Contract Copy Editor / Proofreader (Remote) Id-3868
Full job description
About us
"Minutes Services" is a professional minute-taking service company in Virginia, United States. We are staffed with qualified minute-takers to provide minute-taking services to various corporations, condominium boards, associations, committees, government organizations, and non-profit organizations. We provide minute-taking staff for on-site and virtual meetings for various corporations across North America.
We are looking for Copy Editors/Proofreaders to help us with copy editing and proofreading our meeting minutes/notes in accordance with our document templates and methodical guidelines.
Responsibilities:
- Proofread and edit/correct the meeting minutes and meeting notes for accuracy, language, and quality, including spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax.
- Ensure that the minutes documents format and content adhere to the provided style guide in the Word or PDF document templates.
- Edit/correct the minutes documents format and content to match the provided style guide in the Word or PDF document templates.
- Verify the accuracy of the meeting minutes documents content using the provided meeting recordings, agenda, and transcripts. Identify inconsistencies, errors, and missing information in the provided meeting minutes documents.
- Review and edit drafts prepared by our minute takers and notetakers, making sure that the content is correct, complete, and has a consistent style.
Qualification:
- Must be well versed in Microsoft Word, and familiar with proofreading tools like Grammarly.
- Must be well versed in Written English and Grammar.
- Experience in Copy Editing and Proofreading is required.
- Experience or knowledge of minute-taking or note-taking for board meetings, seminars, and conferences is a plus.
- Understanding of meeting/board governance and parliamentary meeting protocols (e.g. Robert’s Rules) is a plus.
Job Types: Part-time, Contract, Temporary
Pay: $12.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
Application Question(s):
- Please describe your knowledge or experience as a copy editor.
- Have you ever taken minutes or notes of meetings?
- What is your proficiency level in Microsoft Word? Chose from Beginner, Intermediate, Advance.
- What is your proficiency level in English and Grammar? Chose from Beginner, Intermediate, Advance.
- What is your current education and field of study?
- Have you read and understood our expectations and the pay range that is specified in the job description?
- Please complete our 2-min online typing test before we start the interview process. Test online at: https://typingtest.minutesservices.com/
Experience:
- Minute-taking or Note-taking: 1 year (Required)
- Copy editing: 1 year (Required)
