Senior Journals Assistant

The role

Bristol University Press is looking to appoint a Senior Journals Assistant on a fixed-term maternity cover contract. The successful candidate will join the small and friendly journals team and provide administrative, editorial and marketing support.

We are currently operating a blended working policy.

What will you be doing?

The Senior Journals Assistant’s main responsibilities are:

• Managing the journals mailbox and being the first point of contact for enquiries to the team;
• Providing editorial assistance for a small number of journals;
• Gathering data for journal board reports;
• Liaising with authors about open access requests;
• Finance processing using the University’s ERP system (e.g. processing and raising invoices) and maintaining clear records of all financial transactions;
• Providing marketing support across the journals list;
• General administrative support to the journals team.

You should apply if

• You have experience of working in a busy administrative or clerical role.
• You are proactive, organised, have strong clerical and IT skills and experience of using online systems.
• You have excellent numeracy skills and proficiency in Microsoft Office, especially Excel.
• You have strong written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• You remain calm under pressure and are good at handling competing demands for attention.
• You have experience of providing excellent customer care.
• You have an interest in academic publishing and marketing.

Additional information

For informal queries about the role please contact: Edwina Thorn, Journals Manager (edwina.thorn@bristol.ac.uk )

Contract type: Fixed Term cover role until 09/01/2026 (or earlier return of post-holder)

School/Unit: Bristol University Press

This advert will close at 23:59 UK time on Sunday 12th January

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