Senior Managing Editor; Part-Time

Overview

Working under the guidance of the Editor-in-Chief and Deputy Editors, the Senior Managing Editor handles the day-to-day administrative functions for the print and online Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety. This position is also the primary point of contact for all production and publication issues for the journal’s Publisher (currently Elsevier). Reviews all submissions to the journal to determine if they meet the journal’s content parameters and coordinates and assigns articles to Deputy Editors for review.

Coordinates and ensures the integrity of the double-blinded peer review of articles. Tracks all manuscripts through the submission, review, revision, acceptance, editing, and production processes using Editorial Manager software from Elsevier. Oversees editing standards for the journal, working with the Publisher’s Journal Manager to ensure high-quality substantive editing, revision, and proofreading of all accepted articles and issues. Responsible for quality control for published articles and issues, including any additional content on the website.

Works with editorial leadership to create editorials, commentaries, interviews, and other supplementary materials in support of key articles and topics and leverages that content to enhance the reach and visibility of the journal. Identifies and coordinates print issues, including cover photos, table of contents blurbs, house ads, and so on. Collaborates with editorial leadership, enterprise Communications, and the Publisher on marketing and public relations for the journal.

Responsible for all JJournal social media, selecting appropriate articles and topics for posting and commentary. Tracks and reports journal metrics to all appropriate stakeholders and coordinates editorial meetings with Deputy Editors and the entire Editorial Advisory Board.

Journal administrative, business, and correspondence management:

• Handles the day-to-day administrative, business, correspondence, and other support functions for the journal.
• Primary point of contact with the journal’s Publisher.
• Assists editorial leadership (including the Editor-in-Chief, Deputy Editors, Associate Editors, Assistant Editors, and Editorial Advisory Board as well as Executive Director, Global Publishing) in achieving the goals of the journal, including overall functioning of the journal, coordinating and taking minutes for all editorial leadership meetings, managing appropriate author and reviewer correspondence, facilitating content decisions, and related tasks.
• Handles contracting and payments to external editors as appropriate.

Coordination of Peer Review:

• Reviews all submissions to the journal to determine if they meet its content parameters, provide requisite information, and meet basic language standards for scientific literature.
• Coordinates the peer-review of designated articles, ensuring that peer review invitations are sent to an appropriate number of qualified reviewers, that reviewers respond in a timely way, and that reviewer comments are evaluated and, as appropriate, communicated to corresponding authors, all the while adhering to the journal's reviewer integrity and confidentiality policies.
• Contracts and oversees the Assistant Editor cadre that provides reviews of specified articles.
• Creates and maintains a robust reviewer database.

Editing Standards:

• Responsible for the editing standards for the Journal, working with the Publisher's Journal Manager to ensure the high quality of substantive editing, revision, and proofreading of all accepted articles and compiled issues.
• Monitors any disclosure of use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in all articles and ensures that any such AI use falls within acceptable parameters established in Journal and Publisher policy on AI.
• Understands and attends to complex technical content (including tables, figures, photographs, and line art) in addition to style, format, accuracy, clarity, and consistency.
• Responsible for quality of published articles and issues, including commentaries, editorials, and/or letters as well as multimedia content (e.g., video interviews and transcripts) that may be…