, China and international affairs. They would be proactive, highly organised and self-motivated, with relevant professional experience – in journalism, research or policy – with excellent writing, editing and verbal communications skills, an aptitude for digital technologies and a high level of accuracy and attention to detail in their work.

Chinadialogue (www.chinadialogue.net) has a ten-year track record of disseminating high-quality information and promoting communication on environment and climate change in both Chinese and English. We provide a space for open discussion, with the aim of informing and educating international and Chinese readers, and contributing to building equitable and constructive solutions to global environmental problems.

Chinadialogue researches, writes, commissions, edits and publishes bilingual high-quality content that includes extended reports, policy briefs, essays, blogs and book reviews on the environment and climate change.

In addition to our website, Chinadialogue publishes a bimonthly journal and hosts the annual China Environmental Press Awards to recognise and honour the work of China’s best environmental journalists.

Chinadialogue also works closely with its network of sister websites – The Third Pole, India Climate Dialogue and Diálogo Chino – cross-publishing relevant material in order to better serve our readerships. In the coming years, we plan to deepen these relationships, drawing on the resources we have established over the past decade to generate new synergies in content, from grassroots reporting to high-level analysis in a truly global dialogue.

This is an exciting opportunity to work for Chinadialogue as a key part of its London-based editorial team.

-   Excellent writing and editing skills

-   Proven interest in and knowledge of environment and climate-change issues (e.g. climate and energy policy, climate finance)

-   Experience in web publishing, social media and/or digital tools

-   Strong project management and problem-solving skills

-   Flexibility and ability to multi-task, verbal and cross-cultural communications skills

-   Ability to work independently

-   Interest in or knowledge of China and international affairs

-   Chinese language skills

-   Editing articles and blog posts

-   Researching, commissioning, planning and coordinating editorial projects

-   Liaising with chinadialogue editorial teams in Beijing, Delhi and São Paolo on joint editorial projects and themes of mutual interest

-   Coordinating translation of content and editing translated content

-   Writing and researching articles

-   Managing and tracking copy flow

-   Working with Production Manager to prepare content for online publication and coordinate over selection of images to accompany content

-   Uploading content to CMS system

-   Promoting content via social media and other publishing platforms

-   Please send a CV with references, covering letter and 2-3 examples of recent, relevant work or clippings to: [email protected]

-   Applications should be submitted in English