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PLOS Medicine Associate Editor- 12 Month Contract
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This position is fully remote/home based.
Applications will be accepted from candidates based in the UK. This is a 12 month temporary role.
Role Summary
PLOS Medicine is a leading open-access medical journal. We seek an Associate Editor to help develop and strengthen this influential venue for outstanding research and commentary on the major challenges to human health worldwide.
You will work with other in-house professional editors and external editorial board members to assess submitted manuscripts, oversee peer review, and make publication decisions. You will collaborate with PLOS operations teams and vendors to ensure smooth and efficient manuscript processing, and to deliver an outstanding experience for authors, peer reviewers, editorial board members, statistical advisors, and readers.
Responsibilities
- Guide manuscripts through peer review
- Oversee best-practice editorial decision-making
- Commission Perspectives, Reviews, and other pieces
- Collaborate with external academic editors
- Engage in outreach to scholarly communities
- Write editorials
- Advocate for your research communities and for under-represented stakeholders
- Help develop policies and special projects
- Help resolve publication ethics/research integrity issues
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Qualifications And Experience
- Experience in a research or clinical environment, publishing, or other relevant setting; experience in medical publishing strongly preferred
- Postgraduate degree in a relevant subject area required. A PhD, MD or similiar level is preferred.
- Highly organized and efficient, with strong critical assessment and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills
- Love for fast-paced environments and proven adaptability to change
- Demonstrate outstanding knowledge biological and medical sciences
The base salary range we’ve established for these positions is (UK) £35,000 - £47,000. PLOS also offers a comprehensive benefits package summarized below.
Benefits
- Private medical insurance
- Life assurance
- Income protection
- Personal accident insurance
- Pension with up to 10% employer match
- 25 days holidays, market competitive Maternity and Paternity leave
- Birthday and three winter holidays days off
- 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
- Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office
About PLOS
Building on a strong legacy of pioneering innovation, PLOS continues to be a catalyst in open science, reimagining models to meet open science principles, removing barriers and promoting inclusion in knowledge creation and sharing, and publishing research outputs that enable everyone to learn from, reuse and build upon scientific knowledge.
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Our work is supported by a highly skilled global in-house team, partnerships with local scholarly organizations, and the valued contributions of a diverse, international community of scientific researchers.
We’re committed to equal opportunity
We’re working to create a more equitable system of scientific knowledge and understanding. Removing barriers to inclusion and facilitating broad participation of voices is core to our success, inside and out.
Beyond accepting distinct perspectives, we seek and support divergent backgrounds among our staff because we know differences strengthen our teams, our work, and our communities. We strongly encourage applicants of all identities to join us as we work towards a future where science is open to all, for all.
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