Chief Editor

The African Psychological Association (APA) is a scientific and professional organization that represents psychologists and the mental health industry in every African country. The APA seeks to educate Africans and the diaspora about psychology, behavioral health and mental wellness. We seek to promote psychology as a science and support appropriate practice. We hope to foster the education and training of future psychological researchers, practitioners and educators. We act as advocates for the use of psychological knowledge and practice to inform public policy and champion the application of psychology to promote human rights, overall health, wellness, dignity and esteem.

For more information, please African Psychological Association’s website at www.theapa.org. 

Your responsibilities are as follows:

Managing Editorial Staff

• Liaising with the Regional Content Directors (Editors) and Regional Project Directors to discuss development of country content

• Directly overseeing all Regional Content Directors (Editors), acting as a supervisor, mentor and guide

Setting and Enforcing Policies

• Setting and enforcing policies and procedures used by the APA (Africa)’s Regional Content Directors (Editors) and contributors

• Establishing and overseeing compliance with style standards (including making certain that all Regional Content Directors (Editors) and contributors use the correct fonts and punctuation, spelling and follow grammar guidelines)

• Setting times for editorial meetings, deadlines for sending the contributions for review by Content Directors (Editors) and deadlines for sending final drafts to the Chief Editor

• Helping to enforce policies established by the APA (Africa) regarding what content is appropriate for publication

Determining Coverage

• Approving and denying pitched editorials and feature stories

• Assigning high profile stories/special interest pieces to contributors

• Acting as an advisor in deciding how stories are reported

• Working with Regional Content Directors (Editors) to ensure that all countries/territories have a minimum of one (1) reliable Content Contributor

Liaison Responsibilities

• Serving as the primary liaison between the editorial staff and the Managing Director

• Fielding emails and phone calls from the public related to published content

BENEFITS

• Opportunity to make a difference in an emerging market and focus on the African Region
• Provided [email protected] email account

• Provided access to the African Psychological Association’s Online Team Portal
• Work with a dynamic team of motivated young people
• This is an unpaid position with flexible hours that will boost your portfolio of work experience