Editor, Social Care

Editor, Social Care, Maternity Cover

Full-time or part-time, 3–5 days

£45,000 pro rata

Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Hybrid

There’s no shortage of commentary about social care. The real challenge is producing clear, credible stories that practitioners actually trust. This role is for an editor who cares about substance, structure and standards.

You will have the opportunity to represent a well-established title serving senior decision-makers across the care home sector. Publishing 10 issues a year, the magazine is positioned as a more rigorous, educational alternative to much of what exists in this market and the ambition is to keep raising the bar.

This is a 12-month maternity cover, but with a genuine longer-term view. The wider portfolio is growing and internal moves are common. The role would suit either a freelance journalist looking for a part-time structure, or a deputy editor/senior reporter ready to step up into full editorial ownership.

You’ll have day-to-day responsibility for shaping each issue, writing and commissioning original content, and maintaining strong relationships with industry bodies, contributors and commercial colleagues. While the sector isn’t highly technical, it rewards editors who can quickly understand an audience and ask the right questions.

Key responsibilities include

• Full editorial ownership of a print and digital title
• Writing and commissioning original features, analysis and sector coverage
• Working closely with the commercial team while maintaining clear editorial standards
• Representing the title through media partnerships and at relevant industry events

Key requirements include

• Experience in B2B journalism, trade publishing or specialist media
• Confidence running a title end-to-end, or clear readiness to step up into an editor role
• Strong writing and editing skills, with an emphasis on clarity and structure
• Willingness to be office-based in Tunbridge Wells regularly

Sector experience in care or health is useful but not essential. Transferable editorial judgement and the ability to quickly get under the skin of a market matter more.

If you’d like more information, please reach out via:

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/bengalyas-journalism/

Twitter: @journalism_ben

Everyone who replies will receive a response within one week.

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