Content Editor

RELX Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Elsevier's SSRN preprint operation in London seeks a proactive Content Editor to support medical submission queues, uphold research integrity, and ensure compliance with funder and editorial policies. You will collaborate with editorial partners, policy managers, and production teams, delivering reporting and projects to promote excellence in preprinting across life sciences.

Flexible hours with a collaborative team environment offered.

Qualifications

• Background in life sciences or a similar discipline; editorial or publishing experience is valued.
• Experience working on medical preprints or within scholarly publishing, with familiarity with reporting standards for medical papers.
• Self-starter who is comfortable working independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with editorial editors to ensure smooth medical queues and meet turnaround times.
• Prevent posting of medical preprints that may cause harm and ensure ethics, funding, and COIs are provided.
• Collaborate with journal partners (e.g., Preprints with The Lancet) to support editorial policies and reporting.
• Liaise with Funders' policies and provide reporting on Gates Foundation preprints and others.
• Coordinate with Research Integrity Manager on submissions that pose reputational risk.
• Coordinate with Production and Product teams on policy changes for identifying bad content.
• Deliver reporting on growth within medical preprints area.
• Contribute to projects that promote excellence in preprinting.

Skills

Life sciences background

Editorial or publishing experience

Strong communication

Stakeholder management

Education

Life sciences degree

Job description

Are you passionate about advancing medical research and ensuring high standards in scholarly communication? Would you like to play a key role in supporting the growth of preprints while helping researchers share trusted, high-quality scientific knowledge with the world?

About our Team

Our STMJ (Science, Technology, and Medical Journals) team publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research that drives progress across scientific and medical disciplines. We collaborate closely with authors, editors, reviewers, and societies to ensure the integrity and impact of the published work. Through innovation in editorial workflows and publishing technology, we help global research communities discover, evaluate, and disseminate knowledge that advances science and improves lives.

About the Role

SSRN is Elsevier's preprint server, working with over 1,200 Elsevier journals to offer submitting authors the option to preprint their research. As part of our growing medical preprints operation, you will help ensure the efficient management of medical submission queues, maintain high standards of research integrity, and support compliance with evolving funder and editorial requirements. You will also contribute reporting, analysis, and projects that promote excellence in preprinting across the medical and life sciences disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with other Content Editors to ensure the smooth running of the medical queues such that turnaround times are met
• Prevent the posting of medical preprints that may cause harm and ensure that appropriate ethics, funding and COIs are provided
• Work with journal partners such as Preprints with The Lancet to support their editorial policies as well as working on any reporting and/or projects
• Liaise with the Policy and Partnerships Manager over funders and their policies and provide reporting on Gates Foundation preprints as well as those from other funders
• Liaise with the Research Integrity Manager over submissions or submitters that pose a reputational risk for Elsevier and SSRN
• Liaise with the Production and Product teams over changes in policies and approaches for identifying bad content in the medical and life science disciplines
• Deliver reporting on growth within the medical preprints area
• Contribute to projects that promote excellence in preprinting
  Background in life sciences or a similar discipline; editorial or publishing experience is valued
• Experience working on medical preprints or within scholarly publishing, with familiarity with reporting standards for medical papers
• Self-starter who is comfortable working independently and as part of a team
• Able to understand and advocate for the needs of authors and readers
• Strong analytical, organizational, and prioritization skills
• Ability to work methodically with excellent problem-solving and fact-checking skills
• Experience handling sensitive content and applying research integrity principles
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
  A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world's grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
  We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance, and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working Pattern

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.