Content Strategy & Editorial Lead

Role type: Part-time to full-time (flexible)

Location: Remote (UK time overlap required)

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) – Gaza Sunbirds

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

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.