Editor Recruitment Specialist

The Editor Recruitment Specialist will work closely with the Head of External Editor Resourcing to execute the strategy for attracting, engaging, and onboarding high-calibre external partners across key academic journals. This role involves supporting the identification, recruitment, and appointment of external partners, meeting KPIs, improving processes with internal colleagues, and directly supporting Editors. The specialist will also stay informed of market trends and competitor strategies to ensure Taylor & Francis maintains a diverse and robust editorial network that drives content growth, quality, and innovation.

Must Have

• Supporting the Head of External Editor Resourcing in achieving our end-to-end strategy for identifying, recruiting, and retaining external editors, with a focus on quality, diversity and subject coverage.
• Working closely with publishing and editorial teams to directly support the identification, recruitment and appointment of key external partners to meet business goals and editorial strategy.
• Meeting and where possible exceeding key performance indicators related to successful recruitment and network health.
• Working cross functionally with internal colleagues including Publishing, Marketing, Research Development & Outreach and Editor Services to continuously improve processes relating to editor recruitment and onboarding.
• Working directly with Editors and potential-Editors where appropriate to support their partnership with T&F, and ensuring that they have the information, skills and resources they need for success.
• Staying informed of market trends, competitor strategies and innovations relating to talent management.
• Academic Publishing experience, including interaction with External Editors.
• An understanding of publishing workflows and editorial standards.
• Experience gathering and using data to inform decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent numerical and verbal reasoning skills.
• A proactive approach to work, with a willingness and ability to deliver on time, and to a high standard.
• Experience working with contacts across the world.
• Delivering business results
• Openness to change and the ability to adapt to new requirements
• High levels of attention to detail
• Customer service focus with a commitment to providing an outstanding Editor experience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team, including a willingness to collaborate, share knowledge, and seek out best practices to deliver results
• Ability to influence
• Quick learner and able to problem solve

Perks & Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package
• 24 days annual leave
• Volunteering days annually
• Day off for your birthday
• Pension contributions
• Medical insurance for self and dependents
• Life cover and personal accident cover for self
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development
• Blended style and flexi working time
• Right tools for remote working

Company Description

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group operates globally and produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge. We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

Job Description

The Editor Recruitment Specialist will work closely with the Head of External Editor Resourcing to execute our strategy for attracting, engaging, and onboarding high-calibre external partners across key academic journals.

This exciting role offers the opportunity to develop your skills as part of a new team, playing a vital part in ensuring Taylor & Francis maintains a diverse and robust editorial network that drives content growth, quality, and innovation.

Key Accountabilities

• Supporting the Head of External Editor Resourcing in achieving our end-to-end strategy for identifying, recruiting, and retaining external editors, with a focus on quality, diversity and subject coverage.
• Working closely with publishing and editorial teams to directly support the identification, recruitment and appointment of key external partners to meet business goals and editorial strategy.
• Meeting and where possible exceeding key performance indicators related to successful recruitment and network health.
• Working cross functionally with internal colleagues including Publishing, Marketing, Research Development & Outreach and Editor Services to continuously improve processes relating to editor recruitment and onboarding.
• Working directly with Editors and potential-Editors where appropriate to support their partnership with T&F, and ensuring that they have the information, skills and resources they need for success.
• Staying informed of market trends, competitor strategies and innovations relating to talent management.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have:

• Academic Publishing experience, including interaction with External Editors.
• An understanding of publishing workflows and editorial standards.
• Experience gathering and using data to inform decision making.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent numerical and verbal reasoning skills.
• A proactive approach to work, with a willingness and ability to deliver on time, and to a high standard.
• Experience working with contacts across the world.

Skills and Behaviours Required

• Delivering business results
• Openness to change and the ability to adapt to new requirements
• High levels of attention to detail
• Customer service focus with a commitment to providing an outstanding Editor experience
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work as part of a team, including a willingness to collaborate, share knowledge, and seek out best practices to deliver results
• Ability to influence
• Quick learner and able to problem solve

Additional Information

Location: We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our office in Bengaluru to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time.

What we offer in return:

• A comprehensive benefits package
• 24 days annual leave
• Volunteering days annually
• Day off for your birthday
• Pension contributions
• Medical insurance for self and dependents; life cover and personal accident cover for self
• Seasonal social and charitable events
• Training and development
• Blended style and flexi working time
• Right tools for remote working

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above.

At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit based factor.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F: https://www.linkedin.com/company/taylor-&-francis-group/life/79e0c27c-afdf-4bbb-84e6-5f8ed5e10bb8/