Job Opportunity for Editor at Dalberg in Mumbai

ABOUT DALBERG

We are a global group working to build a more inclusive and sustainable world where all people, everywhere, can reach their fullest potential. We partner with and serve communities, governments, and companies throughout the world, providing an innovative mix of advisory, investment, research, analytics, and design services. Today’s complex global problems require new solutions. Comprised of Dalberg Advisors, Dalberg Data Insights, Dalberg Design, Dalberg Implement, Dalberg Media and Dalberg Research; our businesses approach problems differently and work together to create impact at scale. We are from everywhere, at home anywhere – an African and American company as much as an Asian, Latin American, Middle Eastern, and European one.

Dalberg is a place where a diverse mix of talented individuals are able to bring their authentic selves to work – whether it’s how you identify, where you come from, the languages you speak, the person you love, or the way you worship. Dalberg is a home where people feel safe, understood, nurtured, and encouraged to grow.

As a team of 700+ people from over 55 countries, speaking over 90 languages collectively, with a 40% female leadership team, Dalberg places diversity, equity and inclusion principles at the heart of our organization and the work we do alongside our clients, partners and communities.

Established in 2001 by experienced private sector consultants, Dalberg operates from 29 worldwide locations. For more information, please visit Dalberg.

ABOUT YOU

Dalberg’s commitment to social impact means being passionate about consistently creating high quality knowledge products for clients and as public good. We are seeking a Copy Editor for Dalberg Advisors as a dedicated specialist in the Asia Communications team to keep these important conversations going.

The role will involve creating and editing varied forms of content in the social impact space, both on and off projects as we aim to lead, influence and be part of the larger public discourse.

As Editor, you will work closely with the Communications and project teams, and will report to the Head of Communications, Dalberg Asia

Qualifications

• A highly skilled editor and writer with at least 3-4 years of experience in editing (and creating) documents across a range of different formats including reports, whitepapers, presentations, blogs, press releases
• Editing experience in industries such as journalism, media, or corporate communications.
• Experience in a consulting firm or an impact sector firm will be highly preferred.
• A natural storyteller, and good at raising the quality of content in a manner that is mission aligned, simple, and jargon-free.
• Deadline oriented and are able to turn around high-quality edited pieces on short timelines
• Ability to thrive in a high performing people-friendly culture and are a team player
• Some experience in social media copy, or creating multimedia outputs such as podcasts or short videos is desirable though not mandatory
• Management and delivery of work: With some initial guidance, ability to own and execute functional area processes and specific initiatives with minimal oversight including identifying relevant steps to complete initiatives for yourself and others.
• Motivated deeply by questions of social impact and by the mission of Dalberg
• Note: Employment in all the Dalberg offices is conditional on the candidate having or obtaining the requisite authorization to live and work in that country. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Collaborating with project teams as line editor to edit project deliverables such as reports, slide decks, BD pitches, taking care of structuring, language, and grammar issues and ensuring crisp writing meant for consumption by senior stakeholders
• Occasionally, creating easy to read articles and blog posts linked to longer reports and presentations by Dalberg consulting teams.
• Involvement in firm building and training initiatives that help teams achieve high-quality on-brand communications
• Collaboration with the global communications team on social media efforts
• Bringing in fresh perspectives on how we can do better and generate ideas for new approaches and content types

ABOUT OUR CLIENTS

Our clients come to us with some of the most difficult global problems, seeking solutions where the obvious ones have failed. We are entrepreneurs and innovators, designers and creative problem solvers, thinkers, and doers who supply new ideas, drawing from a deep base of knowledge that cuts across sectors and geographies and is growing every day. We partner with and serve communities, governments, and companies throughout the world. Some of our recent clients include foundations such as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, corporations such as Pepsi and Vodafone, multilateral institutions such as the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank, UN Agencies such as UNICEF and the UNEP, and government agencies such as DFID and the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency.

JOIN OUR TEAM

Our current opportunity is in Mumbai.  

Please submit your application at our Career Centre, by 11:59 EST on 31 July 2022.

Candidate applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Candidates selected for interviews will be invited to a few rounds of interviews, based on which specific title and level of entry will be agreed upon.