Editorial Content Manager Maternity Cover

Informa Group Plc.; England; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic publishing firm in the UK is seeking an Editorial Content Manager to cover maternity leave for approximately 12-14 months. This role involves managing a team of Content Specialists and overseeing editorial quality across open access journals. The ideal candidate will have experience in academic publishing, excellent communication skills, and the ability to drive process improvements. This position offers a hybrid working model and a commitment to professional development.

Benefits

Excellent work/life balance

25 days annual leave plus birthday off

Private medical insurance

Employee assistance programme

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of administrative management of academic content.
• Strong ability to tailor communication for different stakeholders.
• Ability to analyze and visualize complex data sets.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop team of Content Specialists.
• Oversee governance of outsourced editorial office function.
• Act as point of escalation for the editorial operations team.

Skills

Communication skills

Project management

Analytic skills

Team management

Process improvement

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Office (Excel)

Job description

Taylor & Francis Editorial Operations (Programmes & Delivery - Academic Content) is currently recruiting for an Editorial Content Manager (maternity cover). It is anticipated that the role will last approximately 12-14 months.

The successful candidate will manage a team of Content Specialists supporting the governance of outsourced editorial office function for F1000 and T&F open access journals including design development and delivery of ambitious process improvements across all submission to dissemination tasks aimed at transforming services to customers (authors, Editors, Reviewers) who encounter our submission to dissemination process at Taylor & Francis.

This team sustains oversight of all submissions for editorial quality and ethical compliance while managing specialised and complex queries.

This role also contributes to the development and implementation of Editorial & Ethical policies, serving as a subject matter expert for policy interpretation across our journal portfolio and supporting critical manuscript decision‑making processes (reject / revision / accept) particularly for ethically complex submissions, open‑data policy compliance or those requiring specialised assessment.

Closing date: 5th December 2025.

What You’ll Do

• Manage, motivate and develop Specialists; this role is responsible for the recruitment, performance management and training of the Specialists reporting into them.
• Sustain an interconnected relationship with supplier‑management vendor partners and other Academic Content teams and services by providing clear, effective and prompt feedback.
• Drive and champion change within the teams and allocate resources appropriately; ensuring effective team working and prioritisation to accommodate competing demands.
• Develop and deliver the peer‑review strategy regarding speed, compliance and customer service quality in line with KPI targets.
• Deliver outstanding service to our stakeholders; explore both internal and external best practice to identify new and innovative approaches.
• Act as point of escalation for the Editorial operations team. Blockers and risks are escalated appropriately to the Director of Editorial Operations only after tenacity and creativity have been applied.
• Participate in the evaluation of new functionality, industry initiatives and emerging submission and peer‑review best practice.

Requirements & Qualifications

• In‑depth knowledge of best practice administration and management of academic content submitted to online submission platforms (preferably in journal academic publishing).
• Ability to use Power BI and be proficient with Microsoft Office packages; having advanced Excel skills is an advantage.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to tailor style whilst presenting data and ideas; essential to communicate well with stakeholders and translate data into meaningful insight.
• Significant project‑management experience including monitoring performance and building effective teams within an open‑access journal publishing environment.
• Clear understanding of process‑improvement principles – a distinct advantage as delivery of increased capacity with minimal impact on headcount is a standing objective.
• Ability to run, create and analyse reports with complex data sets.
• Demonstrable analytic skills to model and visualise complex data sets.
• Understanding of process‑improvement principles – a distinct advantage as delivery of increased capacity with minimal impact on headcount is a standing objective.

Skills & Behaviours Required

• Strong communication and influencing skills both verbal and written.
• Team player and self‑starter with a positive outlook who easily builds positive relationships.
• Ability to handle and communicate information sensitively and professionally.
• Actively cultivate an up‑to‑date knowledge of industry standards and developments to inform best‑practice procedures; commercial awareness is a distinct advantage.
• Self‑reliant and motivated to look beyond the immediate task, see the bigger picture and identify opportunities to grow and do things better, providing added value to stakeholders and peers alike.
• Calm and logical response under pressure.
• Responsible for managing own workload.
• Ability to prioritise appropriately and work to deadlines.
• Attention to detail.
• Customer focus.
• Accountable for managing own learning, taking responsibility to identify and develop skill gaps, and actively sharing knowledge regarding peer‑review systems and data manipulation.

Location

We believe that great things happen when people connect face‑to‑face. That’s why we work in‑person with each other or with customers and partners three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or at conferences you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely. The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of the Milton Park (OX14 4RN) office to ensure that, as a balanced worker, they can make it to our office locations three days per week.

What We’re Offering in Return

• Excellent work/life balance with a fantastic flexible working culture.
• Hybrid working with two days per week worked from home.
• 25 days annual leave per year plus a day off for your birthday.
• Three additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year.
• Four paid volunteering days each year.
• Company‑funded single cover private medical insurance.
• Employee assistance programme offering 24/7 well‑being support.
• Share‑match plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares.
• Pension scheme.
• Life assurance plus optical and medical care.

Training and Professional Development

We’re passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short‑ and long‑term career goals. We will work together on your bespoke Taylor & Francis development plan to ensure you have the resources, tools, support and coaching that will get you where you want to be.

Interview Process

Once you have submitted your application we may get in touch with you for an initial screening conversation or ask you to complete a short video interview to enable us to better understand your skills, experience and motivation. Following this you will be invited to attend a competency‑based interview either virtually or in person. We typically finish the interview process with a final second‑stage interview before extending an offer to the successful applicant.

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and make a contribution regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy balanced life.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non‑merit based factor.

Benefits of this role may also be available on a flexible working or part‑time basis; please ask the Talent Acquisition team for more information.

Key Skills

Proofreading, Growing Experience, Buffer, Content Management Systems, MailChimp, Management Experience, Copy Editing, AP Style, Content Development, Metadata, Copywriting, DocuSign

Employment Type

Full‑time

Vacancy Number

1

Experience Required

Years required to be listed (unspecified in the original description).