Editorial Assistant

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🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

💵 $19 - $23 / hour

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

✏️ Editor

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1863

📚 Education

🔬 Science

🤝 Non-profit

Education • Science • Non-profit

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is a prestigious organization that provides expert advice and guidance on various issues related to science, engineering, and medicine. It brings together top experts to address complex challenges facing society and to promote the advancement of knowledge for the benefit of the public. The organization conducts research, publishes reports, and provides a platform for discussions and collaborations across multiple disciplines.

📋 Description

• Provides administrative support for the processing and peer review of standard manuscript submissions • Handles routine phone and email inquiries from authors and reviewers • Works closely with the journal’s editorial board to facilitate the peer review process for articles submitted to PNAS • Reports to the Assistant Managing Editor or Senior Editorial Coordinator and keeps them informed about problem papers • Oversees all aspects of peer review coordination from submission to transmittal for research articles • Completes quality control checks for incoming research articles • Corresponds with authors, editors, and reviewers about needed items, deadline extensions, pending submissions, and status inquiries • Notifies authors of manuscript decisions • Screens revisions for plagiarism and escalates to editorial ethics manager as needed • Monitors updates to the online submission systems and ensures requisite changes are made to the Information for Authors • Merges or updates reviewer records with current information to maintain an up-to-date database/reviewer pool • Transmits manuscripts to production vendor • Acts as the point of contact for production queries received from the production vendor • Contributes input for enhancements to the submission system • Performs a variety of clerical and administrative tasks such as answering general queries sent to the editorial inbox and answering the telephone • Special projects and additional tasks as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• Excellent written communication skills • Highly organized and detail-oriented • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel • Ability to work effectively as a collegial member of a team • Ability to read and comprehend complex material • Ability to solve intellectual problems using established rules, procedures, and precedents • Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion • High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent knowledge • One year of related experience • Ability to work at a computer for extended periods of time

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental and vision insurance • life insurance • disability coverage • retirement and savings benefits • leave benefits such as paid holidays and paid personal leave • transportation subsidies • education assistance