Peer Review Performance Specialist

3310 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; Oxford; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Wiley in the United Kingdom is seeking an Assistant Peer Review Performance Manager to drive day‑to‑day peer review performance across a portfolio of journals within Research Publishing. You will optimize for timely decisions and positive author experience, while collaborating with editors and editorial offices.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, data literacy, and strong communication to influence colleagues.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent or relevant industry experience.
• Relevant or transferable experience in publishing.
• Data literate, able to quickly adapt to new systems and platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills – need clear and authoritative communication to direct/influence colleagues in other roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide journal‑level oversight of the manuscript peer review process from submission to final editorial decision and export to content operations for a portfolio of journals within Research Publishing using best practice principles and effective time management practices.
• Support the editor and editorial office across all journals in their remit.
• Maintain oversight of accurate documentation of peer review management processes.
• Identify and raise integrity concerns and action any outcomes from investigations as needed.
• Adopt new services/tools when offered or enhanced workflows are rolled out.
• Execute and align the journals in their remit toward continuous improvement, workflow optimization, and adoption of peer review best practices and standards.
• Focus on value‑added strategies and tactics associated with delivery of a rendered decision, including such themes as speed to decision, quality of author experience, and integrity of manuscript and workflows that underpin the peer review process.

Skills

Data literate

Strong communication

Adaptability to new systems

Publishing experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

SharePoint

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Electronic submission systems

Job description

Wiley in the United Kingdom is seeking an Assistant Peer Review Performance Manager to drive day‑to‑day peer review performance across a portfolio of journals within Research Publishing. You will optimize for timely decisions and positive author experience, while collaborating with editors and editorial offices.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, data literacy, and strong communication to influence colleagues.