Editorial Advisor

**Location(s)**:Pune

**About Springer Nature Group**

Springer Nature opens the doors to discovery for researchers, educators, clinicians and other professionals. Every day, around the globe, our imprints, books, journals, platforms and technology solutions reach millions of people. For over 180 years our brands and imprints have been a trusted source of knowledge to these communities and today, more than ever, we see it as our responsibility to ensure that fundamental knowledge can be found, verified, understood and used by our communities '“ enabling them to improve outcomes, make progress, and benefit the generations that follow.

**About the Brand**

Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions, is the technology and publishing solutions arm of the Springer Nature Group. We leverage our insight in the publishing domain and acquire, produce and deliver content across media and markets using our Technology and Publishing Solutions. With a focus on technology driven solutions and deep insight in the publishing domain, Springer Nature Technology and Publishing Solutions offers a range of services that help our Group brand acquire, produce and deliver content in the most efficient ways possible. We are driven by over 1000 professionals in Technology, Research & Analysis and Marketing shared services.

**About the Role**

Transfer Desk is a manuscript transfer service, which provides author with a convenient way of resubmitting their manuscript to a more suitable journal. Finding the right journal can be difficult and sometimes sound manuscripts are rejected because they don't precisely match a journal's aims and scope. Transfer desk team helps authors to leave with a positive experience & encourages them to come back to us in future while giving editors the first choice of new research. They help authors find the most suitable journal, recognizing the scientific merit of their manuscript and ensuring it can be submitted elsewhere within SpringerNature without delay.

**Roles Responsibilities**:
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- Perform quality check (QC) on submitted/amended/revised Manuscripts
- Invite and securing Editorial Board Member (EBM) for the manuscript
- Process manuscripts at the peer review stage by finding relevant reviewers based on standard selection criteria.
- Invite reviewers on respective Peer review system
- Communicate with Authors/Editors
- Perform light assessment (screening) of the manuscripts (Transfer Desk)
- Identify suitable journals for transferred manuscripts by referring to the standard operating procedures
- Transfer manuscript to journal preferred by authors & support them throughout the transfers process
- Co-coordinating editors (internal/external) to make an editorial decision on the submission
- Support Editors throughout the process & build effective working relationship.
- Support and organize the review process for manuscripts
- Assist editors in finding potential reviewers
- Participate in trials & ad hoc process level initiatives
- Mentor and support new joiners

Key Relationships
- Authors, EBMs and Peer Reviewers
- Heads of -Submissions and Author Services (SAS) team
- Journal Editors/Editorial Quality Team
- Journal Editorial Office
- External Partners (Vendors)
- Journal's Assistant Editors

**Experience, Skills & Qualifications**

**Experience**
- **1 '“ 3 years**

**Qualifications**
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- **Master's degree in**Justice/Law/Politics/Public Administration**/**Politics/**Business/Management/Marketing/Operations Research/**English Literature/Education**
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**Skills**
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- Good Communication Skill (written and verbal English)
- Publishing background knowledge
- Strong analytical and logical reasoning ability
- Customer service and business communication experience
- Manuscript handling experience would be an added advantage

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Job Posting End Date:
7-02-2025