Details:
- Salary: £225 - Day
- Job Type: Temporary
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Day
- Location: Oxfordshire
- Date: 1 week ago
Description:
Research Integrity Assistant
Fully Remote |12 month contract | £225 per day
My client is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. Listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.
They operate globally and produces high-quality, peer-reviewed books and journals. They publish trusted content by expert authors, cultivating knowledge and promoting discovery, globally. Their aim is to expand thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share their work and realize their individual potential.
Job Description
We are currently looking for a Research Integrity Assistant to work closely with their Publishing Ethics & Integrity team across a variety of STM journals.
Key responsibilities:
Work closely with the team to drive research integrity investigations
Check articles for integrity of authorship, content, data and key ethics statements.
Assist the ethics team with contacting authors and assessing files requested from authors
Where required, assist in identifying experts to provide advice on specific articles
Work with the ethics team and editorial teams on organising post-publication notices.
Handle confidential information confidently and sensitively, with consideration for the legal and ethical issues that may arise from any mishandlingQualifications:
Research background in a relevant discipline
Editorial experience in assessing scientific manuscripts for quality and integrity of content
Strong understanding of various research methods and practices
Awareness of global research and publishing ethics issues
Awareness of required journal editorial standards
Experience in project management
Strong numerical and verbal reasoning skills
Excellent communication skillsThe ideal candidate:
Will have experience as an Asst Editor / Editor / Managing Editor, ideally within a publishing house
Must have a Life Sciences or Bio Medical Degree, ideally a chemistry degree
Could be a graduate with at least 1 or 2 job roles under their belt
Must understand and have used scientific methodologies in education/working career as they are working around Scientific journals
Have experience or understanding of publishing ethics but is not essential
Guidant Global (BH4SF) is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy