Publishing Assistant, Journals

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PURPOSE OF THE JOB

You will be a key member of our global Publishing Support Team, providing administrative and editorial support across our multi-disciplinary portfolio of academic Journals.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES/KEY RESULT AREAS

- Assist in the management of existing journals through administrative and research support

- Prepare the regular publishing update reports for journals covering a wide range of performance measures

- Provide regular data reports and analytics to support and develop journal strategies

- Completing relevant payments and tracking efficiently and accurately

- Ensuring journal home pages are up to date, for example by maintaining Editorial Board details, or adding new data or features

- Ownership of responding to some external queries and requests from editors and/or societies, as well as internal staff, via email

- Work collaboratively and productively with other functional groups (especially production, marketing, digital) to deliver an excellent service

- Organize meetings, attending and taking minutes as appropriate, undertaking catering, travel and room booking arrangements and paying of expenses

- Assist in maintaining the journals contracts repository and maintain best practice in data management

- Assist in the acquisition process with preparation of proposals, participation in transition and launch meetings, as appropriate

- Work with other OUP journals departments as required to accomplish tasks and enhance communications between staff in relevant offices

- Special projects as assigned, including assisting with organization of Oxford Journals Executive Summit

KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE

You should be able to demonstrate

- Good organizational skills and the ability to work independently

- The ability to pick up new tasks and learn new systems and processes quickly

- A good team spirit and the ability to work collaboratively

- Self-discipline with the ability to manage and balance priorities under time pressure

- Good attention to detail and numeracy

- Excellent spoken and written English

- Experience with Microsoft Office products

KEY COMPETENCIES

Behaviour

Technical / Functional

- Responsive

- Communicate effectively and build strong relationships

- Well Organised

- Ability to multi-task

- Data gathering

- Data interpretation

- Reporting