English Language Copy-Editor

The mission of the ) is to contribute to public health protection by engaging with an international community of experts and stakeholders. We achieve this by promoting access to safe medicines and healthcare through the elaboration of quality standards, which are recognised as a scientific benchmark worldwide. The EDQM's standards for medicines and their ingredients, compiled in the European Pharmacopoeia, are legally binding in 39 member states of the Council of Europe and are also widely used across the globe in the human and animal health sectors. The EDQM also plays a crucial role in the areas of blood transfusion, organ, tissue and cell transplantation and in developing and setting consumer health standards, such as for cosmetics and food contact materials.

The team you will be working in, the Linguistic Services and Scientific Editing Division (which is part of the European Pharmacopoeia Department), provides linguistic support, i.e. translation from English into French and vice versa and copy-editing, for documents produced and/or published by the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines & Healthcare.

As an English Language Copy-Editor, you will:

• edit and proofread texts – mainly of a scientific nature – drafted by the various entities of the EDQM for grammar, punctuation, spelling and style, ensure clarity and readability for the target audience and consistency in terminology, formatting, structure and presentation of references, in line with internal style guides; 
• help develop and maintain internal style guides;
• use your scientific knowledge/copy-editing experience across a variety of subject areas to re-draft or re-present information about EDQM activities in a manner suitable for the target audience;
• flag style and text inconsistencies, offer suggestions to improve awkward or unclear language, and resolvequeries directly with authors and other colleagues within and outside the division (translators, scientific editors, etc.); provide constructive feedback to authors and contributors to support continuous improvement in scientific writing;
• participate in departmental and cross-entity projects, depending on training, interests and competencies.

• Operational - Planning and work organisation
• Operational - Analysis and problem solving
• Interpersonal - Service orientation
• Interpersonal - Teamwork and co-operation

• Professional and technical expertise:
  1. experience in management of parts of projects;
  2. linguistic knowledge concerning terminology, spelling, syntax; understanding of jargon used in different scientific work fields;
  3. sound computer skills of standard tools in office applications (word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentation software, Outlook, internet/intranet publications).

• Operational - Results orientation
• Operational - Concern for quality

• Professional and technical expertise:

• ability to draft in French would be an advantage.

This job vacancy is for an international external recruitment. You can consult the conditions of employment (salaries, allowances, pension scheme, social insurance, etc.) on the webpage . 

For more information on how we recruit, you can consult the page . This recruitment is carried out in accordance with . The deadline for applications is indicated in the General information section of this vacancy notice (see above) and is fixed at 23:59:59 (CET/CEST). When applying, make sure your motivation shows how your competencies make your profile the best for the role.

As an equal opportunity employer, the Council of Europe welcomes applications from all suitably qualified people, irrespective of sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic or social origin, disability, religion or belief. Under its equal opportunity policy, the Council of Europe is aiming to achieve gender parity in staff employed in each category and grade. At the time of appointment, preference between suitable people shall be given to the person of the gender which is under-represented in the relevant grades within the category to which the vacancy belongs.

Applicants with specific needs are encouraged to request reasonable accommodations at any stage during the recruitment process. Please contact us at , we will ensure that your request is handled.

The information published on the CoE’s careers website regarding working conditions is correct at the time of publication of the vacancy notice. Any changes to these conditions during the recruitment process will be updated on our Portal and will apply at the time of the job offer. Our career's website is not intended to be exhaustive and may not address all questions you would have. Should you have remaining questions, please contact us at .