Contract Copy Editor / Proofreader (Remote)

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)

Work Location: Remote