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.