Editorial Assistant - Birmingham, United Kingdom - CREC - Centre for Research in Early Childhood

Description

_Academic Administrator _

About us
CREC - Centre for Research in Early Childhood is a small business in Birmingham B15 2AF.

We are rewarding and creative, and our goal is to raise outcomes for young children by developing the quality of early years practice through a blended approach of research, training and consultancy.

Our work environment includes:

• Workfromhome days
• Regular social events

The Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC) is looking to employ a part time Editorial Assistant & Membership Officer to support the organisation's national and international work.

CREC is a well-respected Early Years research centre and the organisation incorporates a research charity, a training company, a European research network and a UK research organisation.

The post(s) will be based at CREC's offices in central Birmingham but with some flexibility on working from home. The post is offered on a permanent basis. An annual salary of £28,000 FTE is offered plus generous holiday allowance and pension contributions.

Applicants should submit their CV
and a covering letter of no more than 2 sides of A4 setting out their prior experience in relation to the job specification, and their suitability in relation to the person specification.

Applications should be received no later than 8 am on Monday 9th January 2023.


Editorial Assistant (Academic Journal) and Membership Officer 0.4FTE (additionality up to 0.6 FTE may be available)

CRECis looking to employ a new part-time member of staff to support its international work with responsibility for 2 key areas - Academic journal support; and membership administration for EECERA _(The European Early Childhood Education Research Journal (EECERJ) is the highly rated (SSCI) journal of _EECERA_.

The journal, published 6 times/year, is administered from CREC)_

The post will be based in central Birmingham but with some flexibility on working from home. An annual salary of £28,000 FTE is offered plus generous holiday allowance and pension contributions.

The editorial assistant will support the Co-ordinating Editor in the production of this leading Early Years journal, facilitating its contribution to the scholarly output of the Association and helping maintain and grow its scientific status.

Key tasks include overseeing the publishers' administrative system which processes manuscripts; allocating and managing peer-reviewers; maintaining oversight of the review process and ensuring it advances in a timely fashion; maintaining communication between authors and the Co-ordinating Editor; liaising with administrative and publishing staff at Taylor & Francis; using ScholarOne to manage review processes and provide information to the journal's Co-ordinating Editor and Editorial Board, on journal content, readership, marketing, etc., and contribute to the production of reports thereon.

The Administrator will also manage the membership services function for the Association through the website ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction for the c170 members.

For this role, it is deemed essential that the post holder has a knowledge of, and commitment to Early Years and/or Education as well as experience in either academic publishing or complex administration and working with online systems which involve the tracking of projects/clients over time.

Person specification (both roles)

The successful applicant(s) should:
- have successful experience of course/journal/complex administration E
- have successful experience of working in the field of Early Years/Education E
- have experience of working across different projects/activities simultaneously E
- demonstrate strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to provide friendly and professional service E
- have experience of data management and knowledge of data protection E
- have the ability to be flexible, work effectively under pressure and deal with conflicting priorities E
- display the ability to work independently and autonomously, as well as closely and collaboratively with others E
- demonstrate an excellent level of ICT competence, particularly online databases, MS Office (inc Excel) E
- have experience of producing data for reporting D
- have a personal and positive commitment to CREC's vision and values E

• Commitment to principles of equality of value and respect E

(E = Essential; D = Desirable)


Job Types:
Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Part-time hours: 15-21 per week


Salary:
From £28,000.00 per year


Benefits:

• Company pension
• Onsite parking
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:
Ventilated offices, hybrid working, social distancing in the office.

Work Location:
Hybrid remote in Birmingham B15 2AF

Application deadline: 09/01/2023


Reference ID:
CREC/admin/0123