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Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting-edge commercial professionals, and industry-leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We are looking for a data projects editor to shape the news agenda with data-driven exclusive news stories, investigations and analysis, leading on projects and managing a team.

From our Green to Grey series revealing the rate of construction and development impacting our natural environment, to how Facebook groups are fuelling the rise of the far right, we deliver powerful data-driven stories – spanning news, analysis and investigative projects.

About the role:

• Lead a team of specialist data journalists, identifying and applying how specialist data techniques can be used to break news and add impact to stories on key social, political and environmental issues. This will include bringing structure to previously unstructured data, and merging datasets
• Collaborate closely with reporters and correspondents across a range of beats, including National, International, Environment and Business, combining their subject knowledge with your team's technical expertise.
• Think creatively about how we can present our data journalism, collaborating closely with visual journalists on how it can be translated into other formats. You'll be creating stories that stand out for, and capture the imagination of, busy readers
• Write and edit compelling copy to tell complex data stories that engage readers. Working with our lawyers to ensure that legal risks are appropriately addressed and the Guardian's editorial code is followed.
• Manage, guide and motivate a group of direct reports, overseeing, editing and promoting their work and upholding the high standards of accuracy and excellence

About you:

• Demonstrable experience in a national/international newsroom, pitching, developing and writing data-led stories and investigations
• Calm under pressure and able to work to ever-shifting news deadlines, prioritising effectively and able to robustly plan and manage the team's workload
• Highly skilled in sourcing, cleaning and analysing complex data sets
• Substantial experience with access to information laws, including FOIA, in different jurisdictions
• Proficient in a variety of specialist software and online tools for data analysis, including Google Sheets and Excel
• Proficient in R, Python or other coding languages required to interrogate large data sets
• Wide knowledge of current affairs, and a keen news understanding of how the public interest can be brought to light via data journalism
• A strong understanding of how to give stories a visual impact
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to express complex ideas in ways that are concise and intelligible to an audience - including journalists and editors – without data expertise
• Statistics and analysis experience: familiarity with quantitative methods in social science
• Previous management experience is highly desirable
• Ideally you will have a demonstrable ability to bring a diverse perspective to this role

We actively encourage applications from candidates who are Black, Asian or minority-ethnic (BAME), or from other groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media.

How to apply

To apply, please upload your latest CV and a cover letter which outlines why you'd love to take on this role, and why you're a great match for what we're looking for.

We know there are great candidates who might not check all these boxes or who possess important skills we haven't thought of. If that's you, we encourage you to apply and tell us about your relevant experience.

The closing date for applications is Thursday 13th November 2025.

All roles at the Guardian are open for everybody to apply. It is important to us that you feel supported and comfortable throughout your recruitment process, in order to perform your best. Please let us know if there are any changes we could make to the application process to make it easier and more comfortable for you. Please contact Sean on sean.brinkley@guardian.co.uk to discuss further so we can work with you to support you through your application.

Benefits at the Guardian

We offer six weeks annual leave per annum with the option to buy additional days through our holiday purchase scheme. Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8-12% (depending on your age). We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving. Season ticket loans are also available.

You are entitled to life cover, income protection, private healthcare, sick pay and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.

We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place. We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture & wellbeing

We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought. Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace.

We offer great tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including free yoga and pilates. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.

Learning & development

We encourage personal and professional growth. Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.

Our working environment

We take pride in our surroundings and are pleased to offer versatile meeting rooms and colourful communal areas. We have a brilliant canteen that caters to breakfast, lunch and dinner, with views overlooking Regent's Canal.