Editor (Contract)
The Sentry, Remote, Work from USA
Level: Experienced
Duration: Contract
Reports to: Deputy Director of Editorial
Department: Communications Team
Location: Remote / Washington, D.C.
Summary
The Sentry is seeking an experienced editor to undertake developmental and line edits of
investigative reports, policy briefings, and other written materials. The ideal candidate will have
experience editing long-form journalism or academic work on illicit finance, international
relations, economic affairs, crime and corruption, and/or human rights matters. They will also
have experience editing with legal risk in mind.
Responsibilities
The editor will work with the Deputy Director of Editorial, investigators, and report authors, in
collaboration with other relevant staff, to help produce high-quality and high-impact reports and
written materials to engage a range of audiences, from experts and policymakers to journalists,
influencers, and the general public.
Duties will include:
Provide developmental and line edits on investigative reports, policy papers,
development proposals, and other written materials.
Ensure that all content meets The Sentry’s editorial and style standards (AP Stylebook).
Strengthen the structure, sequencing, coherence, and clarity of content, ensuring that
main ideas and policy points are presented powerfully and concisely.
Implement and maintain The Sentry’s voice across products written by diverse authors.
Check facts and quotes cited in public sources, flag assertions needing citation, and
provide research support when possible.
Evaluate, challenge, and bolster, as appropriate, the logic, coherence, and consistency
of facts and arguments presented.
Ensure the alignment of written products with agreed upon policy frameworks and
language, strategic objectives, and The Sentry’s core mission.
Implement and maintain risk-mitigating legal phrasing.
Work with writers of varying skill and experience, providing constructive feedback and
one-on-one coaching to improve key writing skills including storytelling, structure,
readability, and persuasiveness.
Maintain strict version control on reports and other written products.
Maintain strict confidentiality when working on unpublished investigative materials.
Regularly engage with the Deputy Director of Editorial to receive direction and guidance
on editorial projects.
Retain feedback and develop specialist knowledge.
Communicate clearly and regularly regarding projects and availability.
Invoice for projects regularly.
Adhere to industry quality standards.
Required Experience and Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree
At least 5 years of relevant editorial experience
Superior writing, editing, and proofreading skills
Familiarity with AP Stylebook and Microsoft Word
Experience editing with legal risk in mind
Strong interpersonal skills
Attention to detail
Effective organizational skills for working in a fast-paced, rapid-response environment
Ability to meet deadlines
Commitment to The Sentry’s mission and goals
Additional Experience and Qualifications (not required):
International experience and foreign language skills, particularly French, Arabic,
Chinese, or Russian
Experience working with writers for whom English is a second language
Fact-checking experience
Graduate degree in a relevant field
Interested candidates should submit resumes and cover letters to jobs@enoughproject.org.
Please include “Editor” in the subject line of your email. Qualified applicants will be asked to
complete an editorial task.
About The Sentry
About The Sentry
The Sentry is an investigative and policy organization that seeks to disable multinational predatory networks that benefit from violent conflict, repression, and kleptocracy.
Pull back the curtain on wars, mass atrocities, and other human rights abuses, and you'll find grand corruption and unchecked greed. These tragedies persist because the perpetrators rarely face meaningful consequences. The Sentry aims to alter the warped incentive structures that continually undermine peace and good governance. Our investigations follow the money as it is laundered from war zones to financial centers around the world. We provide evidence and strategies for governments, banks, and law enforcement to hold the perpetrators and enablers of violence and corruption to account. These efforts provide new leverage for human rights, peace, and anti-corruption efforts.
Launched in 2016, The Sentry produces hard-hitting investigative reports and dossiers on individuals and entities connected to grand corruption and violence. We advocate for the use of tools of financial and legal pressure, including anti-money laundering and illicit finance measures, targeted network sanctions, criminal prosecutions, compliance actions by banks and other private companies, and asset recovery. As a result of our work, money laundering routes have been exposed and shut down, assets have been frozen, travel has been banned, and corrupt networks have been cut off from the international financial system. Through strategic partnerships with governments, global banks, and other private and public organizations, The Sentry has succeeded in creating real consequences for many of the officials and commercial actors perpetuating and profiting from war, mass atrocities, and other human rights abuses.
Co-founded by George Clooney and John Prendergast, The Sentry is a strategic partner of the Clooney Foundation for Justice. Learn more at www.TheSentry.org.