Casual Journalist

Safeguard magazine and Safeguard Update newsletter are New Zealand’s leading publications on workplace health, safety and wellbeing. We aim to bring information, innovation and inspiration to the broad range of people with responsibility for organisational health & safety. Safeguard is owned by Thomson Reuters. The Safeguard team also organises New Zealand’s leading conferences on health & safety, as well as the annual New Zealand Workplace Health & Safety Awards.

You will work alongside our Editor to bring each edition of Safeguard magazine and newsletter from idea phase through to publication. Hours are regular, flexible, and equivalent to about 0.2 to 0.3 full-time equivalent, working from home. Auckland-based strongly preferred as our small editorial and events team finds we work best when we can get together in person every few weeks.

About the role

In this opportunity as a Casual Journalist, you will:

Identify and write news stories each fortnight for the newsletter and feature stories for the magazine, which is published every second month.
Work as a combo of reporter and feature writer: interviewing subject matter experts, injured workers, interpreting research and legal decisions. Behind the technical jargon, it’s really all about people and their work.

About You

You’re a fit for the role of a Casual Journalist if your background includes:

Willingness to use Thomson Reuters’ online editorial publishing and other systems.
An experienced freelancer willing to become a casual employee for this role.

What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:

Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected
Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.