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Contract: 2 days per week on a 12 month fixed term contract
Location: London/Hybrid
Application Closing Date: 23rd July 2026
Job Purpose Our central mission at BMJ is to create a healthier world by sharing knowledge and expertise to improve health outcomes. We bring over 180 years of experience in communicating evidence and shaping global healthcare policy, backed by our strong reputation for independence and trustworthiness.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Partnerships Editor to join the BMJ Events and Partnerships team, to support the delivery of funded editorial projects across BMJ’s portfolio of journals.
Responsibilities Commissioning, assessment, managing peer-review, providing feedback and editing manuscripts that form part of funded editorial collections.
Work with the publishing and editorial production teams to move content smoothly through the editorial process
Approving roundtable topics, curating discussion points and identifying participants.
Hosting roundtable discussion, reviewing and approving output reports.
Working with the partnerships team to approve proposals for new projects, incorporating editorial collections, roundtable discussions, webinars etc
Leading stakeholder meetings with internal and external teams related to partnerships projects.
Act as the editorial point person with external partners for projects, and work with stakeholders to deliver projects to agreed deadlines.
Maintain and ensure the integrity of the review process and publishing ethics, providing guidance to authors, reviewers and editors as appropriate
Be an ambassador for the partnerships team, taking part in external outreach, conferences and meetings to promote the BMJ’s work and develop relationships
Contribute to the development of the policies and processes of the partnerships editorial team as well as new editorial products.
Oversee the work of freelance editors and mentor internal editorial staff in training.
Experience (essential) Clinical and/or research experience to inform editorial decision-making and ensure relevance of articles.
Experience in critical appraisal of evidence to inform decision-making.
Experience in writing for a clinical audience
Experience of peer review process in publishing.
Experience designing content for a live audience e.g. events and webinars
Editorial experience on a medical journal including commissioning, editing, and writing content.
Experience of writing and editing content for healthcare professionals.
Experience of working in a matrix, hybrid environment.
Experience of working with ScholarOne (or other online content management systems).
Experience of working with international editorial teams.
Degree in Medicine or Bachelor of Science
Why work for us? Help us create a healthier world. We are a global healthcare knowledge provider. We publish The BMJ, one of the world’s most impactful medical journals and over 70 influential speciality journals. We offer digital tools to help health professionals worldwide tackle critical healthcare challenges. Find out more about us here .
Flexible Work and Workplace Perks We’re committed to flexible working that supports both your needs and the requirements of the role.
Generous double-matching employer pension contribution, up to 12%
Discounted dental and travel insurance
Seven x salary life assurance cover and a generous income protection package
Discounted gym membership, cycle-to-work and season ticket loan
Discounts for retail and leisure products through yourReward
Work-life balance and wellbeing Twenty-five days holiday +
Contract: 2 days per week on a 12 month fixed term contract
Location: London/Hybrid
Application Closing Date: 23rd July 2026
Job Purpose Our central mission at BMJ is to create a healthier world by sharing knowledge and expertise to improve health outcomes. We bring over 180 years of experience in communicating evidence and shaping global healthcare policy, backed by our strong reputation for independence and trustworthiness.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Partnerships Editor to join the BMJ Events and Partnerships team, to support the delivery of funded editorial projects across BMJ’s portfolio of journals.
Responsibilities Commissioning, assessment, managing peer-review, providing feedback and editing manuscripts that form part of funded editorial collections.
Work with the publishing and editorial production teams to move content smoothly through the editorial process
Approving roundtable topics, curating discussion points and identifying participants.
Hosting roundtable discussion, reviewing and approving output reports.
Working with the partnerships team to approve proposals for new projects, incorporating editorial collections, roundtable discussions, webinars etc
Leading stakeholder meetings with internal and external teams related to partnerships projects.
Act as the editorial point person with external partners for projects, and work with stakeholders to deliver projects to agreed deadlines.
Maintain and ensure the integrity of the review process and publishing ethics, providing guidance to authors, reviewers and editors as appropriate
Be an ambassador for the partnerships team, taking part in external outreach, conferences and meetings to promote the BMJ’s work and develop relationships
Contribute to the development of the policies and processes of the partnerships editorial team as well as new editorial products.
Oversee the work of freelance editors and mentor internal editorial staff in training.
Experience (essential) Clinical and/or research experience to inform editorial decision-making and ensure relevance of articles.
Experience in critical appraisal of evidence to inform decision-making.
Experience in writing for a clinical audience
Experience of peer review process in publishing.
Experience designing content for a live audience e.g. events and webinars
Editorial experience on a medical journal including commissioning, editing, and writing content.
Experience of writing and editing content for healthcare professionals.
Experience of working in a matrix, hybrid environment.
Experience of working with ScholarOne (or other online content management systems).
Experience of working with international editorial teams.
Degree in Medicine or Bachelor of Science
Why work for us? Help us create a healthier world. We are a global healthcare knowledge provider. We publish The BMJ, one of the world’s most impactful medical journals and over 70 influential speciality journals. We offer digital tools to help health professionals worldwide tackle critical healthcare challenges. Find out more about us here .
Flexible Work and Workplace Perks We’re committed to flexible working that supports both your needs and the requirements of the role.
Generous double-matching employer pension contribution, up to 12%
Discounted dental and travel insurance
Seven x salary life assurance cover and a generous income protection package
Discounted gym membership, cycle-to-work and season ticket loan
Discounts for retail and leisure products through yourReward
Work-life balance and wellbeing Twenty-five days holiday +
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