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Employee Handbook

Senior · Policy & Handbook Writer · Remote · United Kingdom

£27–£32/ hour About £410–£890 in total. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so nothing comes out of your rate.
Company
Content marketing agency for healthcare · 5,000+ employeesCL-31589 · based in Catania
Where
Remote · United Kingdom
Format
One-off task
Time needed
about 22 h in total
Start
Starts within 7 days
Level
Senior · 5-10 years
When you work
Flexible hours, async

264 tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

About this task

This content marketing agency for healthcare (5,000+ employees) is looking for a senior Policy & Handbook Writer for a single piece of work with a fixed scope and a fixed price. A complete handbook in plain language for one or more countries.

It is a self-contained job: scope, checklist and price are agreed before you start. It is an agency, so work is organised around client campaigns and approval rounds.

The work is fully remote. Any location in United Kingdom works, with a few hours of overlap with the team's day. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call.

What you deliver

  • Write a 40-page employee handbook for a US and UK company with state and country addenda.
  • A 20-minute walkthrough call, or a recorded screen share if you prefer
  • One round of edits after the company's review is included
  • A final note stating what was checked and what was left out of scope

How the work runs

  • Day 1: kickoff call and access to the files
  • Days 2 to 13: the work, with questions answered the same day
  • Last day: delivery and a short walkthrough

Duration: about 10 working days. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side.

Tools

WordNotionGoogle Docs

Who fits

  • 5-10 years of hands-on work as a Policy & Handbook Writer, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in Word, Notion and Google Docs
  • Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

Nice to have

  • Used to short written handovers
  • Has worked with a distributed team across time zones

Not included

  • Managing other contractors or employees
  • Anything that needs a signature in your own name unless the brief says so
  • On-call availability outside the agreed window

How you get paid

  • The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
  • Deftridge pays you in GBP after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
  • You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
  • You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

What happens after you say you're interested

  1. Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
  2. You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
  3. With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
  4. StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
AlexSenior Policy & Handbook Writer
Experience
5-10 years in HR & recruiting
Tools
Word, Notion, Google Docs
Offers
22 hours in total, weekday evenings
Rate
£30 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, £30 an hour, is in line with the median senior Policy & Handbook Writer rate in the United Kingdom (£30). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

All Policy & Handbook Writer jobs in United Kingdom · Policy & Handbook Writer rates in United Kingdom · HR & Recruiting jobs

Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-31589 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

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