Multilingual Editorial Specialist — Minutes & Publications

Newsletter Jobs; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Pension and Savings Plans

Mobilization allowance

Paid Annual Leave: 21–30 days

Job summary

Newsletter Jobs in Washington, DC seeks an Officer/Editor in the Editorial Services Unit to edit Minutes of the General Assembly and related bodies, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. You will oversee audio transcript alignment, language refinement, and factual verification across official documents.

The role includes reviewing others’ work, training new editors, and assisting with administrative tasks while contributing to modernizing editorial workflows for OAS publications.

Qualifications

• First University Degree (Bachelor’s) in Communication, languages, journalism, humanities or a related area and 4 years of relevant editorial/translation experience.
• Advanced University Degree (Master’s) in one of the fields listed above and 2 years of relevant experience.
• Experience or knowledge of the OAS mandate and priorities, OAS project management and oversight system, or Inter-American agenda dynamics (desirable).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and related software (e.g., Oracle, Visio, Access, SharePoint).
• Proficiency in at least two official languages and language-proficiency testing requirements; knowledge of additional official languages (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Edit verbatim Minutes of General Assembly, Permanent Council, Preparatory Committee, and Meetings of Ministers of Foreign Affairs.
• Edit other OAS documents and publications as needed.
• Review work of other editors/freelancers and provide training on editorial style.
• Assist in administrative tasks to support minutes production.
• Support ongoing technological modernization of the Editorial Services Unit.

Skills

Editorial skills

Attention to detail

Language proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Communication, languages, journalism, humanities or related

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Oracle

Visio

Access

SharePoint

Job description

Newsletter Jobs in Washington, DC seeks an Officer/Editor in the Editorial Services Unit to edit Minutes of the General Assembly and related bodies, ensuring accuracy and timeliness. You will oversee audio transcript alignment, language refinement, and factual verification across official documents.

The role includes reviewing others’ work, training new editors, and assisting with administrative tasks while contributing to modernizing editorial workflows for OAS publications.