Editor - Content Review

As a Content Review Editor, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the quality and integrity of cutting-edge research published in Taylor & Francis journals. You will manage the peer review process, validate content, and collaborate with international experts, authors, editors, and suppliers.

The role requires individuals who are comfortable with adapting to dynamic environments and rapidly evolving business priorities. Candidates should demonstrate the ability to embrace change and leverage the opportunities it presents to drive process improvements and achieve targets.

This role is ideal for individuals with a strong scientific background, exceptional attention to detail, and a passion for supporting the peer review process. You will join a dynamic team of Content Review Editors and report to the Team Lead – Content Review.

What you will be doing:

• Peer Review Management:
  • Oversee the peer review process for assigned journals, ensuring adherence to speed and quality targets.
  • Collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to ensure seamless reviewer selection and manuscript progression.
• Reviewer Selection:
  • Research, identify, and invite suitable reviewers using internal and external databases.
  • Monitor and improve the reviewer selection process, ensuring ethical compliance and quality standards.
• Desk Assessment:
  • Evaluate submissions for adherence to journal scope, ethical guidelines, and quality standards.
  • Assess image quality and address any related concerns.
• Stakeholder Communication:
  • Liaise effectively with authors, reviewers, academic editors, supplier partners and internal teams to address queries and ensure smooth manuscript processing.
  • Provide empathetic and professional customer service to manage expectations.
• Process Improvement:
  • Identify bottlenecks in the peer review process and implement solutions to improve efficiency and turnaround times.
  • Analyse data and provide actionable insights to enhance workflows.
  • Develop, implement, review, and update Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) regularly to ensure alignment with best practices and continuous process improvements.
• Ethical Compliance:
  • Stay updated on industry trends and ethical publication practices, ensuring compliance across all processes.
• Reporting & Analysis:
  • Prepare reports and presentations to keep stakeholders informed about progress against KPIs.

What are we looking for:

Essential:

• A postgraduate qualification in Biomedical Sciences, Life Sciences, Chemistry, Physical Sciences, or Engineering. Candidates with postgraduate qualifications in other disciplines are welcome to apply, provided they have relevant journal management experience and skills.
• Understanding of academic publishing and peer review processes.
• Strong communication skills (written and verbal) with excellent command of English spelling and grammar.
• Exceptional attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage multiple tasks to deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software.

Desirable:

• Prior experience in academic publishing, manuscript desk assessment or peer review processes.
• Experience in process-driven workflows and customer-facing roles.
• Familiarity with online submission platforms like ScholarOne™ or Editorial Manager®.
• An interest in academic publishing and awareness of market trends.

We believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. When you’re not spending time together in one of our offices or other workplaces – like at conference – you get the flexibility and support to work from home or remotely.

The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our Delhi office to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office location to collaborate as required. There is an expectation for a minimum of 3 days per week in-person time.​

Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

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We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact [email protected]

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

 If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor.

If you have a disability, or face another barrier, and would like to request an adjustment to assist your participation in the hiring process and/or in the advertised position, please contact [email protected]. Your request will be reviewed and considered in the strictest confidence.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/taylor-&-francis-group/life/79e0c27c-afdf-4bbb-84e6-5f8ed5e10bb8/