Job Title: Editorial Assistant, Peer Review Group
Salary: £, - £,
Location: Cambridge/Hybrid
Contract: Full Time/Permanent
Do you have a passion for data management, accuracy, and excellent communication skills?
Are you looking to build on your existing understanding of academic journals publishing and progress your career?
If you have answered yes to the above questions, we would love to hear from you. We have an exciting opportunity to join the established, collaborative and dynamic Peer Review Administration (PRA) Team. The PRA Team is responsible for managing the peer review and article acquisition process for journals across a range of subject areas.
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
About the role
Your focus will be managing the peer review process of a set portfolio of journals in a wide variety of STM (Science, Technology and Medicine) subject areas.
The tasks are varied and typically will include, but not limited to:
1. Standard administrative tasks related to a list of journals, including building and maintaining key stakeholder relations and collaboration.
2. Researching and proposing innovative development and efficiencies.
3. Working collaboratively and effectively with the PRA Team through best-practice sharing, discussion contribution.
4. Expert point of contact: being the central point-of-contact for any queries related to any stage of manuscript processing from pre- to post- peer-review.
About you
You will be a well-organised individual with a passion for data management, accuracy, and excellent communication skills. You will seek to build on an existing understanding of academic journals publishing and progress their career.
To be successful in this role, you will work pro-actively and autonomously, ensuring smooth peer review processing, whilst continuing to provide efficiencies accordingly.
Essential Knowledge:
5. Knowledge of submission platforms (preferably ScholarOne Manuscripts and Editorial Manager); talented in use of systems and software; extensive knowledge of publishing workflows and processes including peer review.
6. Proven skills in delivering training.
7. IT skills with proficiency in Office .
Essential Skills & Experience:
8. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with effective and professional communication.
9. Strong organisation and time management skills.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
10. Group personal pension scheme
11. Discretionary annual bonus
12. Life assurance up to x annual salary
13. Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
14. Green travel schemes
15. days annual leave plus bank holidays
We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend -% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis, with a closing date for all applications being Friday th September and interviews are scheduled to take place on the week commencing Monday th October .
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks including DBS due to working in a regulated industry.
Please note, Cambridge University Press & Assessment is unable to sponsor this role under the Skilled Worker Visa route as it does not meet the minimum skill requirements.
Why join us
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You'll belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
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