Editorial Research Associate
PLOS
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $57,000 - $78,000 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
About the role
- Identify and contact qualified individuals to serve on PLOS journals’ editorial boards
- Vet candidates against individual journals’ Editorial Board criteria
- Work collaboratively with Editorial Board Services managers and Editorial and Publishing stakeholders to ensure that the composition of the board reflects each journal’s community
- Develop resources for board members to ensure consistency in decision making and high levels of engagement
- Deploy feedback to individual editors to ensure adherence to best practices
- Prepare reports and conduct data analysis on board performance
- Develop documentation for relevant policies, procedures, and workflows
- Communicate team and project updates (outcomes, results, and key performance indicators) during in-team and cross-departmental meetings
- Monitor performance of vendor teams
- Maintain quality and integrity of Editorial Board Member profile information
Requirements
- Experience working in scholarly publishing and/or experience working in a research setting
- Experience with database searching or mining for relevant concepts, keywords, or individuals, including PubMed, Google Scholar, Web of Science, Dimensions and/or other scholarly databases
- Excellent communication skills
- Familiarity with cross-cultural competencies
- Strong organization and time management skills, and attention to detail
- A university degree or equivalent professional experience in scholarly publishing.
Benefits
- 401k with employer match
- Employee sponsored health, dental and vision insurance (Dental and Vision 100% employer paid)
- Paid Vacation, 11 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
data analysisdatabase searchingdatabase miningreport preparationpolicy developmentworkflow documentation
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationorganizationtime managementattention to detailcross-cultural competencies