Junior Editorial Coordinator
Location
cape town, cape town
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Other-General
Posted
June 19, 2026
Responsibilities:Â
- Conduct initial manuscript quality and permission checks.
- Implement checks (e.g., checklists, plagiarism etc.) on various process points and documents to evaluate the standard of work/task. Take corrective action if the manuscript deviates from the standard required.
- Apply standard procedures to manuscripts allocated to enhance customer experience (e.g., routine email updates, updating user profiles).
- Transmit actions, tasks, or decisions from the Editor-in-Chief/Commissioning Editor/Section Editor/Guest Editors onto the workflow management system.
- Monitor timeliness of work/task against average desired timelines and take corrective action to resolve delays.
- Transfer (e.g., masking), apply versioning and sound record-keeping on electronic documents at various process points.
- Liaising with authors, editors and reviewers and providing support with publishing-related queries on using a...