Publishing Administrative Editor

🇬🇧 Hybrid - GB 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Administrator 🗓️ August 14th, 2026

Edtech.com's Summary

Elsevier is hiring a Publishing Administrative Editor. The role involves coordinating peer review processes, managing editorial workflows, and ensuring adherence to quality and ethical standards while collaborating with editors, reviewers, authors, and cross-functional teams to facilitate timely publication of scientific journals.

Highlights

Coordinate peer review and manage editorial, submission, and review processes.
Ensure service level agreements are met for editors, authors, and reviewers.
Create journal and ad-hoc reports for board meetings and strategic planning.
Implement workflow and system changes to optimize journal performance.
Provide support and troubleshooting for the submission system.
Strong administration skills with attention to detail and accuracy required.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to build relationships.
Data analysis skills and ability to generate reports.
Proficient in Microsoft Office and quick to learn new systems.
Work within a global leader in information and analytics focused on advancing science and healthcare.

Publishing Administrative Editor Full Description

About the Role
As a Publishing Administrative Editor, you will play a crucial role in coordinating peer review, ensuring smooth editorial workflows, and maintaining quality and ethical standards in collaboration with Editors, reviewers, authors and internal cross-functional teams, as part of a busy journal team ensuring the successful and timely publication of leading scientific journals.

Responsibilities

Deliver editorial administration services to editors, authors and reviewers to ensure journal needs and service level agreements are met.
Manage the editorial, submission and review process efficiently to reduce lead-time from submission to decision.
Generate journal and ad-hoc reports for editors and publishers for board meetings and strategic planning.
Identify and implement changes to workflow and configuration to optimize journal performance.
Provide support and troubleshooting advice to editors, reviewers, authors and teams for the submission system.

Requirements

Excellent administration skills and a real eye for detail and accuracy.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to engage and build relationships.
Good data analysis skills and the ability to create and generate reports.
Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office and ability to learn new systems.

About the Business
Elsevier is a global leader in information and analytics, helping researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society.

Original Job Description

Responsibilities

Deliver editorial administration services to editors, authors and reviewers to ensure journal needs and service level agreements are met.
Manage the editorial, submission and review process efficiently to reduce lead-time from submission to decision.
Generate journal and ad-hoc reports for editors and publishers for board meetings and strategic planning.
Identify and implement changes to workflow and configuration to optimize journal performance.
Provide support and troubleshooting advice to editors, reviewers, authors and teams for the submission system.

Requirements

Excellent administration skills and a real eye for detail and accuracy.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to engage and build relationships.
Good data analysis skills and the ability to create and generate reports.
Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office and ability to learn new systems.