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American Physical Society

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1899

🔬 Science

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

Science • Education • Non-profit

American Physical Society is a non-profit professional organization and scholarly publisher that advances and promotes the practice of physics. It publishes the Physical Review family of journals (including Physical Review Letters, Physical Review X, and Reviews of Modern Physics), runs open-access publishing initiatives, organizes scientific meetings and conferences for specialized physics communities, provides member services to over 50,000 physicists worldwide, and advocates on behalf of the physics research and education enterprise. The society is headquartered in College Park, MD and offers resources for careers, outreach, and policy engagement.

📋 Description

• Manage all aspects of peer review for a suite of manuscripts. • This includes determining if review is warranted, selecting referees, evaluating responses, and deciding whether to publish. • Maintain close contact with the other PRE editors and with the editors of other journals in the APS portfolio. • Help select and briefly summarize papers to highlight. • Keep up with current and emerging physics research, and communicate such information with editors across the portfolio. • Support the manuscript post acceptance process, as needed, including the acquisition of editorial summaries and images and the resolution of production issues. • Perform editorial checks to ensure the overall quality and timeliness of published papers. • Maintain high ethical standards and fairness at all editorial stages, ensuring that decisions align with editorial policy and practice. • Gain mastery of the peer-review management system. • Represent the journals and APS at scientific conferences. • Actively engage and develop strong relationships and trust with a broad network of researchers. • Contribute to journal-level projects and strategy, such as content commissioning, social media, organizing outreach events, and data analytics. • Actively contribute to ensuring the journals are diverse, equitable, and inclusive.

🎯 Requirements

• A PhD and postdoctoral experience in one or more of these areas: statistical physics, nonlinear physics, complex systems, biological physics, soft matter, fluids, plasma physics, computational physics. • A minimum of one year of postdoctoral experience. • Excellent knowledge of the science and literature in their field. • Familiarity with existing research groups in that area. • Strong sense of integrity. • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. • Ability to make prompt independent evaluations and decisions. • Ability to manage multiple priorities. • Strong written and verbal English communication skills. • Excellent attention to detail. • Ability to work well both alone and as part of a team.

🏖️ Benefits

• Flexible schedules and ability to work remotely • 8% employer-paid retirement contribution • Investment advisement services: 100% employer paid • Medical benefits: PPO or HDHP option • Employer contribution to FSA or HSA account, eligibility based on medical plan enrollment • Lifestyle Spending benefit up to $1,500.00 (USD) - 100% employer paid • Vision benefits: individual and dependent coverage 100% employer paid • Basic Life & Accident insurance: employee coverage 100% employer paid • Supplemental Life & Accident insurance, including spouse & dependent child(ren) coverage • Disability insurance: employee coverage 100% employer paid • Voluntary Accident & Critical Illness insurance • Healthcare, Commuter & Dependent care flexible spending accounts • Vacation: 15 days annually • Generous holiday leave: 17 paid office closures; includes one week closure at the end of December • Personal leave: 4 days annually • Volunteer leave: 1 day annually • Sick leave: 10 days annually • Bereavement & Compassion leave: 2 -15 days based on loss • 12 weeks employer-paid family leave • College tuition reimbursement plan • Job related seminar & continuing education 100% employer paid • Professional Certification/Recertification 100% employer paid • Training and professional development; access to LinkedIn Learning on-demand courses • Employee Assistance Program • Mindfulness Meditation: live and on-demand classes