Freelance Proofreader/ Editor (work from home) Needed by BASIX Academy India

10 November 2010
Freelance Proofreader/ Editor (work from home) Needed by BASIX Academy India
Deadline: 30 November 2010

BASIX Academy for Building Lifelong Employability Ltd. (B-ABLE) (www.b-able.in) is a subsidiary of BASICS Limited (www.basixindia.com), a pioneering organization in microfinance and livelihood promotion, having presence in 18 states and working with over 1.6 million stakeholders, through its team of over 5500 people across 20,000 villages.

The Mission of B-ABLE is to enhance the ability of the under-educated and under-skilled to become self-employed, find meaningful work and continually upgrade their competencies by offering them technical, commercial and life skills, mostly for the Unorganized Sector which constitutes 93% of total jobs in India. B-ABLE plans to target following sectors – Rural Farm & non-farm trades, Healthcare, Tourism, Hospitality & travel trades, Food Processing, Banking Insurance & Finance, Construction and allied trades.

B-ABLE in its first year of operation has already achieved the distinction of becoming the first organization to become beneficiary of funds in terms of soft loan by Indian Government under the umbrella of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to set up 400 student cenric, technology enabled, pan India Vocational Training Centers and train over 450,000 youth in next seven years.

Job Title/Location: Freelance Proof Reader/Editor, New Delhi (Work from Home)

Job Description/Responsibilities:

Retired school teacher/lecturer in English exploring opportunities for free lancing and part timing for the role of proof reader/editor. Work encompasses editing vocational training materials, attention to details and a critical eye to note errors and correct them is crucial. Responsibilities include:

• Proofing and editing text.
• Compiling proof reading reports.
• Correcting grammatical errors, spelling mistakes
• Removing typos and editing report
• Organizing text into proper paragraphs and sentence formations.

If you have the passion to effect change in the Vocational Training Space, looking for a challenging assignment and the above profile sounds like you, email your cover letter and CV to jobs@b-able.in by 30th November, 2010

More information here.
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