The Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth)

Editor

• Administer journal manuscripts through submission, peer review, revision, editorial decision and publication stages
• Provide administrative support for the development and publication of clinical guidelines
• Provide first-line support to journal authors, reviewers, editors and Editorial Board members
• Maintain accurate records, correspondence templates, guidance and operational documentation
• Undertake accepted-manuscript checks and support manuscript transfer to production
• Coordinate accepted manuscripts and approved guidelines through publication processes
• Monitor submission queues, deadlines, mailboxes and outstanding actions, escalating complex issues to the Managing Editor
• Contribute to workflow improvement, performance monitoring, SNAPP manuscript system implementation and development of Eye and Eye Open
• Identify and refer publication-ethics, research-integrity, authorship and complaints issues
• Act as first point of contact for routine enquiries and provide guidance on submission and tracking systems
• Liaise with editors and reviewers to progress manuscripts through peer review and editorial decisions
• Allocate submissions, invite reviewers, monitor responses and check decision correspondence
• Administer appeals and check provisionally accepted manuscripts for completeness and compliance
• Coordinate guideline communications with authors, development groups, reviewers and consultation participants
• Arrange Editorial Board and clinical guideline meetings, prepare agendas and papers, attend meetings and take minutes
• Maintain meeting records, action logs and documentation, monitoring deadlines and follow-up actions
• Maintain information and records in manuscript management, document management and College systems
• Assist with operational reporting on submission activity, review timescales and publication progress
• Identify administrative efficiency improvements and maintain standard operating procedures, templates and guidance
• Provide flexible administrative support across the Quality Improvement and Research team
• Collaborate with other College departments and use the Contact Relationship Management system to support the College strategic plan

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