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Would you love to work directly with the scientific community and hear about cutting-edge research?
Do you have critical thinking skills and the willingness to learn and absorb new areas of research?
Location: London
About Our Team
We are looking for a dynamic scientist to join the Cell Press Life and Biomedical science portfolio. This is an opportunity to join a dynamic and unique team where you may primarily work with a specific journal that aligns with your research expertise while becoming familiar with multiple other Cell Press family journals across a broad range of scientific topics, supporting editors and authors to optimize overall publishing success, and working on cross-journal projects and initiatives for Cell Press. We are especially interested in candidates with a strong expertise in immunology, microbiology, stem cell biology, cancer biology, and/or biotechnology but encourage applications from all research backgrounds in the life and biomedical sciences.
About The Role
You will be closely engaged in all aspects of editorial work at Cell Press. Cell Press is an international organization with primary offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts; London; Amsterdam; and Beijing. This is a full-time editorial position, and we have a preference for candidates located near our Amsterdam NL or our London or Oxford UK offices.
Please include a cover letter describing why you are interested in the position and how your skills and knowledge could contribute to your success in this role.
Responsibilities
- Establishing relationships with diverse editorial teams
- Assessing submitted research papers and overseeing the peer review and editorial process
- Building effective working relationships with colleagues across Cell Press and beyond
- Guiding authors through various aspects of the publishing process
- Establishing relationships with researchers and representing Cell Press at scientific meetings and visits to research institutions
- Contributing to broader Cell Press initiatives to shape the future of science communication
Requirements
- Ph.D. in any area mentioned above
- Passion to think critically about a wide range of scientific issues, with a willingness to learn and absorb new areas of research
- Ability to work flexibly and creatively, with a willingness to experiment and a desire to enhance author service
- Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills with a collaborative problem-solving mindset
- Interest in engaging with the scientific community
- Talent for distilling complex concepts and communicating them effectively
- Strong ability to communicate clearly, with an interest in science communication and publishing trends
- Strong ability to organize, prioritize, and focus to achieve overall team goals
Work in a way that works for you
We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive
Working for you
Benefits
At Elsevier, we know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer:
- Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits
- Wellbeing programs
- Life assurance Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme
- Long service awards
- Save As You Earn share option scheme Travel Season ticket loan
- Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
- Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children RE CARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you
- Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer
- Access to extensive learning and development resources Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work
About The Business
A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals' advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.
