Editorial Assistant - Society for Endocrinology, Bristol

Salary:                         £18-19k pa

Location:                      Bristol

Contract type:               1 year FTC

Closing date:                9 September 2013

The Society for Endocrinology is the major British learned society representing scientists, clinicians and nurses working with hormones. The Society promotes and supports all aspects of endocrinology for the public benefit.

The Society’s commercial division Bioscientifica is looking to recruit an Editorial Assistant to join its Publishing team.

This post would ideally suit a bioscience or biomedicine graduate.

Reporting to the Editorial and Production Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for managing the peer review process for several of our journals and will be the main point of contact for the Editorial Boards and authors of those journals.

Responsibilities include:

• Administering manuscripts from initial receipt to acceptance or rejection
• Maintaining records on the manuscript tracking system
• Monitoring numbers of submissions and acceptances
• Producing regular statistics on manuscript progress
• Arrangements for Editorial Board meetings and social events
• Attending Editorial Board meetings (both UK and overseas)

To be considered for this role, you will need the following: Educated to degree level, preferably in bioscience/biomedicine.

Key skills and attributes

• Highly efficient and organized
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good IT skills – MS Office competency
• The ability to use initiative and represent the company positively both internally and externally

Benefits

• Flexitime
• 26 days holiday per annum (FTE)
• Bonus scheme (subject to eligibility)
• Pension contribution of 5% (after 3 months)
• Medical Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Life Assurance
• Car parking is available

For further information please see the job description (PDF).

To apply please send your CV and accompanying letter to [email protected].

No agencies please.