Publishing Ethics Team Manager

Publishing Ethics Team Manager

Are you a highly organized and detail-oriented professional with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills?

Are you passionate about research integrity and publishing ethics, and eager to make a positive impact?

Locations: UK or NL

About Our Team

Within Elsevier's Science, Technology, and Medical Journal (STMJ) publishing division, we are looking for a Team Leader to strengthen the Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics Center of Expertise through leadership and team management, executing best practices, testing and implementing technological solutions for Ethics Pre-publication Screening workflow, and offering support on research integrity matters to STMJ colleagues. STM Journals publishes more than 2,800 peer-reviewed journals. Elsevier is committed to nurturing and upholding research integrity within our journals and within the wider research community.  The Team Leader will be responsible for managing a team of 10 Publishing Ethics Screening Analysts who use Elsevier's technological tools to evaluate manuscripts for potential misconducts related to publishing ethics. The Team Leader will oversee the identification and resolution of these concerns in submitted manuscripts accordance with Elsevier's Publishing Ethics policies within the agreed delivery timelines.

About The Role

We are seeking a candidate with knowledge of scholarly research and publishing best practices and a deep understanding of research integrity and publishing ethics, as well as experience of leading and coaching teams and working within a matrix environment. The candidate will be skilled at communicating across diverse stakeholder groups, both within Elsevier and outside Elsevier, and in working with other leaders to set priorities and deliver high-quality results.

Responsibilities

• Managing up to ten team members in a global organization

• Coaching the team to work with diverse stakeholders across Elsevier – including the Publishing teams, Legal team, Technology teams, and Operations team – to resolve ethics cases 

• Coaching the team to be open to change and user feedback, and to develop a strong customer-focused perspective in resolving cases

• Recruiting, retaining and developing our talent: develop the team to an expert level

• Managing manuscript screening and editor identity and behavioral checks by prioritizing and coordinating actions across the team

• Ensuring the team adheres to deadlines, and that team members understand sensitivities and nuances to effectively screen the manuscript and validate editors - including communications with all parties, and operational actions.

• Continuously reviewing workflows, processes, and policies and working to revise and improve them where necessary.

Requirements

• Strong experience / 5+ years in scholarly research, scholarly publishing, and/or research integrity

• Proven record in delivering results, prioritizing customer and business needs, and collaborating with different teams

• Excellent ability to communicate findings and recommendations in a clear, effective, and engaging manner for diverse audiences

• Proven experience managing a team, with a strong focus on coaching and developing talent

• Tertiary-level degree or higher

An assessment or case study could be part of our selection procedure.

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.

• 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

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

• Save As You Earn share option scheme

• Travel Season ticket loan

• Electric Vehicle Scheme

• Optional Dental Insurance

• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children

• RECARES 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 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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