Thank you for your interest in the Keppel Health Review. After three incredible years working together as the KHR, we have decided to pause our publication and therefore, while this page reflects our values, we are not accepting applications, pitches, or submissions in the near future.
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What are we looking for?
In the interest of granting equal opportunities for development in journalism and communications, we do not require applicants to have direct experience in the relevant roles (other than web and communications as specified below).
We do, however, request that applicants can demonstrate transferable skills to the role applied for, as well as a willingness and eagerness to learn within a group dynamic. We are an open-minded, diverse team that are seeking to engage with health from a critical and fresh perspective, and would like to see creativity and initiative in the applications.
Lastly, all positions in the team are run on a voluntary basis. While we ask for applicants to be able to commit sufficient time each week to KHR duties, we recognise that the capacity to engage can vary. Therefore, a key requirement is an ability to communicate clearly and openly with your team members, as well as to respect and appreciate the work of others.
Please read our recruitment statement for more information.
Role Descriptions
Executive Manager - Open for Recruitment Spring 2022
We are looking to recruit a new team member with managerial, business, or brand strategy experience to join our executive editorial board. Now a year old, the KHR is aiming to establish itself as a self-sufficient and growing publication over the next year. We require an executive manager that is interested in learning more about the publishing industry and willing to offer a business-minded approach to overseeing the editorial, social media, and staff writer teams.
Successful candidates will be confident in finding creative solutions to the structure and branding of the KHR, have excellent communication skills, and be committed to the KHR’s vision of amplifying diverse perspectives in health and healthcare.
Communications Team - Open for Recruitment Spring 2022
We are looking to recruit new team members who are enthusiastic about communications to help grow our magazine and audience.
Web Development
Web Team Members are expected to have experience in web design and attention to detail to provide consistent messaging and branding across our website. Duties include: managing and designing our online web services, and implementing strategies to increase interaction with our website.
Social Media
Social Media Team Members are expected to have experience in (or be committed to learning about) social media and communication strategy. Duties include: managing our social media, offering creative ideas to increase followers and interaction across our website, and creating and carrying out communication plans.
Section Editor - Closed for recruitment Jan 2022
General Role Expectations
Solicit, recruit, and plan content for your section
Communicate regularly and meet once a week with your team
Editorially review 1–3 submissions per issue in line with the style guide and editorial guidance developed
Adhere to team-specific and magazine-wide deadlines
Work supportively with your head editor and section editors to improve the content of your section
Engage creatively, thoughtfully, and respectfully with the editorial team and staff writers
Write your own article (optional)
Which section is right for me?
Essay & Opinion
Essay & Opinion editors should have a passion for bringing diverse, fresh, and critical perspectives to a wide audience. The role involves editing opinion pieces/editorials and personal or reflective essays on topics related to global and public health.
Wellness
This team integrates mainstream ideas about wellness and lifestyle through the lens of global and public health to provide nuanced and evidence-informed content. Wellness editors should have an interest (whether it be academic or personal) in wellness and lifestyle practices of their given culture, region, or background.
Culture
The Culture section comprises 3 subsections—In Retrospect, Currents, and Agora—which collectively cover sociological and anthropological essays; film, music, book reviews; and dialogue between authors and contributors themselves. Culture editors are therefore interested in developing thought-provoking, engaging pieces that explore the dynamic social and cultural forces that contribute to the multiplicity in health and healthcare worldwide.
Creative
Our Creative section engages with pieces in a variety of forms, from written poetry entries, to mixed-media submissions and interviews with artists. Creative Editors should be able to engage with, and have a passion for, expressing concepts of health in abstract, non-traditional, and exciting formats.
Head Editor - Closed for recruitment Jan 2022
Essay & Opinion Head Editor
We are looking for someone to head up our Essay & Opinion (E&O) team. The role of an E&O head editor is to help organise and direct the section editors within the team, and delegate editorial tasks to ensure that we work with contributors to produce engaging, critical, and exciting content in time for each quarterly publication. Along with this, we expect the E&O head editor to take an interest in developing and improving the editorial voice within the team and across the magazine. You will help the executive team to shape the direction of the E&O section, and manage and encourage team members to meet internal goals and magazine-wide deadlines. This role requires a capacity to allocate sufficient time ahead of publication to organise and review submissions and assist the section editors with any queries.
Interview & Investigation Head Editor
Interviews & Investigations (I&I) is an internally directed section of KHR, meaning all material is sourced and developed by the editorial team themselves. The role of an I&I head editor is therefore to help organise and direct the section editors within this team, and delegate roles to ensure that engaging, critical, and exciting content is sourced, developed, edited, and published to a high standard. Unlike the section editor positions, this role requires an ability to manage and engage a small team, as well as liaise with academics, public figures, and changemakers to organise and conduct interviews. The role will be split equally with our existing head editor, but requires the capacity to allocate sufficient time ahead of publication to organise and review submissions and assist the section editors with any queries.
General Role Expectations
Clear communication with your team and the executive team is essential
Foster a respectful and supportive team environment
Organise meetings and delegate tasks fairly and consistently
Ensure your team meets deadlines and other internal targets
Manage your time effectively, especially ahead of publication
Staff Writer - Closed for recruitment Jan 2022
The staff-writers for KHR are a diverse team of talented individuals spanning many disciplines and located across the world. As a staff writer for KHR, you are given the freedom to write on the public health topics that most interest you. With articles on the subjects of the climate crisis,
abortion access, traditional medicine, and many more already published, you will find that KHR is a place that welcomes variety in the content it publishes and seeks to push the boundaries on issues that often go undiscussed.
We are particularly looking for staff writers interested in writing pieces for our Creative section, and in writing up interviews with public figures and changemakers for our Interviews & Investigations section.
General Role Expectations
Contribute to each of the magazines’ quarterly issues, following the stylistic guidelines created to ensure the best quality work is presented to our readers
Attend the biweekly meetings hosted by the Staff-Writer at Large to discuss your writing and develop your writing skills
Write in a way that is journalistic in style, accessible, and engaging to readers
Use the Join Us form to submit an application and we’ll be in touch shortly! Currently open for recruitment.