Scholarly Journals Editorial CoordinatorAssistant

Aosis; Durban; On-site; ZAR 300,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading publishing company in South Africa seeks an Editorial Coordinator to support workflows for scholarly journals. The role involves quality checks on manuscripts, facilitating communication among stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to publishing protocols. Ideal candidates will possess strong organisational and communication skills and an interest in publishing.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in the publishing industry.
• Experience with manuscript management systems is a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal English skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Perform quality checks on manuscript submissions according to guidelines.
• Provide support related to submission requirements.
• Facilitate manuscript peer review outreach to editors and reviewers.

Skills

Organisational skills

Communication

Customer Service

MS Office

Job description

The Editorial Coordinator supports editorial workflows for scholarly peerreviewed journals. The Editorial Coordinator carefully and consistently follows established protocols to check manuscripts for adherence to journal policy and peer review requirements as well as technical requirements for publication. Editorial Coordinators will be in a role where careful attention to detail and clear communications are critical. Daily task work is largely performed via client manuscript management system queues and through following journal workflow protocols online.

This is not a remote work position. The office is located in Durbanville Cape Town South Africa

Responsibilities :

Primary responsibilities vary according to journal assignment but may include tasks such as the following :

• Provide excellent customer service to all external and internal journal stakeholders (e.g. editors authors publishers colleagues)
• Perform quality checks on new and revised manuscript submissions following checklists and journal policy guidelines
• Follow precise set of workflow protocols and ensure all manuscript requirements are met
• Facilitate manuscript peer review through outreach to editors and reviewers as directed
• Utilize cloudbased technology as a communication and productivity tool
• Proofread and send decision letters and other correspondence to authors editors and reviewers
• Complete all assigned tasks during scheduled hours and meet productivity expectations
• Be a proficient user of the manuscript management system
• Provide editor reviewer and author technical support related to submission requirements and the submission system
• Provide assistance to newer staff who may shadow experienced colleagues

Requirements

• Strong interest in the publishing industry
• Strong organisational skills
• Experience with one or more manuscript management system a plus
• Customer Service experience
• Strong communication skills both written and verbal
• Excellent English (read write understand and speak) language skills are a requirement
• Excellent MS Office skills (especially in MS Word Excel and Outlook)
• Highly organised and selfmotivated with strong timemanagement and project management skills
• Able to work well under pressure in an openplan environment
• Able to work independently and as part of a team

Required Experience :

Key Skills

ISO,Communication,HCM,Journalism,Axapta

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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