Senior Guidance Editorial Manager
Salary range: £38,736 £40,972 pa (pro-rata)
Type of contract: Permanent
Location: London, Hybrid
Working hours: Part-time, 28 hours per week (other options available)
About the role
Join us at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) as a Senior Guidance Editorial Manager. As part of our Clinical Quality team, you will lead the editorial management of RCOG guidance documents, including Green-top Guidelines and Patient Information, ensuring they meet the highest quality standards. Working closely with clinical experts and a team of editors, you will play a crucial part in producing evidence-based guidance that informs and shapes clinical practices worldwide.
Editorial Manager Responsibilities:
- Provide editorial leadership for RCOG guidance documents.
- Develop and implement editorial quality standards and operational procedures across guidance formats.
- Manage the internal reporting on the guidance work programme.
- Oversee the quality assurance process for guidance and patient information.
- For the full list of key responsibilities, please check the recruitment pack.
About you
You are a proactive editorial professional with previous engagement in producing, editing and quality assuring clinical guidance. You excel at working collaboratively across teams, managing multiple tasks under tight deadlines and communicating effectively with both clinical and non-clinical stakeholders.
Editorial Manager Requirements
- Background in editorial roles within healthcare or publishing sectors or practical understanding of working on clinical guidance
- Proficient in quality assurance processes, including proofreading, copyediting, and ensuring accurate reference citations in guidance documents
- Management skills, including team, programme and line management, progress reporting and improving work flow.
Our culture and benefits
As a valued member of the team, you will be located in our stunning offices close to Borough Market. We offer a friendly; values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:
- Agile and flexible working
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January
- Up to 10% employer pension contribution after probation
- Enhanced wellbeing and family leave and pay policies
- Interest-free bike and season ticket loans after probation
- Tailored Learning and Development and study leave
- Affinity staff networks
- Free lunch in our beautiful Union Street building
- Employee assistance programme
- Life assurance and income protection schemes
- Lifestyle discounts
Apply Now!
• Closing date: 10.00 am on Monday 23 September 2024
• Interview dates: week commencing 30 September 2024.
We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We are therefore looking for candidates whose backgrounds, experience and identity enhance the diversity of our existing team. We are particularly encouraging applications from underrepresented groups at the College such as those from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and those with a disability. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.
We are only accepting applicants with a right to work in the UK; we are unable to sponsor people requiring a work visa.
About us
The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 16,000 members in the UK and internationally.
We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.
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