Editorial Specialist

Editorial Specialist

Compensation: $55,000–$70,000/year

Status: Full-time

Team: CRG + Center for Congregations

Position Summary

The Editorial Specialist strengthens the Congregational Resource Guide (The CRG) and supports the broader Center for Congregations (CFC) team by improving how congregational life resources are found, understood, and applied. The CRG (www.thecrg.org) is a website developed and managed by the Center for Congregations and serves congregational leaders around the globe by providing a high quality, searchable site of congregational resources. The CRG users can find individual resources, as well as collections, and they can create user accounts to save and share their favorites. In this context, resources are books, articles, podcasts, videos, curriculum, trainings, conferences, consultants, subject matter experts, websites, software, periodicals, or other sources of content that speak to congregations and their leaders. This role blends resource discovery and curation with copy editing, writing, and database maintenance. The overall goal of this role is to assist in helping congregational leaders find high-quality, meaningful resources to address their challenges and opportunities, in tandem with CFC’s broader purpose of strengthening Indiana congregations by connecting them with great resources and support.

This is an entry-to-mid level role that is ideal for someone who is highly organized, deeply attentive to detail, and energized by work that is both mission-centered and service-oriented, especially in an environment that prioritizes listening first, practical help, and respectful collaboration.

Reports to: Senior Director of CRG & Resources

Works closely with: Resource consultants, marketing/communications, and CRG web/database teammates

1) Resource Discovery & Curation

Outcome: Congregational leaders can find better resources faster, understand why they matter, and how to utilize them

Responsibilities

• Source and evaluate new and updated resources (e.g. books, articles, organizations, media, web resources) aligned to congregational needs and CRG standards.
• Strengthen “findability” by applying consistent topics/tags/keywords/categories and improving how resources are labeled and organized for effective search and browsing.
• Support the creation and refreshment of curated collections to make discovery easier and more convenient for users.
• Collaborate with CFC resource consultants to ensure curated resources reflect real congregational questions and lived needs (rooted in CFC’s “listen first” approach).

2) Writing and Editing

Outcome: CRG and CFC content is clear, consistent, accurate, and easy to act on.

Responsibilities

• Write resource annotations from a variety of sources such as resource discovery projects and workshop presenters.
• Copy edit CRG resource pages for accuracy, clarity, usefulness, tone, and consistency with CRG and CFC content.

3) Workflow, Quality Control, and Continuous Improvement

·      Perform data maintenance functions to ensure data presented to CRG users is current, consistent, and accurate in both style and content by reviewing/updating previously published information and ensuring newly posted information is in keeping with current writing and publishing standards.

·      Review and update resource content of internal resource database.

·      Maintain a steady editorial workflow for reviewing, improving, and refreshing CRG content (especially high-traffic topics and collections).

·      Flag recurring user friction (confusing instructions, unclear annotations, inconsistencies) and propose improvements that reduce confusion and improve the user experience.

4) Culture, Collaboration & Service Mindset (Cultural Fit Emphasis)

Outcome: Work is carried out in a way that strengthens team trust and honors congregations.

How we work (and what we look for)

• We listen first. We seek to understand before we recommend, revise, or reorganize—reflecting CFC’s approach to congregational support.
• We’re practical and people centered. Our job is to help congregations use real resources in real situations.
• We collaborate and share learning. We connect dots across consulting, education, grants, and CRG, then share what we’re discovering to help more congregations thrive.
• We treat colleagues and congregations with respect. We work with a wide range of traditions, contexts, and communities—so humility and care matter.

Signs you’ll thrive here

• You enjoy being a “behind-the-scenes multiplier”—making other people’s work clearer, smoother, and more impactful.
• You are comfortable receiving feedback, incorporating it quickly, and iterating without ego.
• You naturally balance precision (editing/detail) with empathy (how it lands with a real human).

 Minimum Qualifications

• 1–4 years of experience in editing, writing, content operations, communications, library/information work, research, or similar.
• Strong writing and editing skills with a demonstrated ability to turn complex information into clear, helpful content using an authentic voice that is appropriate for congregational audiences.
• Ability to adapt to established writing conventions determined by the Center.
• Comfort working in a structured content environment (CMS/database fields, tags/topics, consistent formatting).
• High attention to detail, strong, reliable follow-through, and ability to manage multiple workstreams calmly.
• Expert level experience with appropriate grammar and punctuation, familiarity and comfort with Chicago Manual of Style.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with resource curation, content tagging/taxonomy, knowledge bases, or “resource hub” environments.
• Familiarity with congregations, nonprofit work, education, or community-serving settings.
• Comfort partnering with developers/data teammates to improve content systems and related processes.