Overview
Supplier and Technical Production Specialist – Cambridge
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Salary – Salary Plan, 33,422.00 GBP Annual (Prorated: 26,737.60)
About the role
Are you a science graduate with a passion for precision and communication? We’re looking for someone like you – a detail-oriented professional who combines strong scientific knowledge with exceptional English writing skills and grammar expertise. You’re naturally proactive, thriving on solving complex problems while juggling multiple priorities and tight deadlines with ease. Whether you’re collaborating with teammates or building relationships with external partners, your excellent communication skills help you connect with people at every level. If you’re organised, work well under pressure, and take pride in delivering high-quality results, we’d love to hear from you. Experience with STM publishing would be a bonus, but your enthusiasm and skills matter most.
If it is you, then read further as we currently have an amazing opportunity – we are looking for a Supplier and Technical Production Specialist to join our team – on a 28-hour fixed-term contract (maternity cover, up to 12 months).
The role involves contributing to the strategic development of the journals through day-to-day communication with the suppliers to ensure that the journals’ articles accepted into publication meet our high standards. You will play an essential role to support the journals production team.
In this role, you will:
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Coordinate the production workflow to ensure journal articles are published to agreed timescales and budgets.
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Apply your science and English language skills to carry out quality control checks on our external suppliers’ copyediting work.
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Keep the Supplier and Technical Production Manager, Journals, up to date with supplier performance data.
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Be a trusted adviser for our external suppliers by providing guidance, responding to their production queries and providing regular performance feedback.
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Act as a point of contact between RSC journals’ editorial teams and external suppliers and between authors and external suppliers, communicating issues and responding to queries.
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Be encouraged to apply your knowledge of our production processes to identify problems and suggest solutions.
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Have the opportunity to lead or contribute to projects within the team or on a wider scale with other teams across the journals department.
The successful candidate will receive full on-the-job training.
If you have the following, we would love to hear from you:
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A good honours degree in science (chemical science normally preferred).
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Excellent written English skills and the confidence to identify, correct and explain issues in the fundamentals of English grammar.
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Knowledge of STM publishing (beneficial not essential).
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A proactive approach to problem solving.
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Excellent organisational and time-management skills.
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Ability to work under pressure, to prioritise tasks and to meet deadlines.
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Excellent attention to detail.
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Excellent communication skills in interacting with internal and external contacts.
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Ability to work well as part of a team.
About the Royal Society of Chemistry
The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is an international organisation dedicated to advancing excellence in the chemical sciences. We publish over 55 world-leading journals that span the core chemical sciences and related fields. Known for rigorous, fair peer review and fast publication times, our journals publish the best science, from original research articles to authoritative reviews. As a not-for-profit publisher, we reinvest surplus funds back into the global scientific community, supporting our purpose to help the chemical science community make the world a better place.
Benefits
We promote a healthy work/life balance and flexible working options. Our benefits package includes:
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26 days’ paid holiday per annum plus bank holidays.
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Pension plan with up to 12% employer contributions (depending upon your contribution).
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Life assurance at 3 times basic annual salary.
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Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
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Paid volunteering days.
Visit our Work For Us website to learn more about us, our benefits, equal opportunities statement and inclusive culture pledge.
At the RSC, we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce and welcome applicants from a range of backgrounds to apply. We particularly encourage applications from disabled and ethnic minority candidates.
As a part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we endeavour, where possible, to offer an interview to candidates meeting the essential criteria of the role, who has a substantial physical/mental impairment which impacts their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks.
We are committed to making our recruitment processes accessible to all and as part of this, we are flexible in the ways we give and receive information. If you would like to apply using a different format, please contact the Recruitment Team at jobs@rsc.org or on +44 (0) 1223 432229 and we will do our best to put any reasonable adjustments in place.
If you have any questions, please contact us at jobs@rsc.org
