Senior editor - The Lancet's eBioMedicine (10 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Senior Editor – The Lancet’s eBioMedicine (10 Month Fixed Term Contract)

Would you like to join the Lancet’s family of world-renowned medical research journals?

Do you enjoy driving change with science?

Location: London

About our Team

eBioMedicine is The Lancet’s translational medicine journal and a leading open-access forum for basic and clinical biomedical research.

We are a collaborative, international team, handling high-quality research, review, and perspective submissions with a focus on rigorous peer review, ethics, and reproducibility. We seek to drive thought leadership in translational research by building solid relationships with research communities and ensuring we offer exciting, thought-provoking content.

At eBioMedicine, we are deeply committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. In our pursuit of excellence, we recognize the strength in varied perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the diversity of our editorial team, we encourage applications from individuals who bring unique skills, backgrounds, and perspectives to the role.

About the Role

As an In-House Senior Editor for eBioMedicine, you will oversee the peer-review and publication of original content. You will identify experts to act as peer reviewers to ensure we publish high-quality content. Your attention to detail and ability to prioritize tasks will be critical in maintaining our standards. You will build global relationships with people and institutes in the translational research community to identify new material, authors, subject experts, and content opportunities.

This position is expected to run until the end of October 2025.

Responsibilities

1. Arranging peer-review and commissioning content to ensure the successful and timely publication of high-quality translational research.
2. Staying up to date with the latest literature and research developments.
3. Engaging in conferences and academic meetings, along with site visits to develop and maintain links with the international research community.
4. Writing editorials, commissioning reviews and commentaries, and publishing correspondence to build the journal’s profile among the communities we serve.
5. Subediting material from all sections of our journal to improve clarity of expression and to conform to journal style.

Requirements

1. Higher degree in a relevant discipline with postdoctoral research experience or previous editorial experience.
2. Ability to communicate fairly and constructively with members of the translational research community.
3. Demonstrate broad knowledge of biological and medical sciences.
4. Have an exceptional command of the English language and the ability to write in an engaging manner.
5. Be able to travel internationally for meetings and conferences.
6. Able to work in the UK without restrictions.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. 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.

For this particular role, we do not expect daily attendance in the office. You will have a clearly defined schedule of work, and the way you use your weekly hours to complete it will be up to you.

Working for you

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:

1. Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days.
2. Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits.
3. Wellbeing programs.
4. Life assurance.
5. Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme.
6. Save As You Earn share option scheme.
7. Travel Season ticket loan.
8. Electric Vehicle Scheme.
9. Optional Dental Insurance.
10. Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave.
11. Employee Assistance Programme.
12. Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children.
13. RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you.
14. Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer.
15. Access to extensive learning and development resources.
16. Access to employee discounts scheme 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.

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