Position Summary:

The Newsletter Editor is responsible for coordinating the writing and electronic publishing of our quarterly newsletter. Our e-newsletter generally has abridged versions of articles which are posted on our website, in full. The Newsletter Editor drives the writing of both the full and abridged versions of the articles. This will require working closely with the Marketing Lead and the Webmaster to ensure that the content matches our marketing strategy and priorities. The Newsletter Editor will share (volunteer) staff with the Web Content Lead to assist with writing and might also recruit additional writers, if needed.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and oversee the implementation of a vision for our regular (bi-monthly) electronic newsletter, ensuring that it meets our marketing objectives and is consistent with our overall communications strategy
• Assign writers to research and develop required artices from source materials or from scratch, following up with them to ensure deadlines are met, and making final edits on the articles
• Oversee the electronic publishing of the e-newsletter
• Coordinate with Marketing Lead, Webmaster and Web Content Lead
• Develop a pool of writers which will be shared with the Web Content Lead

• Strong communications and writing skills
• Creative
• Strong Collaboration skills
• Ability to set and meet deadlines
• Journalism background preferred
• Self-directed
• Team leadership experience preferred, but not required

Community Empowerment Network's (CEN) operations are nearly entirely driven by the efforts of volunteers (the only exception is our Field Manager in Santarém, Brazil, who is paid under contract). We are a small organization and so lines of responsibility sometimes overlap, but this provides a terrific opportunity for volunteers to take on a variety of responsibilities and to expand their skills. How Our Teams Work .

If you are interested, please send your resume and cover note to the volunteer coordinator.