About the Role

We are seeking a collaborative and analytical colleague, who is meticulous in their fact-checking, has a strong sense of natural justice and has excellent communication skills. The ideal candidate will have a qualification in a STM discipline and at least two years of relevant experience, either in publishing or related organisations, or research integrity within academic institutes.

Responsibilities

• Assessment of activities by authors, reviewers, editors, guest editors and others
• Supporting editors in assessing allegations including plagiarism, duplication, authorship disputes, peer review manipulation, and figure manipulation/duplication
• Providing editors with comments on potential corrections, editor notes, expressions of concern and retraction notices
• Liaison with legal and communications experts, as appropriate
• Managing cases involving multiple journals and networks of stakeholders
• Communicating precisely and diplomatically with all stakeholders
• Raising awareness and knowledge levels of ethical policies and procedures
• Providing education to internal colleagues and to the scientific community, including presenting at editorial board meetings and author webinars
• Suggesting additions or updates to ethical policies in response to new issues arising
• Occasional travel to present at physical workshops/relevant conferences, when such travel is safe
• Acting as a subject matter expert to provide input for ethics-related projects and product development
• Acting as a product expert for tools that support the detection of publishing ethics issues
• Supporting the creation of training and 'tips and tricks' materials for editors and other users
• Providing feedback to product managers regarding potential new features or improvements to existing features
• Creating user accounts and provide training to users on best practice in using detection tools

Requirements

• A minimum of two years' relevant experience
• Degree in an academic discipline
• Knowledge of peer-review and the publishing process, and COPE best practices
• Excellent communications skills
• Experience supporting editors or other senior academics
• Strong sense of mature judgement
• Strong analytical, organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to work methodically, problem-solving and fact-checking
• Experience in working in a complex, matrix international environment

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working for you

We know that your wellbeing and happiness are key to a long and successful career. These are some of the benefits we are delighted to offer

• Medical and Life Insurance: Coverage for Medical and life risk.
• Long-Service Award: Recognition for loyalty and dedication.
• Marriage and New Baby Gifts: Celebratory tokens for special life events.
• Festivals and Birthday Gifts: Spreading joy on occasions that matter.
• Annual Medical Check-up: Prioritizing employee well-being through regular health check-ups.
• Flexible Benefits via CIIC Platform: Personalized benefits accessible through a user-friendly platform.
• Paid Time Off: Annual Leave, Flex Family Care Leave, Birthday Leave, Marriage Leave, Compassionate Leave, Medical and Hospitalization Leave, Examination Leave Gazetted Public Holiday
• Family Care leave (Maternity/Paternity Leave and Adoption Leave)