Construction Newsis the leading publication for construction, a sector accounting for 7% of the UK’s economic output.Our audience consists of the people and firms delivering billions of pounds worth of building and civil engineering schemes on behalf of government departments, property developers and housebuilders. But our readers face major challenges: from making a profit and keeping workers safe, implementing post-Grenfell regulations and drastically reducing carbon emissions.
We are a critical friend to industry, delivering high quality reporting on and for the sector via breaking news, comment, analysis, in-depth features and investigations across our website and monthly print magazine.
Recent stories include into the scandal of dangerous RAAC concrete in schools; the cancellation of the second phase of HS2 and a major investigation into mental health issues caused by late payments to subcontractors
CN has a proud history stretching back more than 150 years. In addition to our written journalism, we also produce podcasts, run agenda-setting conferences and events plus online webinars and round tables.
Our Fleet Street office in central London is open every day but the team works on a hybrid basis, with two days in the office and three days remotely.
About the Role:
Construction Newsislooking for a news editor to lead the team’s delivery of content of news content across web and print. This role reports to the editor and deputy editor – and sits alongside our long form editor, who manages our news output. It involves close working with CN’s production editor to manage the flow of copy to meet deadlines.
You will line-manage two journalists, assisting them to develop in their roles, and you will contribute news and long-form articles.
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Learning & Development
At emap, we believe that employee learning and development are the key drivers of our success. To ensure continuous growth and meet the ever-changing demands of the workplace, we provide an environment that fosters continuous development for our employees.
Our employees are encouraged to identify their areas of personal and professional development aligned with our strategic areas, including management development, health, safety & wellbeing, sales, events management, marketing strategy, editorial, and information technology. We have a structured framework designed to help equip our employees with the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to excel in their job roles, contributing to achieving our organizational objectives.
To support our employees’ career development, we have designed specialised programs, as well as other stand-alone role-specific and generic courses, under the emap academy.
This excitingpositionis a full-time hybrid role. 2 days in the office, 3 daysfrom home. This could change over time depending on business needs.
Benefits: emap is part of Metropolis Group. Together we are committed to providing a happy and healthy place to work, so we offer fantastic benefits and perks to our employees.
How to apply: Please email your CV, a covering letter setting out why you are suited to this role and three examples of your work tosarwar.hussain@emap.com. Please also provide salary expectations.
Privacy: Metropolis Group respects the privacy of every person for whom we have personal data. We comply with data protection legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998 and the General Data Protection Regulation which regulates the processing of data and ensures that your data is processed fairly and lawfully, is kept secure and only that data necessary for any processing is kept. You can see our privacy policy at www.metropolis.co.uk/privacy.
Diversity and Inclusion: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity and inclusion. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, age, religion or belief, pregnancy and maternity, marriage and civil partnership, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.