Site editor, international desk
Guardian Australia is part of Guardian News & Media (GNM), publisher of theguardian.com. As a leading global media organisation, we are renowned for our pioneering independent journalism and our award-winning digital products.
We are seeking a site editor to join our Editorial team, to edit key Guardian homepages in the Asia-Pacific time zone and also to commission, edit and produce international stories as part of the international team in Sydney.
This role is being offered on a full-time permanent basis, working over a seven-day roster with early starts or late finishes.
In this role you will…
- Edit the Guardian's international home pages, updating and refreshing as required to keep them relevant to their target audiences
- Ensure key international stories are commissioned, edited, subbed and launched, in collaboration with the international news team
- Act as weekend duty editor on rotation
- Live blog and write news stories when necessary
- Come up with ideas for stories and devise innovative and interesting ways of telling them
- Brief and hand over to the Guardian digital editors and international and national desks in London at the end of the shift
- Support the Guardian night editor and night production editors (online) in London
- Monitor the news wires, other websites/TV channels for international and UK news stories
- Ensure all potential legal issues resolved prior to publishing
- Liaise with audience team to optimise timing, keywords, page furniture and story placement to maximise traffic
You'll bring….
Knowledge and experience
- At least seven years of journalistic experience, including working in international news
- Experience of working in a fast changing and high-pressure environment
- Understanding of the unique time pressures involved in digital journalism
- Thorough understanding of Guardian values and media law
Skills / behaviours
- A passion for independent journalism and an understanding of our editorial code and values
- Commissioning, editing, writing and production skills
- The ability to deliver feedback to correspondents and to accept feedback from senior editors
- Good commissioning skills and good news judgement
- Efficient, decisive and persuasive
- Diplomatic team player
- Confident and assertive
- Enthusiastic and proactive
- Flexible and adaptable and open to feedback
About working at Guardian Australia…
- Hybrid working
- Employee assistance program (EAP) to support employee wellbeing
- Paid volunteer leave
- Dedicated diversity and inclusion employee groups, action plans (including our Reconciliation Action Plan) and cultural competency training
- Guardian digital subscription
For more information please view the full job description here.
This role is being offered on a full-time permanent basis, working over a seven-day roster with early starts or late finishes.
To apply for this position, please apply online and upload your résumé (maximum three pages) plus covering letter. In your covering letter please outline your motivation for applying for the role and why you think you are suitable.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 30 September 2025
If you have application questions or if you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process, please email australia.hr@theguardian.com
We believe that our role in the Australian media is to give a voice to the most marginalised people in society and value and respect all differences in all people — including people of colour, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from different social classes, people with diverse gender and sexual identities, and people with disabilities (seen and unseen). We believe that these communities must be centred in the work we do, bringing a new perspective and a diversity of thought. We also encourage flexible working and aim to create a work environment where all employees feel respected.