Copyeditor Consultant – $75 per session

Moving Traditions is seeking a Copyeditor Consultant (1099 contractor) to ensure our content meets our guidelines and copy is accurate and free of grammatical errors. This job is an ideal position for someone who wants to make a meaningful difference in teens’ lives with flexible work and short-term projects.

Moving Traditions has emboldened more than 40,000 Jewish youth and trained more than 2,650 adults to implement Moving Traditions B-Mitzvah Family Education Program and our Teen Groups: Rosh Hodesh for girls, Shevet for boys, and Tzelem for LGBTQ+ teens. Kulam is a series of plug-and-play curricular sessions designed for Jewish educators to use in Hebrew High Schools with students and TAs, and at camps with staff and CITs. Our Teen Trips and Fellowships include jGirls+ Magazine, the Meyer-Gottesman Kol Koleinu Teen Feminist Fellowship and Kumi: Foundation. CultureShift training is available for those working with Jewish youth at camp and elsewhere about navigating gender, healthy boundaries, and more.

This year, Moving Traditions is projected to support more than 10,000 Jewish youth, in partnership with 200+ synagogues, day schools, camps, and other Jewish institutions across North America.

• Ensure correct tone, voice, clarity, flow, and structure of content
• Proofread text and correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors according to the Chicago Style Guide
• Rewrite text to improve clarity and readability
• Verify factual correctness of information, such as dates and statistics

Requirements and skills

• Work experience as a copyeditor
• Comfort with Microsoft Word
• Ability to consistently meet deadlines
• Excellent communication skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Knowledge of Jewish traditions and terms a plus

Compensation

$75 per curricular session, with 15-20 sessions needing copyedit per year. Each curricular session is approximately 6-8 pages in length, and a session typically takes 1.5-2 hours to copyedit.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Moving Traditions is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, height, weight, marital status, genetic information, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law in employment or the provision of services. Moving Traditions deeply values the diversity of insight, perspective, and experience brought by people from all backgrounds and we encourage all—especially those whose identities are traditionally underrepresented in Jewish nonprofit organizations—to apply.