PLOS Medicine Senior Editor, Team Manager UK-Remote

PLOS GmbH; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 58,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative non-profit organization is seeking a Sr. Editor, Team Manager to lead editorial strategies and uphold high standards in research publishing. This role involves managing a team of editors, developing editorial visions, and promoting open science practices. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to ensure timely and quality manuscript handling while contributing to the growth of open access initiatives. This fully remote position offers a dynamic work environment where your leadership will drive meaningful change in the scientific community. If you are passionate about open science and have a knack for editorial excellence, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Income protection

Pension with up to 10% employer match

25 days holidays

Birthday and winter holidays off

Paid time off for volunteering

Home office stipend

Qualifications

• Experience in managing peer review and enforcing editorial standards.
• Strong analytic and communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a team of editors, ensuring high editorial standards.
• Oversee manuscript reviews and implement editorial policies.

Skills

Peer Review Management

Staff Management and Training

Analytic Skills

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Job description

*This role is to be filled by an employee working from a remote location within the UK.

PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy, and practice. We believe in a better future where science is open to all, for all.

Role summary

The Sr. Editor, Team Manager is the strategic head for their subject area in PLOS Medicine. In coordination with the Executive Editor and Editor-in-Chief, they are responsible for creating and implementing a vision for content and promoting this within PLOS Medicine and the external community. This role maintains high standards for author service and contributes to policies and procedures that support Open Science practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage Associate and/or Senior Editors.
• Recruit, train, manage and develop team members, setting objectives and taking accountability for the team’s progress towards objectives.
• Manage the work of your team and collaborate with PLOS’ vendor partners to ensure editorial standards are upheld.
• Develop the editorial vision and strategy for your team.
• As part of the managerial team at PLOS Medicine and working with the Editorial Board, devise and recommend policies and processes appropriate for the subject area.
• Oversee manuscripts within specific subject areas of the journal scope to ensure fast and thorough review aligned to PLOS Medicine publication criteria.
• Take a strategic, data-driven and disciplined approach to shaping editorial policy, developing open science practices, and engaging with communities through activities that are aligned with the publishing strategy and contain measurable targets.
• Work autonomously to support strong author service and ensure efficient and timely handling of manuscript submissions as well as the quality of the published output.
• Ensure efficient submission handling by proactively managing the editorial workflow in your team’s subject areas.
• Develop and manage procedures to ensure optimized submission handling in your subject areas.
• Decide on publication ethics cases prepared by the Publication Ethics team and work with the Publication Ethics team to bring active cases to a swift resolution.
• Develop and update editorial policies as needed.
• Plan staff editor conference attendance in the specified research area. Represent PLOS Medicine at external meetings.
• Contribute to the development and launch of products and services to grow adoption of open access and open science.
• Collaborate with other editorial teams to support cross-journal activities.

Knowledge and Skills

• Professional experience in managing peer review, making decisions based on the scientific merits of submitted content and enforcement of editorial standards for original research publications.
• Experience managing and training staff; cross-cultural competence is desirable.
• Excellent analytic, communication and presentation skills, both written and oral.
• Embraces change with a positive attitude.
• Organized and efficient with a strong problem-solving ability.

Qualifications

Physical Requirements & Work Environment

• Prolonged periods stationary at a desk and working on a computer.
• Some national and international travel may be required occasionally.
• Some flexibility to work across time zones.

The base salary range we’ve established for this position is (UK) £58,000 - £80,000, (US) $105,000 - $145,000. PLOS also offers a comprehensive benefits package summarized below.

Benefits:

UK:

• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Pension with up to 10% employer match
• 25 days holidays, market competitive Maternity and Paternity leave
• Birthday and three winter holidays days off
• 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
• Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office

US:

• 401k with employer match
• Employee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid)
• Paid Vacation, 12 public holidays and sick leave
• Parental leave
• Birthday and three winter holidays days off
• Short term and long term disability insurance
• 2 days paid time off for volunteering per year
• Fully remote work environment with stipend on joining for home office