Publication & Research Operations Specialist

Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government; Dubai; On-site; AED 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government seeks an organized publications coordinator to support editorial content production, manage workflows, and coordinate with editors, authors, designers, and vendors. You will maintain repositories, ensure branding and copyright compliance, and support IP rights management for research outputs.

You will also assist in preparing reports, dashboards, and status updates, while coordinating with departments to fulfill procurement, IT, Communications, and events

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Minimum 2–3 years of experience in publication workflow support, project coordination, administration in an academic, research, or think tanks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate publication workflows, following up with authors, translators, designers, editors, and vendors to ensure timely delivery.
• Support in managing research publications and content contracts with suppliers and service providers.
• Assist digital publishing activities, including uploading publications to websites and coordinating dissemination materials with Communications.
• Support development and production of editorial content, photo selection, layout, printing, sponsorship, and vendor selection.
• Maintain organized repositories of documents, publications, datasets, and project files with version control.
• Provide basic editorial support: proofreading, formatting, and ensuring template, branding, and copyright compliance.
• Support management of intellectual property rights for all research publications.
• Assist day-to-day administrative and operational tasks across the Research Department.
• Support scheduling, internal communication, meeting organization, and document control (agendas, minutes, action tracking, archiving).
• Coordinate with Procurement, Finance, IT, Communications, and Events to facilitate departmental requirements.
• Assist in preparing departmental reports, KPI summaries, progress dashboards, and leadership updates.
• Support data collection, organization, and verification for research projects and prepare simple tables and charts.
• Assist in tracking research output performance and measuring impact.
• Draft and format concept notes, briefs, and project documentation in coordination with researchers.
• Provide logistical support for research activities, including meetings and events.
• Collaborate with directors and researchers to ensure regional and international coverage and impact.
• Assist in managing the department’s media channels in coordination with research professionals.

Skills

Publication workflow support

Project coordination

Administration

Editorial proofreading

Data collection & analysis

Interdepartmental coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government seeks an organized publications coordinator to support editorial content production, manage workflows, and coordinate with editors, authors, designers, and vendors. You will maintain repositories, ensure branding and copyright compliance, and support IP rights management for research outputs.

You will also assist in preparing reports, dashboards, and status updates, while coordinating with departments to fulfill procurement, IT, Communications, and events