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About the Role
The Lead Editor will join the editorial team to raise the Journal's profile worldwide. The role involves determining journal strategy, increasing the reputation and quality of the Journal, and making decisions on submitted manuscripts. The purpose is to ensure the Journal publishes high-quality, timely articles that reach beyond discipline-specific journals, and to plan and implement strategies that enhance its profile, expand its reach, and better serve its community.
Responsibilities
- Solicit the submission of high-quality manuscripts in all areas relevant to the Journal.
- Drive the strategic direction of the Journal by assessing submitted manuscripts for suitability, selecting handling Associate Editors and reviewers, and making decisions based on their comments and your own judgement.
- Gather opinions from fellow researchers on the strengths and weaknesses of the Journal to suggest changes in procedure, develop new initiatives, and feed into general discussions.
- Identify and recruit new Associate Editors, with a focus on ensuring diverse representation and participation on the Editorial Board.
- Assist the editorial office team to identify papers for further promotion via video, blog posts, and the media.
- Promote the Journal and the BES when attending conferences.
- Contribute to the Journal’s development and join in discussions with those involved with other BES journals to help identify opportunities for cross-journal initiatives.
- Act as Associate Editor for a limited number of manuscripts.
Requirements
- Interdisciplinary researcher whose work encompasses ecology and/or conservation research, social sciences and/or the humanities, and collaboration.
- Experience of working across multiple disciplines.
- Clear communicator who works well as part of a team.
- Good decision-maker who acts with integrity.
- Solid understanding of own field of research, as well as an overview of the wider scope of the journal.
- Experience of reviewing and editing processes.
- Commitment to maintaining the high editorial standards of the Journal.
- Interest in ongoing developments within academic publishing.
- Evidence of an active and relevant publication record.
- Knowledge and understanding of the subject area, complementary to that of the existing Editors.
- Experience of reviewing and of other editorial work.
- Ability to work as part of a team of Editors, think strategically and creatively, and support the Journal along with the wider journal team.
- Ability to work independently and to prioritise from a range of active projects.
- Ability to form, communicate with, and operate in, scientific networks and engage with other relevant audiences.
- Ability to consider multiple information sources or viewpoints, and act decisively.
- Commitment to the post and to the mission of the BES, and a desire to explore new opportunities to develop and enhance journal publishing.
Skills
- Interdisciplinary research
- Collaboration
- Clear communication
- Teamwork
- Decision-making
- Integrity
- Strategic thinking
- Creative thinking
- Independent work
- Prioritization
- Scientific networking
- Engaging with audiences
- Considering multiple viewpoints
Location
- At the holder’s host university or organisation, based anywhere in the world
Work Type
- Part-time
- 3-year contract
Experience Level
- Lead Editor
Salary/Compensations
- c. £3,892.36 per annum
- approximately €4,645
- US$4,645
Benefits
- Additional financial support is available to facilitate attendance at meetings with other BES Editors
- Support to act as an ambassador for the Journal at relevant conferences
About the Company
- The British Ecological Society (BES) is the oldest ecological society in the world and our mission is to advance ecology and make it count.
- We have 7,000 members around the world and support the ecological community through our journals, meetings, grants and through our education, engagement and policy work.
- Launched in 2018, People and Nature is a journal of relational thinking.
- It is a broad-scope, open-access journal publishing work that contributes to understanding of the relationship between humans and nature.
- The journal aims to foster innovation and experimentation and particularly encourages submissions that stimulate debate.
- The journal is gradually establishing itself as a leader in the field, with a broad, international audience, an active social media presence via Bluesky and a dedicated journal blog.
Equal Opportunity
- The BES values the benefits that diversity brings.
- We seek to create an inclusive culture and welcome applications from all sectors of society.
- We would be happy to consider any reasonable requests in terms of flexibility.
- Particularly welcome applications from leading researchers who are female or gender diverse.