Editorial Assistant in London

Salary:24000 perannum

Contract:12month fixedterm contract

TheRoyal Pharmaceutical Society are looking for a fixed term (12month) Editorial Assistant to join the team.

The EditorialAssistant will provide excellent quality assurance for outputs ofthe content by processing of postcontent creation tests and datageneration and by supporting the editorial procedures that occur inthe wider editorial team.

Good attention todetail is essential as they will undertake routine checkingprocedures involved in production of publications including proofreading and other tasks relevant to the quality assurance of thepublication outputs.

The Editorial Assistant will be required tomeet strict deadlines and build effective working relationshipsboth with colleagues and externalpartners.

Requirements:

• A further education qualification in physical or lifesciences or other appropriate qualification.
• Meticulous eye for detail and the ability to workaccurately under pressure.
• Experience in theuse of computers and searching of scientific databases and datacollection.
• High efficiency working within ateam and individually.
• Ability to work totight deadlines and to organise own workload.
• Experience of HTML and/or XML desirable.

TheDirectorate

Pharmaceutical Pressis the knowledge business of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Werethe world leaders in evidencebased pharmaceutical publications andguidance.

Pharmacists and other healthcare professionals trust usto provide expert analysis educational support webinars and newsthat informs supports and enhances their practice.

We independentlysource evaluate and communicate and make practical medicinesknowledge accessible worldwide.

In the Publishing Directorate thefollowing teams work collaboratively to provide our worldclassproducts: the Journals team; the Sales and Marketing team; theTechnology team; the Product team and the Editorial team (in whichthis role sits).

TheTeam

TheSupport team sit within the wider Editorial team to deliver avariety of both internally and externally authored publications.

The Support team work to ensure print and digital outputs of thesepublications are processed and of a high quality.

As a team with adiverse workload we rely on good communication and work in aflexible collaborative way to get the jobdone.

Howwe are currentlyworking

RPSsupports and works in a hybrid way which means you will be able towork from home however there will be an expectation forcollaborative facetoface working on average and typically this maybe something between 48 working days per month at our LondonOffice.

Closingdate: 12 April2024

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Weare passionate about creating a culture of belonging inclusion anddiversity these are part of our core values at RPS and we arestriving to have an organisation that represents the diversity ofthe profession.

At RPS we do not discriminate on the basis of racecolour religion sex sexual orientation gender age or disability andwe encourage applications from allbackgrounds.