Investigations Editor

Salary:34000 to 39000 per annum

Enhance Your Career with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

The Pharmaceutical Journal is currently seeking an ambitious and tenacious journalist to lead on our investigations output. This role presents an exceptional opportunity to work with an awardwinning team of journalists while elevating your profile in health journalism. As our investigations editor you will be instrumental in producing exclusive news stories and conducting indepth revelatory investigative features. You will also have a chance to use and develop your editing skills with both news and longform pieces and your work will play a crucial role in shedding light on health policy issues.

We are looking for a seasoned journalist with at least three years of experience in breaking exclusive news stories ideally within the health/scientific sector. Your portfolio should showcase your investigative journalism skills and your knack for writing longform analysis pieces.

Requirements:

Essential

• Proven experience in investigative journalism and writing longform analysis pieces.
• A strong news sense and a keen interest in health policy.
• Exceptional organisational skills and ability to work under tight deadlines.
• Excellent communication and decisionmaking skills.
• Demonstrated writing ability.

Desirable

• A recognised journalism qualification.
• Evidence of successfully managing people.

The Team

• The Pharmaceutical Journals awardwinning news and views team strives to set the pharmacy news agenda by producing exclusive news and features for RPS members and the profession more broadly. We also produce thoughtprovoking opinion pieces and Q&As with key figures in pharmacy while keeping members up to date on the latest RPS announcements.
• We are a small highly collaborative and friendly news and views team with an overarching aim of ensuring The Pharmaceutical Journal remains a trusted source of information for our readers.

The Directorate

• The Pharmaceutical Journal is an integral department of Pharmaceutical Press the publishing division of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. The department comprises four business functions: product editorial business development and production with a brilliant team of editors journalists and product people constantly looking to do new things and improve our products and how we work.
• We employ a mix of business models across our portfolio of products from membership subscriptions advertising and sponsorship ensuring that the portfolio remains fully aligned to the larger organisational mission and vision of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

How we are currently working

RPS supports and works in a hybrid way which means you will be able to work from home however there will be an expectation for collaborative facetoface working on average and typically this may be something between 48 working days per month at our London Office.

Closing date: 1 March 2024

If you would like to learn more about the roleview our job description

Please attach a portfolio of 3 examples of your work a CV and Cover Letter.

We are passionate about creating a culture of belonging inclusion and diversity these are part of our core values at RPS and we are striving to have an organisation that represents the diversity of the profession. At RPS we do not discriminate on the basis of race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender age or disability and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.