Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Digital Health

Elsevier; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global publishing company is seeking an Editor-in-Chief for The Lancet Digital Health in London. The role involves managing editorial processes, ensuring high-quality publications, and fostering relationships within the health community. Candidates should possess a medical degree or PhD with significant editorial experience. The position offers hybrid working options, good work-life balance, and various benefits including generous holiday allowance and health screening.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance

Health screening

Wellbeing programs

Life assurance

Competitive pension scheme

Qualifications

• A Medical Degree in a relevant discipline or a PhD with postdoctoral research experience.
• Extensive editorial experience at Editor or senior level, understanding editorial processes.
• Able to negotiate with clinical researchers and communicate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Oversee editorial handling of papers and peer-review.
• Manage Deputy and Senior Editors.
• Attract high-quality research by maintaining relationships with health communities.

Skills

Editorial experience

Communication skills

Organizational skills

IT proficiency

Education

Medical Degree or PhD

Tools

MS Office

Job description

## .**Editor-in-Chief, The Lancet Digital Health (In-house)****Location: London****About our Team**The Lancet Digital Health is part of The Lancet’s family of world-renowned medical journals committed to publishing the best science for better lives. We are an international team, handling important, innovative, and practice-changing research on any topic connected with digital technology in clinical medicine, public health, and global health. We serve the digital health, clinical, and wider health communities by promoting high-quality science and supporting the ethical use of technologies and data in practice.**About The role**As an in-house Editor-in-Chief, you will oversee the creation and publication of original material for our gold open access journal. You will take ownership of submissions and performing quality peer review to ensure we publish high-quality content. You will build global relationships with experts in the community to disseminate and discuss practice-changing results from the field. You will be able to demonstrate awareness of the breadth of research in this multidisciplinary field.At The Lancet Digital Health, we are deeply committed to fostering an inclusive environment. In our pursuit of excellence, we recognise the strength in varied perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. As part of our ongoing efforts to enhance the diversity of our editorial team, we welcome applications from individuals who bring unique skills and perspectives to the role.**Responsibilities*** Managing the day-to-day editorial handling of papers and peer-review and drive the editorial strategy of The Lancet Digital Health* Direct line management of Deputy and Senior Editor* Developing and maintaining relationships with digital health, clinical, and wider health communities to attract high-quality research for the journal* Attending conferences and events to represent the journal, keeping up to date with current developments and identifying potential topics of interest* Writing editorials and other content for the journal as required* Helping develop new initiatives for future development of the journal* Participate in projects across The Lancet Group and, on occasion, with Elsevier and RELX**Requirements*** A Medical Degree in a relevant discipline or a PhD in a related subject field with postdoctoral research experience* Extensive editorial experience, at Editor or other senior level, with a good understanding of all aspects of the editorial process, journal production, and of running an editorial team* Be able to demonstrate thorough knowledge of biological and medical sciences* Be able to communicate and negotiate constructively with clinical researchers, members of the medical profession, the media, and colleagues* Excellent organisational skills and the ability to work efficiently to demanding press deadlines* Excellent command of the English language and the ability to write in an engaging and interesting manner* Proficient with IT systems including MS Office**Work in a way that works for you**We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organisation. With an average length of service of 9 years, we are confident that we offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, family leave, and tuition reimbursement, we will help you meet both your immediate responsibilities and long-term goals.* Working remotely from home and at our office in a hybrid working style* Working flexible hours - flexing the times you work in the day**Working with us**We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to help you succeed. Here, you will find an inclusive, agile, collaborative, innovative, and fun environment, where everyone has a part to play. Regardless of the team you join, we promote a diverse environment with co-workers who are passionate about what they do and how they do it.**Working for you**At Elsevier, 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:* Generous holiday allowance with the option to buy additional days* Health screening, eye care vouchers and private medical benefits* Wellbeing programs* Life assurance* Access to a competitive contributory pension scheme* Long service awards* Save As You Earn share option scheme* Travel Season ticket loan* Maternity, paternity and shared parental leave* Access to emergency care for both the elderly and children* RECARES days, giving you time to support the charities and causes that matter to you* Access to employee resource groups with dedicated time to volunteer* Access to extensive learning and development resources* Access to employee discounts via Perks at Work*This role is included in the pay bargaining unit represented by the National Union of Journalists (NUJ).*A global leader in information and analytics, we help researchers and healthcare professionals advance science and improve health outcomes for the benefit of society. Building on our publishing heritage, we combine quality information and vast data sets with analytics to support visionary science and research, health education and interactive learning, as well as exceptional healthcare and clinical practice. At Elsevier, your work contributes to the world’s grand challenges and a more sustainable future. We harness innovative technologies to support science and healthcare to partner for a better world.**We know your well-being and happiness are key to a long and successful career. We are delighted to offer country specific benefits. Click** **to access benefits specific to your location.**We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our or please contact 1-855-833-5120.**Criminals may pose as recruiters asking for money or personal information. We never request money or banking details from job applicants. 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By combining high-quality content with powerful analytics, we transform complexity into clarity and deliver mission-critical insights that help professionals make better decisions when it matters most.We deliver insights that help research institutions, governments, and funders achieve their goals. We help researchers discover and share knowledge, collaborate, and accelerate innovation. We help librarians provide verified, quality information to universities. We help innovators turn knowledge into new products. We help health professionals improve patient care and educators train the next generation of doctors and nurses. Connecting quality content and innovative technologies, we make progress go further and happen faster. And by championing inclusion and sustainability, we ensure progress benefits all.With 9,500 employees, over 2,300 technologists in 5 major tech hubs, and more than 60 locations across the globe, we are committed to supporting the scientific and