The Copy Editor will work within the Orygen Digital content team to review and edit MOST therapy content to ensure conciseness, adherence to the style guide, and professional standards. The Copy Editor will work closely with the writers in the team, to suggest changes to enhance readability, conciseness and style.

Reporting to the Senior Clinical Content Lead, Orygen Digital you will:

• Copy edit for all MOST clinical content to ensure adherence to the style guide and work collaboratively with the writing team to suggest changes to enhance the readability, conciseness and style of content aligned.
• Respond efficiently to user feedback and for making corrections and adjustments to the content where needed and for uploading our finalized content to the authoring system.
• Assist with documenting processes and procedures for the clinical content writing team (including technical, theoretical, style-guide based material within handbooks to support our content development processes)
• Creating and maintaining online filing systems (maintenance of SharePoint, confluence); and ensuring documents are aligned to templates and kept up to date (for internal and external stakeholders)

What you’ll need

You are passionate, energetic and determined to make a difference to health and wellbeing outcomes for young people. The following criteria must be met for consideration for this position:

• Tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (preferably postgraduate or working towards postgraduate qualifications in Psychology, Clinical Psychology) or tertiary qualifications in a relevant discipline (mental health and/or professional/copy-editing writing) and/or relevant experience.
• Prior experience working in an editorial/copywriting/quality assurance professional writing role.
• Superior skills reviewing, editing and providing quality assurance check on digital content aligned with editing guidelines and quality assurance specs.
• An excellent written communicator with a positive attitude and exceptional analytical, problem-solving and quality assurance skills.

What you’ll get in return

• Salary package between $85,000 – $90,000 pro rata commensurate with skills and experience + 11% super + NFP salary packaging up to $15,900 + $2,600 meals and entertainment card.
• Be part of the Orygen Digital’s team that includes over 120 professionals and researchers across >20 disciplines.
• Opportunity to contribute to the success of a purpose driven organisation.
• Ability to purchase additional leave; access to EAP; generous Parental Leave Scheme.
• Opportunity to be mentored, develop your skills and be challenged.

Orygen – leading the revolution

Imagine a future with unlimited potential. A future where every young person enjoys optimal mental health as they grow into adulthood. At Orygen, this is our life’s work, because we passionately believe it’s what all young people deserve.

Every step of the way, young people and families are at the heart of everything we do. Always.

Through world-leading research that creates change. Through pioneering reform that delivers real-world practical solutions.

At Orygen, that’s the future we’re creating right now. To do it, we have revolution in mind.

Join the revolution

If you’re keen to join Orygen and be part of our team challenging the status quo and reshaping the future for young people, apply now.

For more information and to review the position description, please follow the link here.

Applications will close on the advertised date, unless a suitable candidate is found sooner.

Orygen is committed to providing diverse, equitable and inclusive environments for Staff and anyone connected to Orygen. We strive to continue building a culturally safe workplace where our values underpin the way we work and our commitment to First Nations people of Australia, young people and their families, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ people and CALD communities. We strongly encourage applications from the First Nations people.

Orygen is a child-safe organisation and is committed to promoting and protecting the safety and well-being of all young people and embedding safeguarding practices into all our programs and services.

All employment appointments are subject to holding a valid working with children check, successful police check and having at least three COVID-19 vaccinations.