NZ Current Awareness EditorRefinitiv • WorkFromHome, Auckland, New Zealand
NZ Current Awareness Editor
Refinitiv • WorkFromHome, Auckland, New Zealand
13 days ago
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Position Overview
Thomson Reuters is seeking a Current Awareness Editor for its Alert24 Current Awareness service to provide concise, timely legal news summaries for a legal and lay audience in New Zealand. The Editor will identify, analyze, and distill essential legal developments from news sources, ensuring accuracy, clarity, and compliance with editorial guidelines.
About the Role
In this opportunity as
Editor, Current Awareness
, you will :
Conduct targeted internet searches to identify relevant news items across multiple legal subject areas.
Analyze and summarize critical information from news sources, focusing on accuracy, impartiality, and clarity.
Create original, compelling headlines and paraphrase news content into concise, 60-word summaries.
Ensure all items reference original sources, avoid direct copying (except quotations), and are written for both legal and lay audiences.
Apply editorial standards, including political neutrality and appropriate handling of sensitive information (e.g., use of “alleged” in criminal matters, anonymizing minors).
Assign and complete all required Alert24 metadata fields, including record type, subject date, embargo date, organizations / people, topics, jurisdiction, and status.
Perform final proofreading and spell-checking of all summaries.
Demonstrates strong technical skills and effectively uses generative AI and other tools to improve productivity and accuracy. Adapts to various projects and emerging technologies
Load and publish news items within the Alert24 system.
About You
You are a fit for the role of Editor, Current Awareness if your background includes :
A Bachelor’s degree in English, journalism, or a related field.
Experience in legal, news, or current awareness publishing environments.
Exceptional summarization, writing, and editing skills, with strong attention to detail.
Ability to analyze complex information quickly and communicate it clearly to both legal and lay audiences.
Familiarity with editorial standards for impartiality and responsible reporting, especially in criminal and family law.
Competence in using online research tools and content management systems.
Excellent organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
Adaptability and a collaborative approach to achieving team and company goals.#LI-KG1
Hybrid Work Model :
We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance :
Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth :
By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits :
We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture :
Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values : Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
Social Impact :
Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact :
We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex / gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law. More information on requesting an accommodation .Learn more on how to protect yourself from fraudulent job postings .More information about Thomson Reuters can be found on
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