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Publishing Assistant, Journals

Employer
Royal Society of Chemistry
Location
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire (GB)
Salary
£22,012 - £24,458 per annum plus benefits
Closing date
18 Jun 2019

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Job Details

Your role would be to provide excellent customer service through the provision of administrative support for our journals.  Working within a large team, this role involves dealing with queries from scientists around the world, and helping them to submit their manuscripts to the large portfolio of journals published by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

 

Your responsibilities will focus on:

  • administrative duties associated with the processing of articles submitted and published in our journals;
  • daily correspondence with authors, reviewers and publishing staff;
  • accurate record keeping of article workflow using management systems;
  • collaboration with other Publishing Assistants and journals teams to ensure the smooth running of the department.

We are looking for:

  • previous administration experience is required;
  • efficient and competent in the use of software packages associated with PCs;
  • good organisational and time-management skills are required together with the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines;
  • good attention to detail;
  • good communication skills in interacting with internal and external contacts are essential;
  • ability to work well in a team;
  • experience of a database tracking system is desirable.

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Company

The Royal Society of Chemistry is the largest organisation in Europe for advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. Supported by a worldwide network of members and an international publishing business, our activities span education, conferences, science policy and the promotion of chemistry to the public.

 

The RSC has a broad range of diverse career opportunities. Our teams are highly motivated and successful with our employees citing 'the people' as the best thing about working at the RSC. Working for the RSC provides a great opportunity to keep up to date with the latest developments in science without working in a lab.

Company info
Website
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Royal Society of Chemistry
Telephone
01223 432441
Location
Thomas Graham House
Science Park
Milton Road
Cambridge
CB4 0WF
GB

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