Senior Editor, Health Information & Support

Marie Curie; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

25 days annual leave

Group Personal Pension Scheme (7.5% up

Bike/season ticket loan schemes

CPD opportunities

Industry-leading training programmes

Wellbeing and Employee Assistance

Job summary

Marie Curie is seeking an experienced Senior Editor to join the Information and Support Content team. You will develop and maintain high-quality information across digital, print and video channels, translating complex evidence into clear, practical material for patients, families and healthcare professionals.

You’ll lead content development, review projects and line-manage an Editor, ensuring accessibility, compassion and usefulness for users navigating terminal illness.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience writing and editing health or social care information for the public and/or healthcare professionals.
• Excellent editorial skills, with the ability to communicate complex and sensitive subjects clearly, accurately and compassionately.
• Strong research skills, including reviewing literature, evaluating evidence and translating research findings into accessible information.
• Experience working within structured content development and review processes, such as PIF TICK, with an understanding of editorial quality assurance.
• Good understanding of digital and print content production, including experience using website content management systems (CMS).
• Experience collaborating with healthcare professionals, subject matter experts, volunteers or people with lived experience to develop content.
• Strong project management and organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver high-quality work to deadlines.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the confidence to engage and collaborate with stakeholders across different teams and disciplines.
• A commitment to accessible, inclusive information and a genuine interest in improving support for people affected by terminal illness.

Responsibilities

• Develop, write, edit and review evidence-based health information across digital, print and video formats.
• Manage the end-to-end content development and review process, ensuring information is accurate, up to date and delivered to agreed deadlines.
• Research clinical guidelines, literature and other evidence sources, translating complex information into clear, accessible content.
• Lead projects to develop new information, identifying audience needs, content gaps and opportunities to improve the service.
• Line manage an Editor, providing guidance, feedback and support while maintaining high editorial standards across the team.
• Collaborate with healthcare professionals, subject matter experts and people with lived experience to ensure content is accurate, relevant and meets users’ needs.
• Work closely with Digital, Creative, Marketing and Support Line teams to develop, publish and promote information across different channels.
• Maintain editorial consistency, following established style guides, tone of voice, accessibility standards and content production processes.
• Support improvements to editorial workflows, content quality and service evaluation, contributing to the ongoing development of the information service.

Skills

Editorial excellence

Health information writing

Project management

Stakeholder collaboration

Research skills

Tools

CMS

Job description

Marie Curie is seeking an experienced Senior Editor to join the Information and Support Content team. You will develop and maintain high-quality information across digital, print and video channels, translating complex evidence into clear, practical material for patients, families and healthcare professionals.

You’ll lead content development, review projects and line-manage an Editor, ensuring accessibility, compassion and usefulness for users navigating terminal illness.