Job Summary
The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies is seeking a full-time editor. The Center’s publications cover topics related to Yemen and the wider region, including politics, diplomacy, the economy, security developments, transitional justice, society, gender, humanitarian issues, and the environment.
As the successful candidate for the full-time editor position, you will play a central role in all aspects of the production cycle, while also collaborating with other members of the editorial, research, and program teams. You will work immediately under the chief editor, editing articles, policy briefs, and research papers for publication, helping writers develop and structure ideas, and conducting other research and drafting tasks.
We are a dynamic, highly mobile, multi-lingual team with diverse backgrounds and expertise. Our team works remotely from locations across Yemen, around the Middle East, and other parts of the world. Among our core strengths are our versatility, initiative, access, networks, and research integrity. We seek new team members who would complement this dynamic.
Duties and Responsibilities
As editor, you will be expected to perform all reasonable and appropriate tasks to assist the production cycle of the Sana’a Center’s editorial department, as per the direction of the chief editor and in close cooperation with fellow editors, senior management, researchers, and writers. Specific tasks include, but are not limited to:
- Helping writers develop and structure ideas.
- Rewriting material in line with in-house style; structural and stylistic editing for clarity of meaning and argument, adjusting language and eliminating jargon.
- Copyediting for grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation.
- Line-editing and proofreading.
- Conducting direct research and writing.
- Curating research provided by the Sana’a Center’s analyst network and consulting with the Center’s in-house experts.
- Supporting the production and publication of recurring current events analysis under tight deadlines.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in any field is required;
- Experience in professional editorial, research, or English journalistic work, structural editing and/or report writing for policy research is an asset.
- Other desirable editorial specific skills:
- A command of English that goes well beyond grammar and vocabulary.
- An intuitive sense of how the arrangement of words impacts their reception and the ability to craft them appropriately for the audience at hand.
- In editing others, being able to adapt language, clarify confusion, and address any bias.
- The ability to properly structure a sound argument for long publications (3,000 words or more).
- Other desired requirements:
- Experience collaborating with researchers on all stages of a publication’s development, including ideation, the development of proposals, research, and editing.
- A strong background on Yemen and/or the Gulf region.
- Fluency in Arabic.
Position Details
- Reports to: Chief Editor.
- Contract type: Fixed Term.
- Duration: 12 months, renewable based on the availability of funds.
- Location: Remote.
- Starting salary: Based on the Center’s salary scale.
- Starting date: August 2026.
How to Apply
Interested candidates are kindly requested to apply online through the link below.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Only complete applications written in English will be considered, and only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, political affiliation, sex, marital status, disability, or age.
Application Deadline: June 15, 2026
The Sana’a Center for Strategic Studies
Founded in 2014, the Sana’a Center is one of the few independent research centers that has continued to operate in Yemen throughout the ongoing conflict. While the Center maintains cordial relations with all key stakeholders, it has remained fiercely unaligned with any of the belligerent parties. The Sana’a Center has thus maintained a unique position and the ability to work throughout Yemen and beyond.
The Center maintains a strong network across Yemen with access to key political, military and security figures, tribal leaders, the financial sector, economists, journalists, humanitarian actors, civil society, and other important stakeholders. The Center has also established a broad network and presence within the international community, connecting it to international organizations, diplomatic circles, regional and international policymakers, research centers and global forums.
The Sana’a Center’s reports and researchers are widely quoted in local, regional, and international media outlets, while the analysis of the Center’s experts is regularly sought out by local and international stakeholders.