Editorial Opportunities within Publishing Operations Bristol, England
Job description
Are you looking to work for a company that contributes to the fundamental understanding of the universe? Do you want to be part of a team that helps the academic community communicate their ground-breaking research to the world?
Are you looking to work for a company that contributes to the fundamental understanding of the universe? Do you want to be part of a team that helps the academic community communicate their ground-breaking research to the world?
Our high performing Publishing Operations team is responsible for managing our journals peer review process, and due to ongoing growth and employee development across the team, we are always keen to hear from individuals with excellent organisational and decision-making skills, who are looking to develop a career in scientific publishing. We are regularly on the look-out for Associate Editors and Editorial Assistants to join our team on both a permanent and fixed-term contract basis.
Associate Editor
Associate Editors work across a portfolio of journals, contributing to improving the quality of content and author service. Applying sound scientific judgement, and working in a close-knit team, collaboratively and cross-functionally, you will be responsible for providing a quality and efficient peer review process the process which ensures the quality and validity of research papers submitted to IOP Publishing for publication.
This involves selecting appropriate reviewers, taking decisions at key stages of the process on the basis of expert advice, improving author and reviewer service, and upholding the journals' high standards in timeliness, quality and accuracy.
As youll be interacting with leading academics from around the world, youll be a confident communicator and ambassador for IOP Publishing. On occasions, you may need to handle disagreement or conflict effectively, so tact and diplomacy will also be vital. Whilst a background in physics is not essential, you will be expected to continuously develop a working knowledge of your journals subject area in the role.
Editorial Assistants
As an Editorial Assistant you will join our high performing peer review team and play a vital role in ensuring excellent customer service to our authors and reviewers. Responsible for the administration of the publishing process, you will work following set working procedures to ensure our submission systems are updated accurately and promptly in order to maintain an excellent level of customer service and data quality.
Excellent service contributes to the attraction and retention of top authors and reviewers, and is critical to the future success of IOP Publishings journal business. As the primary point of contact for authors and reviewers, and through the administration of one or more journal titles, Editorial Assistants drive articles through the publication process from receipt to publication and beyond. Editorial Assistants also work as part of one or more journal teams, supporting in-house peer review staff, as well as maintaining good quality data in our systems.
Happy to work independently as well as within a team, you will be able to demonstrate excellent organizational skills and also be adaptable and quick to learn. With a proactive approach to work, you will have excellent attention to detail in order to work to very high standards of accuracy when entering data and in written correspondence.
What we offer:
In addition to a competitive salary, we offer employees an excellent pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution), discretionary annual bonus scheme, 25+ days holiday, standard 35-hour working week, volunteering days, and a comprehensive benefits package including private medical insurance, life assurance, as well as a range of flexible benefits such as cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership and healthcare cash plan.
Flexible Working:
This role is based in Bristol however as there will not be a requirement for the person in this role to be in the office on a weekly basis, we are open to considering applicants from a wider geographical area who are happy to travel to Bristol for quarterly meetings, annual performance reviews, one to one and team meetings, subject to business needs.
To express an interest, please submit your CV and, ideally, a short cover note on our careers site.
We will review applications regularly as we often have openings in these roles, but if you have any questions in the meantime, please dont hesitate to drop us an email at [email protected].
About us:
IOP Publishing is an international scientific publisher, through which leading-edge research is distributed worldwide. Our rapidly expanding journals programme is published alongside other sources of scientific information in the form of eBooks, magazines and conference proceedings. Other publications include easily accessible community and regional websites. We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community and have offices in Europe, Asia and the US. Working in the interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish.
IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society. Any financial surplus earned by IOP Publishing goes to supporting science through the activities of the Institute. With a continuing focus on growth, we recognise that every single person has a real part to play if were to achieve our aim of becoming the worlds leading publisher in our field.
IOP Publishing is an equal opportunity employer. Our goal is to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is natural and sustainable, visible through the work we produce, our company branding, our professional networks and the communities we serve and support, which includes our employees, talent communities and candidates. We particularly welcome applicants from under-represented backgrounds.
Our vision is that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) are built into our identity in a way that is both natural and sustainable and that is visible through the work we produce, our Ways of Being, our company branding, our professional networks and the colleagues and communities we serve and support.
