Deputy Editorial Team Leader

RELX Group; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading international information and analytics company is seeking a people leader to manage a global team of Editorial Section Managers. Responsibilities include recruitment, training, and ensuring the effective workflow of manuscript review processes. The ideal candidate should possess a scientific background at an MSc level and have substantial people leadership experience in publishing. This role promotes work/life balance alongside various benefits such as generous leave, health programs, and extensive personal development opportunities.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Contributory pension scheme

Travel Season ticket loan

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Experience in recruitment, onboarding, and team management.
• Ability to solve complex problems and evolve workflows.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365, especially Outlook and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Manage and support a team of (Senior) Editorial Section Managers.
• Coordinate workflows and ensure team collaboration.
• Document and evolve team workflows.

Skills

People leadership

Scientific background

Attention to detail

Excellent English

Technical proficiency

Creativity

Analytical skills

Education

MSc level or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office 365

Tableau

PowerBI

Confluence

Jira

Job description

This people leader role involves recruiting, training, and managing a team of (Senior) Editorial Section Managers and supporting a scientific journal. It offers skill development, collaboration, and exposure to the scientific community.

• Fully responsible for the people management of a global team of (Senior) Editorial Section Managers. This includes, but is not limited to recruitment, onboarding, training, target setting, coaching, development, completing employee performance evaluations and recommending pay decisions.
• Coaching the team to be able to apply all workflows and standards efficiently so that they can move manuscripts through the peer review process in collaboration with editors and reviewers.
• Supervises the team so that they work together effectively. Ensures priority setting and coordinates work activities and cover as appropriate.
• Supports central workflows in the journal, such as interactions with external editors, authors, reviewers or post publication corrections.
• Proactively evolves and documents workflows for the team.
• Independently solves complex problems based on policies and procedures and contributes to the evolution of these.
• Liaise with other roles, if needed from other teams, to develop the journal further.
• Have a scientific background in either the life/ medical/ social/ or physical sciences (MSc level or equivalent).
• Have existing people leadership and (open access) publishing experience.
• Be enthusiastic, analytical and have exceptional attention to detail.
• Have excellent English language skills with a focus on building great relationships.
• Show creativity, have a willingness to experiment, and a desire to improve.
• Be able to adapt to managing an internal team, handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously and treat people professionally. Work equally well collaboratively or independently in a deadline-oriented environment.
• Be technically savvy and must be PC proficient with expertise working in Microsoft Office 365 suite (particularly Outlook and Excel) with the ability and desire to grow beyond that.
• Tableau, PowerBI, Confluence and Jira skills are a bonus.
• 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.

Benefits

• Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
• Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits.
• Wellbeing programs.
• Life assurance.
• Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
• Save As You Earn share option scheme.
• Travel Season ticket loan.
• Electric Vehicle Scheme.
• Optional Dental Insurance.
• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
• RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you.
• Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
• Access to extensive learning and development resources.Access to employee discounts scheme via Perks at Work.