Desk Editor (Medical Publishing)

Location: Auckland, New Zealand. Hybrid role requiring a minimum of 3 days per week in person at the Auckland office or other workplaces, with remote work available at other times. Candidates must live within commuting distance and have the right to live and work in New Zealand. Relocation support is not provided.

Company

Informa and Taylor & Francis operate in academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge, and events, publishing peer-reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books, and reference works.

What you will do

• Manage the end-to-end submission and peer review process, including prompt in-house manuscript processing.
• Maintain high standards of publication ethics and integrity across the journal.
• Provide timely, friendly, and professional communication and service to authors.
• Collaborate with the Publisher, Executive Editor where applicable, and journal Editors.
• Support the overall growth and development of the journal.

Requirements

• Relevant scientific or medical knowledge and experience in academic publishing.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and accurately.
• Understanding of best practices and gold standards in medical research and publication ethics and integrity.
• Knowledge of ethical research principles involving humans and animals.
• Confidence evaluating the scientific rigor and integrity of manuscripts.
• Strong familiarity with the medical research community and relevant organizations.
• Ability to build and manage relationships with authors, peer reviewers, editors, and colleagues.
• Current knowledge of developments and trends in the relevant area of expertise, with an inquisitive and proactive approach to learning technologies and processes.
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, remain unfazed by change, make data-driven decisions from diverse sources, and apply strong critical thinking.
• Integrity, accountability, thoroughness, and attention to detail.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working culture supporting work-life balance, wellbeing, and professional development.
• 20 days of annual leave, pro rata for the first year, increasing to 25 days after 3 years of service.
• Birthday day off and 4 paid volunteering days per year.
• Fully funded health insurance and life and trauma cover after 6 months.
• Eye care benefit, annual influenza vaccination, and 24/7 employee assistance programme.
• Share Match plan providing two free shares for each company share purchased.

Hiring process

• Applications close on 2 November 2026.
• Training is conducted in the office; hybrid working begins after sufficient independent working capability is achieved.
• Three Desk Editor positions are available.