Editorial Assistant

This is a remote position.

• Content Generation & Drafting: Assist in drafting and updating core narrative chapters for integrated, annual, governance, and committee disclosures.
  

• Sustainability & Framework Writing: Develop targeted report sections focusing on Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) criteria, materiality assessments, stakeholder engagement structures, and risk disclosures.
  

• Information Simplification: Convert intricate, highly technical operational or financial details into concise, accessible, and reader-friendly business narratives.
  

• Rigorous Copy-Editing & Proofreading: Edit substantial documents to guarantee flawless grammar, consistent stylistic tone, absolute accuracy across cross-references, and optimal readability.
  

• Data Integration & Fact-Checking: Cross-verify narrative assertions against financial spreadsheets, ensuring alignment between general text disclosures, tables, charts, and data infographics.
  

• Client Advisory Support: Collaborate in constructing professional stakeholder interview guides and content templates to streamline data collection pipelines.
  

• Regulatory Knowledge Progression: Gradually absorb and integrate modern corporate reporting guidelines—such as the International Integrated Reporting Framework, GRI, IFRS Sustainability Disclosures, JSE Guidance, and King V principles
  

Key Deliverables

• Drafted components of Integrated, Sustainability, and Governance Reports
  

• Professional stakeholder interview questionnaires and templates
  

• Quality-assured and consistently formatted corporate data files
  

Requirements

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 to 6 years of professional experience in corporate writing, institutional editing, or technical publishing.
  

• Demonstrated baseline business writing capability paired with exceptional English editing and proofreading skills.
  

• Proven competence in identifying key corporate themes, understanding value creation models, and demonstrating strong general business acumen.
  

• Meticulous attention to detail and a high standard of personal discretion when managing confidential information.
  

• Proven capability to remain organised under tight publication deadlines and manage multiple document iterations smoothly
  

Preferred Qualifications

• While specific skills are heavily prioritised over specific degrees, a completed tertiary qualification in English, Journalism, Corporate Communications, Sustainability, Business Management, Finance, or Economics is highly advantageous.
  

• Prior practical experience editing or drafting integrated reports for JSE-listed enterprises.
  

• Direct familiarity with baseline global sustainability and ESG reporting frameworks.
  

Required Software Skills

• Microsoft Word (Advanced formatting, version tracking, style configurations).
  

• General business technology platforms and cloud file-sharing environment
  

Benefits

Benefits

• Complete remote workspace flexibility.
  

• Manageable part-time hours supporting healthy professional balance.
  

• Deep professional development pathway into specialised global ESG and sustainability governance standards without needing prior framework knowledge.
  

Work Type and Location

• Remote (Independent home-office setup).
  

Employment Type

• Part-Time (Estimated at 10 hours per week)