Head of Adaptation Service

Contexte; Brussel; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Contexte recherche un Manager pour son service d'édition d'adaptation, chargé de traduire et d'adapter le contenu éditorial du français vers l’anglais ou vice versa, tout en gérant l’équipe d’éditeurs d’adaptation (40%). Le rôle exige une supervision des processus de traduction et le maintien de standards de qualité sur les contenus EU.

Le poste est à temps plein, basé dans notre newsroom à Bruxelles, avec une organisation hybride et des horaires centrés sur les après-midi/ soirées, afin de

Qualifications

• Expérience confirmée comme éditeur et gestion d'équipe dans un média.
• Maîtrise du bilinguisme anglais/français et capacité à encadrer des editors.
• Connaissance des règles éditoriales et du glossaire EU.

Responsibilities

• Manager la cellule d'édition adaptée et organiser les plannings.
• Former et coacher les editors, assurer la qualité et les deadlines.
• Superviser traduction/adaptation entre anglais et français pour les verticales EU.
• Collaborer avec les autres départements éditoriaux et journalistes.

Skills

Bilingual English/French

Gestion d'équipe

Communication efficace

Esprit d'analyse

Education

Formation journalistique ou expérience média

Tools

Outils éditoriaux

Job description

Descriptif du poste

Contexte is seeking a manager for its adaptation editor service — the newsroom team that brings our France and EU editions to life. The newly created post would translate and adapt specific editorial content from French to English or vice versa (60%), while also managing the team of adaptation editors (40%).

Why this role?

Contexte’s international expansion began in May 2025 with Energy, our first EU-focused English-language vertical, followed by Power in March 2026.

To produce parallel news content in English and French, we rely on a team of part‑time adaptation editors. This team will expand to 6 editors with the launch of a third EU vertical in the coming months and needs now a dedicated manager.

This hybrid role will structure the team, support its professional development, and ensure consistent quality standards when translating and adapting between languages.

A full‑time position, based in our newsroom in Brussels. Management tasks account for 40% of working time; the remaining 60% for adapting content between languages for one of the verticals (Energy, Power, or the forthcoming new one).

Our publication needs mean your shift would be roughly 1pm‑9pm each weekday.

Good to know:

You will adapt content into either English or French — whichever is your native language. As a manager, you must be able to understand, challenge, and correct work in either language, and coach the entire team, whichever language they speak.

Responsibilities

As manager:

• Ensure editorial quality and standards: work with the team to develop and maintain a shared adaptation guide (style norms, EU glossary, examples); organise cross‑checks; identify recurring errors; work with team members on objectives and action plans.
• Organise schedules and anticipate workload: manage holidays/absence, anticipate news cycles, arrange back‑ups, and ensure work‑life balance.
• Establish management routines: hold regular group and individual check‑ins and provide structured feedback on work.
• Staff the team: oversee recruitment and onboarding of new hires as the team grows.
• Work with other editorial departments — including managing ****editors, proofreaders, etc — to anticipate needs, prioritise tasks, and communicate team needs (tools, training, etc).

As Adaptation Editor

• Adapt content: translate and adapt articles from your assigned vertical into your native language — working autonomously and accurately to meet same‑day publication deadlines.
• Ensure editorial excellence: edit and correct your own adaptations before publication, ensuring precision on facts, names, titles, and EU terminology.
• Collaborate with other adaptation editors and journalists: flag ambiguities or errors found in source articles, discuss sensitive adaptation choices, and contribute to the team’s shared bilingual glossary.

Why join us?

• Help develop a European newsroom focused on sharing expertise, multilingual teamwork, and high journalistic standards.
• Help build an independent media outlet on a European scale.
• Be part of a company that takes work‑life balance seriously.

Profil recherché

• Language: Native‑level speaker of either ****English or French, with near‑native proficiency (at least C2) in the other language.
• Editorial and management: A background in journalism or related experience is required; you have at least three years’ experience as an editor in a media organisation. You have previously managed a team — however small or for however short a period — and understand what the role entails day‑to‑day.
• Active listening, adaptability, and emotional intelligence: You are attentive to others’ needs and tailor support to individual expectations, constraints, and ambitions. You are skilled at giving and receiving feedback.
• Diligence: You are thorough in your work and have an eye for detail.
• EU: You have a solid understanding of how EU institutions operate, or are keen to deepen it.
• Appreciation for cross‑functional work and change: You enjoy working with a wide range of people, in a dynamic environment, while building and energising a new team.

Déroulement des entretiens

• First step: Written exercise.
• First interview: discussion with the HR officer.
• Second interview: discussion with two editorial managers.
• Third interview: discussion with existing adaptation editors and journalists.
• Fourth interview: discussion with two ExCo members.

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Qui sont-ils ?

Nous sommes Contexte, un média européen fondé en 2013. Nous produisons une information politique en profondeur pour permettre aux acteurs de la démocratie d’agir sur le monde.

Nous sommes radicalement indépendants, détenus à 100 % par notre équipe. Pas de publicité, pas de sponsoring, un seul modèle de revenus : l’abonnement.

Chez Contexte, nous publions une information rigoureuse, hiérarchisée et accessible. Elle permet de mieux comprendre son environnement, d’anticiper, de décider, de construire des positions plus solides — et, ce faisant, de mieux faire vivre la démocratie.

Nous nous adressons à tous ceux que les décisions publiques concernent au quotidien : des professionnels du public comme du privé, dans tous les secteurs, à tous les niveaux.

Nous sommes une centaine répartis entre Paris et Bruxelles, au sein de la rédaction et des équipes commerciales, finance, ressources humaines, marketing, tech, produit et design.