Editorial Assistant

Nature is seeking an Editorial Assistant to manage manuscript processing from submission to acceptance, support workflow standardization, improve efficiencies, and collect data. This administrative role is crucial for assisting editors, ensuring timely content processing, and supporting authors, editors, and reviewers. The ideal candidate will prioritize workload, meet tight deadlines with speed and accuracy, and contribute to an efficient editorial process. This position offers insights into scientific operational editorial and peer review processes, focusing on administrative tasks rather than writing or editing content.

Must Have

• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal
• Relationship building skills
• Ability to work well within a team
• Ability to meet daily deadlines
• Organisation and time management skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel and Google Suite

Good to Have

• Experience working in a fast-paced office environment
• Educated to degree level or equivalent

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About the Role

Nature is seeking to appoint an Editorial Assistant! In this role you will be managing the processing of manuscripts from submission to acceptance as well as supporting the standardization of workflows, improved efficiencies, data collection, and to support authors, editors, and reviewers.

This position is key to assisting the editors with manuscripts, and ensuring content is processed within suitable timeframes. The ideal candidate will be able to prioritize their workload and work to tight deadlines but will also ensure that tasks are performed with speed and accuracy.

In this role you will play an important part in managing an efficient editorial process and standardising workflows. The nature of the role is administrative and career development in a role such as this might see you develop through different levels of editorial administration and operational management. It should be noted that this role does not include writing or editing content. If appointed you will gain great insights into the scientific operational editorial and peer review processes.

Role Responsibilities

• Managing the flow of manuscripts from submission to acceptance through the manuscript tracking system (MTS) - performing quality checks on manuscripts and ensuring all forms are collected and stored.
• Providing MTS support for Authors, Reviewers and Editors - troubleshooting and assisting with system issues and escalating to the relevant teams if needed.
• Liaising with Authors, Reviewers and Editors via email and telephone – ensuring your manner is always polite, professional and helpful
• Maintaining correct information within the databases – updating person records within the MTS and ensuring manuscript information is correct
• Assisting with editorial reports
• Assisting with other ad hoc tasks associated with the editorial workflow of manuscripts

Experience, Skills & Qualifications

Essential

• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.
• Relationship building skills
• Ability to work well within a team
• Ability to meet daily deadlines.
• Organisation and time management skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, Excel and Google Suite

Desirable

• Experience working in a fast-paced office environment is preferred
• Educated to degree level or equivalent (desirable but not a requirement)

To apply, please include a CV and cover letter within your application

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