Desk Editor

About The Secretariat

The Secretariat is a digital-first news and analysis outlet concentrating on policy, economy, governance, and bureaucracy influencing India's growth and institutional framework. It focuses on delivering trustworthy, insightful, and well-researched content tailored for policymakers, industry professionals, and engaged readers.

Role Overview

The Desk Editor role entails managing the daily editorial process, ensuring that news articles, analyses, interviews, and opinion pieces meet high standards of accuracy, quality, relevance, and timely release. The position demands strong comprehension of policy issues and current events, exceptional editorial judgment, refined language capabilities, and the capacity to thrive in a fast-paced digital newsroom environment. Close collaboration with reporters, correspondents, and senior editorial staff will be essential to uphold editorial excellence and expand readership engagement.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit, rewrite, and polish news reports, features, interviews, opinion pieces, and analytical content for clarity, factual accuracy, coherent structure, and overall readability.
• Maintain adherence to the organization's editorial guidelines and style conventions.
• Enhance headlines, introductions, and story flow to boost reader engagement while incorporating SEO best practices.
• Ensure all published work is unbiased, factually correct, well-organized, and free from grammar or typographical mistakes.
• Oversee daily editorial operations including assigning stories, prioritizing tasks, editing content, and managing publication schedules.
• Collaborate with reporters, contributors, designers, and senior editors to guarantee prompt content delivery.
• Ensure timely publication of key stories without sacrificing accuracy and editorial integrity.
• Supervise content upload and publication through the website’s content management system.
• Thoroughly verify facts, figures, names, roles, quotations, dates, and other critical information prior to publication.
• Diligently cross-check claims using credible primary and secondary sources.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Mass Communication, English, or related fields.
• Between five and eight years of professional experience in journalism, editorial work, or digital media.
• Outstanding fluency in English, with proven skills in editing, rewriting, and crafting impactful headlines.
• Strong news judgment, research expertise, and fact-checking capability.
• Knowledge of governance, business, and economic topics.
• Experience with digital publishing platforms, CMS tools, and foundational SEO principles.
• Strong ability to handle multiple assignments efficiently and meet strict deadlines.