Overview:
Job Title: Assistant Editor
Contract: Permanent (full time)
Salary: £39,540 (per annum)
Location: BMA House, London - UK (Hybrid)
Application Closing Date: 22nd May 2023
BMJ Knowledge Centre has an exciting opportunity for an editorial role working on BMJ Best Practice, our popular online tool that helps doctors and other healthcare professionals to make the right diagnosis and management decisions. Best Practice is widely used in the NHS as well as by doctors in many other countries. The role sits within a friendly and supportive team that is responsible for ensuring the clinical content across a wide range of Best Practice medical conditions remains up to date and practical so that doctors can use it to improve outcomes for their patients. This is a great opening for someone with proven experience of working in an STM publishing environment who is looking to draw upon and further expand their medical editing skills.
Responsibilities:
- You will be involved in various stages of the publication process, including identifying relevant guidelines and journal papers for a topic and liaising with our expert medical contributors.
- You will be responsible for reviewing and editing complex updates for a wide range of Best Practice clinical topics.
- You will assist in the management of user feedback, including liaising with product users and editorial teams to help resolve issues.
- You will be required to upload edits within our bespoke content management system.
- You will assist with the commissioning process for Best Practice content.
- You may be required to cover for the Senior Assistant Editor/ Contributor Manager on occasion.
Qualifications:
- A degree level qualification in a bioscience or clinical/healthcare subject is essential.
- A relevant postgraduate qualification (e.g., science communication or publishing) is desirable.
Skills and experience
- Proven editorial experience in an STM publishing environment is essential.
- Experience of commissioning or editing medical or scientific content would be an advantage.
- Meticulous attention to detail and the ability to engage with complex medical content.
- Confidence in communicating with external clinical experts.
- Proven ability to work under pressure to deadlines and to confidently juggle multiple tasks.
- Experience of working within a CMS and the ability to adapt to new digital systems.
- Excellent communication skills, including strong editing and content writing skills.
- Enthusiasm and a willingness to learn.
Why should you apply?
BMJ is a global healthcare knowledge provider with a vision for a healthier world. We share knowledge and expertise to improve healthcare outcomes.
You may know us as the publisher of one of the world’s most cited general medical journals,
The BMJ. We also publish over 70 specialty journals, many of which are the most influential titles in their field.
We also offer digital professional development courses and clinical decision support tools to help medical institutions and clinicians tackle today’s most critical healthcare challenges.
Evidence underpins everything we do – it’s what makes us one of the world’s most trusted knowledge providers. And the figures speak for themselves. More than 50 million users from over 150 countries access our websites every year.
BMJ is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the British Medical Association (BMA), with nearly 500 employees worldwide. Our head office is located within the Grade II listed BMA House in Euston, London, with more offices in China, India, North America, and Wales.
At BMJ we take equal opportunities very seriously; diversity and inclusion are more than just words, they are an organisational priority. We are building a culture where everyone feels able to bring their full, authentic selves to work. We encourage applications from under-represented groups and we are a Disability Confident Committed employer.
You will be able to join any of our employee-led networks focusing on: Gender, Cultural Diversity, Sexual Orientation, Mental Health and Well-being, Parents and Carers, and Age.
We offer flexible work arrangements to all our employees.
Those who come to work with us are assured of a rewarding career in an increasingly global company. In return, we offer a great place to work with a wide range of benefits, including:
- Twenty-five days holiday entitlement plus bank holidays, a BMA Day and the opportunity to gain more holiday entitlement through long service employment
- Additional days’ leave for moving house, volunteering or getting married
- Onsite gym, fitness classes and subsidised canteen and cafeteria
- Double matching employer pension contribution, up to 12%
- Multiple discounts through MyReward employee benefits platform.
- Season ticket loan, gym membership and cycle to work scheme
- Seven times salary life assurance cover
- Regular social events, diversity and inclusion groups, and charity fundraising initiatives to get involved in