Job Description

About Gaza Sunbirds

The Gaza Sunbirds are Palestine's para-cycling team and humanitarian initiative, empowering amputee athletes to serve their communities through sport and solidarity. Since 2023, the team has led large-scale aid operations, food distributions, and community resilience projects across Gaza, while continuing its mission to represent Palestine internationally in para-cycling competitions.

Role summary

The Content Strategy & Editorial Lead is responsible for turning campaign and advocacy strategy into clear, executable content, while acting as the editorial gatekeeper before anything is published.

Core responsibilities

Translate campaign and advocacy priorities into content plans and formats Define and maintain editorial standards (tone, language, political framing) Write content tickets and production briefs Communicate filming and submission requirements with all stakeholders Review and filter content before final approval Act as the content interface for athletes (what to film, what not to post) Coordinate with Gaza production and editors to ensure consistency and speed

Editing responsibility (important)

Until additional editing support is hired, this role

will be responsible for editing short-form content

(reels, stories, simple posts).

This editing responsibility is

temporary

and will be reduced or removed once dedicated editors are onboarded.

Out of scope

Final approval or public sign-off Deciding advocacy positions Long-term execution-only editing Athlete welfare, logistics, or training

Time commitment

Flexible:

part-time to full-time

Initial phase may be more hands-on (including editing) Scope will narrow as the team grows

What we're looking for

Strong editorial judgment in political / advocacy contexts Excellent English; Arabic strongly preferred Experience shaping content strategy and standards Comfortable working hands-on in lean teams Calm, precise, and highly accountable

Why this role matters

This role protects editorial quality, strategic coherence, and reputational safety in a high-risk communications environment, and evolves as the team scales.

Applications must be made online through this

https://airtable.com/appK8XUSWFmJTD3ve/pagZ5BxsePSrMPRhD/form

Job Type: Part-time