Editorial Process Coordinator - Scientific Publishing

RX Brasil; Oxford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthy work-life balance

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking an Editorial Process Specialist to oversee editorial workflows, coordinate peer review, and ensure compliance with publishing standards and ethical guidelines across assigned journals. You will support authors, reviewers and editors, monitor submissions from submission to decision, and generate regular reports for editors and publishers.

The role is hands-on, requires meticulous attention to detail, and offers opportunities to learn editorial systems and best practices within

Qualifications

• Strong administrative and organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adapt quickly.
• Own problems, identify solutions, and implement them independently.
• Communicate clearly and professionally with authors, reviewers, editors, and teams.
• Collaborate to deliver editorial projects on schedule.
• Generate clear reports and data analyses.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; quick to learn new systems.

Responsibilities

• Deliver editorial and administrative services for journals, conducting compliance checks in accordance with journal specifications and Elsevier publication policies, including ethical standards.
• Monitor the editorial process from submission to decision and manage submission timelines.
• Communicate with the journal community—authors, reviewers, and editors.
• Communicate with cross-functional teams on journal operational matters.
• Provide support and troubleshooting for submission system users.
• Identify and implement approved workflow optimizations for journal development and Elsevier initiatives.
• Generate journal and ad-hoc reports for editors and publishers.
• Provide continuity cover for journals in the absence of colleagues.

Skills

Administrative skills

Organizational skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Communication

Team collaboration

Reporting

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Elsevier is seeking an Editorial Process Specialist to oversee editorial workflows, coordinate peer review, and ensure compliance with publishing standards and ethical guidelines across assigned journals. You will support authors, reviewers and editors, monitor submissions from submission to decision, and generate regular reports for editors and publishers.

The role is hands-on, requires meticulous attention to detail, and offers opportunities to learn editorial systems and best practices within