Managing Editor, Translation Studies - Flexible Hours

Cactus Communications; South Africa; Sur place; ZAR 400 000 - 700 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Flexibility: set your own work hours

Résumé du poste

Cactus Communications is seeking a project-based Managing Editor to oversee editorial decisions across a portfolio of journals. You will make independent post–peer review decisions, uphold journal standards, and collaborate with internal teams to maintain throughput and quality.

Responsibilities include issuing revision requests, ensuring consistency across submissions, and providing clear decision letters to authors. Strong English publications and recent research activity are essential.

Qualifications

• Active researcher with recent publications (3–5 in last 5 years).
• First or last author on publications; English publications preferred.

Responsabilités

• Assess manuscript suitability and issue initial revision decisions after peer review.
• Evaluate peer-review reports and determine need for additional review.

Formation

PhD in Translation Studies (Humanities)

Outils

ScholarOne

EM System

SNAPP

REX

Description du poste

Cactus Communications is seeking a project-based Managing Editor to oversee editorial decisions across a portfolio of journals. You will make independent post–peer review decisions, uphold journal standards, and collaborate with internal teams to maintain throughput and quality.

Responsibilities include issuing revision requests, ensuring consistency across submissions, and providing clear decision letters to authors. Strong English publications and recent research activity are essential.