Editorial Assistant

An opportunity has arisen for an organised and efficient team player to join our high performing peer review team and play a vital role in ensuring excellent customer service to our authors.  Responsible for the administration of the publishing process, the successful candidate will work mainly electronically, following set working procedures to ensure our company database is updated accurately and promptly in order to maintain an excellent level of customer service and data quality.

Excellent author/referee service contributes to the attraction and retention of top authors; this is critical to the future success of IOP's journal business. As the primary point of contact for authors and referees, Editorial Assistants are in the front line in terms of delivering this service.

Through the administration of one or more journal titles, Editorial Assistants drive articles through the publication process from receipt to publication and beyond.

Happy to work independently as well as within a team, you'll be able to demonstrate excellent organisational skills and also be adaptable and quick to learn. With a proactive approach to work, you'll have an eye for detail in order to work to very high standards of accuracy when entering data and in written correspondence.

Editorial Assistants also work as part of one or more journal teams, and support in-house editorial and production staff, as well as maintaining good quality data in our systems.

About you:

The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate the following:

• A good general education, ideally degree educated or equivalent
• Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, and e-mail, with ability to learn new computer skills
• Excellent communication skills, both oral (including telephone) and written
• Excellent organisational, time and task management skills; methodical in approach

Previous experience in using a database or in customer service will be an advantage, however full training will be provided. No prior knowledge of physics or publishing is necessary for this particular role.

About the benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, discretionary annual bonus scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and generous annual leave, and a range of flexible benefits including childcare vouchers and gym membership. We also have a subsidised café which is a popular, sociable spot for meetings and lunch.

Our modern and contemporary offices are based in the thriving city centre of Bristol, a stone's throw away from Temple Meads train station, and within walking distance of Cabot Circus shopping centre, and numerous cafés and restaurants. Named on more than one occasion as the best city in the UK to live in, Bristol is a cosmopolitan and creative city boasting a historic harbour, internationally renowned cultural institutions and home to world-class festivals and events.

To apply:

To apply please submit your CV and covering note through our careers site, highlighting why you would be suitable for the role, and why you are interested in this opportunity and IOP Publishing.

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 we're to achieve our aim of becoming the world's leading publisher in our field.