Scientific Editor

Work in your field of science at a top Chinese academic institution while seeking to see China's scientific community impacted by Christ. (Available from August 2020. Ideally for 1+ years, however, applicants with only 6 months available can also enquiry.)

Job Description

China's future scientific leaders will be highly influential in the world's largest nation, and are largely brought up as atheists. Their worldview denies the existence of God, leaving them believers only in 'knowledge', as proven in what they deem to be scientific fact. Many scientists and their graduate and doctoral students at top Chinese academic institutions need your editing skills as they write their soon-to-be published research papers.

As you edit scientific papers, you will have opportunities to build relationships with China's future leaders and help reach the scientific community. You will be able to share insight into how science and faith can co-exist, and how science itself reveals a loving, ordered Creator. You will likely also be able to meet and encourage local believers who are scientists. By His grace, we hope to see the scientific community reached for Christ and bring change to how future generations are taught about their existence, to His glory.

China's cities are seeing an inflow at a rate never seen before, with an estimated 1 billion by 2030. As you work in a large urban center, home to this urban billion, you will find it full of modern conveniences, efficient public transportation, access to Western groceries, traffic congestion, high-rises and a massive population -- living here is much like it would be in any global city... only, completely different! Be prepared for chaos, friendly people, delicious street food, and the hustle and bustle as you brush shoulders with the urban billion in one of the world's largest cities.

Responsibilities

- Editing scientific papers
- Conducting one-on-one revision sessions with authors
- Building relationships with authors

Qualifications

- A Masters, or preferably a Doctorate in a scientific discipline
- Strong English writing skills

Helpful qualities:
- Able to work easily in new and not very well defined situations without much supervision
- Able to build relationships easily