Research Integrity Assistant - Publishing Company
Contract: 6 Month Contract
Location: Remote
Salary: up to £225 per day, outside of IR35
SRG are working with a Leading British Publishing company to help them find a Research Integrity Assistant to join their busy team. This role is open to graduates with at least 1 or 2 job roles within the industry.
Key Responsibilities will include:
* Work closely with the team to drive research integrity investigations
* Check articles for integrity of authorship, content, data and key ethics statements.
* Assist the ethics team with contacting authors and assessing files requested from authors
* Where required, assist in identifying experts to provide advice on specific articles
* Work with the ethics team and editorial teams on organising post-publication notices.
* Handle confidential information confidently and sensitively, with consideration for the legal and ethical issues that may arise from any mishandling
Candidate Requirements:
* Research background in a relevant discipline.
* Editorial experience in assessing scientific manuscripts for quality and integrity of content.
* Experience as an Asst Editor / Editor / Managing Editor, ideally within a publishing house.
* Strong understanding of various research methods and practices.
* Have a Sciences Degree (ideally Food or Plant Sciences)
* Must understand and have used scientific methodologies in education/working career as you will be working around Scientific journals.
* Some experience of publishing ethics is also ideal but not essential.


Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group STEM Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.