In-house Editor-in-Chief (maternity cover, 1-year FTC)

Are you passionate about clear communication of science to drive change in clinical practice and healthy policy?

Would you like to be part of a team that assesses and edits healthy ageing and longevity research?

About our Team

The Lancet Healthy Longevity is part of The Lancet’s family of world-renowned medical journals committed to publishing the best science for better lives. We are an international team, handling high-quality research, reviews, and commentaries to drive thought leadership across all aspects of clinical practice in infectious diseases. We build solid relationships with research communities to ensure we offer exciting, interesting, and thought-provoking content.

About the Role

As an in-house Editor-in-Chief, you are a subject expert in longevity research or geriatrics and gerontology who will oversee the creation and publication of original material for our journal. You will take ownership of submissions and performing quality peer review to ensure we publish high-quality content. You will build global relationships with experts in the community to disseminate and discuss practice-changing results from the field. You will be able to demonstrate awareness of the breadth of longevity research from preclinical findings through to the sociodemographic implications of an ageing population, and the impacts that these will have on medical research and practice.

Responsibilities

• Managing the day-to-day editorial handling of papers and peer-review and drive the editorial strategy of The Lancet Healthy Longevity

• Direct line management of Senior Editors

• Developing and maintaining relationships with the international medical research community to attract high-quality research for the journal

• Attending conferences and events to represent the journal, keeping up to date with current developments and identifying potential topics of interest

• Writing editorials and other content for the journal as required

• Helping develop new initiatives for future development of the journal

• Participate in projects across The Lancet Group and, on occasion, with Elsevier and RELX

Requirements

• A Medical Degree in a relevant discipline or a PhD in a related subject field with postdoctoral research experience

• Extensive editorial experience, at Editor or other senior level, with a good understanding of all aspects of the editorial process, journal production, and of running an editorial team

• Be able to demonstrate thorough knowledge of biological and medical sciences

• Be able to communicate and negotiate constructively with clinical researchers, members of the medical profession, the media, and colleagues

• Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work efficiently to demanding press deadlines

• Excellent command of the English language and the ability to write in an engaging and interesting manner

• Proficient with IT systems including MS Office

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, family leave, and tuition reimbursement, we will help you meet both your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.

• Working remotely from home and at our office in a hybrid working style

• Working flexible hours – flexing the times you work in the day

Working with us

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative, and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do and how they do it.

Working for you

At Elsevier, 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

• Long service awards

• Save As You Earn share option scheme

• Travel Season ticket loan

• Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave

• 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 via Perks at Work

About Us

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.

Join Us

Are you ready to help us progress science and health? Our technology leads to innovation, so join a forward-thinking digital business that is tackling world-scale challenges and align your ambitions with our passion for driving global knowledge-sharing.

Elsevier is an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. If a qualified individual with a disability or disabled veteran needs a reasonable accommodation to use or access our online system, that individual should please contact accommodations@relx.com or if you are based in the US you may also contact us on 1.855.833.5120.

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