Assistant Editor

Overview:
**Term: 22 months**

The Assistant Editor is primarily responsible for allocating work to associate editors, co-editors and the managing editor in overseeing works for publication in the academic peer-reviewed journal Journal of Phycology for the Phycological Society of America. This position is responsible for a range of administrative duties to facilitate editorial function of the journal, which are in accordance with the society and journal’s goals and objectives.

**Responsibilities**:
Manage the editorial production schedule
- Organize articles for publication, and develop timelines, budgets, etc.
- Assign new submissions to Associate Editors; facilitate the peer review process; line-editing of all accepted manuscripts for formatting and Journal consistency; review proofs for formatting and consistency
- Work with the Managing Editor to assemble bi-monthly issues (6 per year); and provide general assistance through the review and production phases of the publication process. Most of these activities are done through Scholar One/Manuscript Central
- Assistant Editor also works with the designated Publisher and Production Editor from Wiley to handle publishing and the Journal of Phycology online database
- Maintain records of all editorial activities

Administrative responsibilities
- Work collaboratively with other staff and researchers to write, review, and edit material to ensure consistency and high-quality content
- Prepare twice-annual reports for the Managing Editor to present at the mid-year and annual meetings of the executive committee of the Phycological Society of America

Organize and participate in meetings
- Prepare meeting agendas, organize teleconferences, etc. for the Editorial Team
- Plan the Editorial lunch held at the annual meeting of the Phycological Society of America
- Contact Editorial team (AEs, EB, Co-editors) regarding reimbursement for annual meeting and directs to Treasurer

Qualifications:

- Master’s degree with related experience. PhD in Biology or related discipline is preferred
- 1-2 years editorial management experience preferred, preferably in a related role
- Experience working across different aspects of communications as well as liaising with multiple leaders and individuals
- Expertise in critical evaluation of all stages of research through a biological lens (design, measurement and evaluation)
- Meet deadlines through effective time management skills
- Expertise with word processing and data analysis software
- Excellent decision-making and critical thinking skills
- Ability to work well independently with mínimal supervision
- Excellent oral and written communication skills

Equity Statement:
The University of Waterloo is committed to implementing the Calls to Action framed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. We acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land granted to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River.