About the IIHS Word Lab
The IIHS Word Lab delivers editorial and publication support to IIHS and beyond, enabling the IIHS community to write more effectively and systematising a regular flow of publications and written knowledge outputs. It is responsible for communicating IIHS’ diverse forms of writing to specialised communities and a wide public readership. The Lab also strengthens IIHS’ public engagement through IIHS City Scripts, the annual urban writings festival, and its monthly City Scripts events.

Job Description
The IIHS Word Lab is looking for an Editorial Consultant who can bring together rigorous editing, narrative thinking, and media sensibility. The applicant will work closely with researchers and practitioners, cutting across all IIHS’ research and practice projects, to translate complex ideas into compelling, accessible, and publication-ready outputs, while also helping shape how IIHS engages with public discourse.

The ideal candidate is someone who can move fluidly between long-form institutional writing and sharp, externally facing media pieces,



and who understands how to position ideas for relevance, clarity, and impact.

This will be a contractual position for an initial term of 11 months, renewable on mutual consent.

Activities and Tasks
Responsibilities would include, but not be limited to, the following:
Editorial development and review:
Editing and refining a wide range of outputs, including research reports and practice documents, technical reports, policy and practice briefs, essays and long-form explainers, institutional op-eds for national and international media, as well as photo essays and data stories; This involves going beyond line editing to strengthen structure, argument, narrative flow, and clarity. Working closely with authors, the consultant will ensure that all writing is accessible, coherent, and tailored to its intended audience without diluting analytical depth, while identifying gaps in logic, framing, and positioning,

📌 Editorial Consultant – Word Lab (Bengaluru)
🏢 Indian Institute for Human Settlements
📍 Bengaluru