Editorial Operations Specialist

RELX; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Health benefits

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Travel season ticket loan

Learning & development

Parental leave

Job summary

Elsevier’s Oxford-based Publishing Administrative Editor role supports editors, authors and reviewers through efficient editorial workflows and reporting. You will help maintain quality, ethical standards, and timely publication across journals, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a busy scholarly publishing environment.

The role emphasizes data analysis, reporting, and problem-solving with strong communication and organizational skills in a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• Excellent administration skills and accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to own problems and implement solutions.
• Enjoy collaborating with teams on projects.
• Data analysis and reporting abilities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; quick to learn new systems.
• Excellent organisation and multi-tasking; adaptable to change.
• Self-motivated with a positive, customer-focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Deliver editorial administration to editors, authors and reviewers to meet SLAs.
• Manage editorial, submission and review process to reduce lead-time.
• Generate journal and ad-hoc reports for editors and board meetings.
• Identify and implement workflow and configuration changes to improve journal performance.
• Provide support and troubleshooting for our submission system.
• Communicate with journal community and cross-functional teams on queries.
• Provide cover for other journals in the team when needed.

Skills

Administration

Communication

Ownership

Collaboration

Data analysis

Microsoft Office

Organization

Self-starter

Customer-focused

Tools

Submission system

Job description

Elsevier’s Oxford-based Publishing Administrative Editor role supports editors, authors and reviewers through efficient editorial workflows and reporting. You will help maintain quality, ethical standards, and timely publication across journals, collaborating with cross-functional teams in a busy scholarly publishing environment.

The role emphasizes data analysis, reporting, and problem-solving with strong communication and organizational skills in a hybrid work setting.