Senior Scientific Editor, Environmental Science

Overview

As Senior Scientific Editor, you will shape One Earth’s climate content and editorial direction, overseeing peer review and engaging with researchers. You’ll curate high-impact climate-focused content, commission Reviews and Perspectives, and develop thematic issues that address pressing sustainability challenges. You will collaborate with a global community, represent the journal at events, and contribute to digital content and editorial strategy. This role offers a meaningful opportunity to influence climate discourse within a premier sustainability journal.

Pay / Benefits

• generous holiday allowance
• private medical benefits
• wellbeing programs
• pension scheme
• hybrid/remote working
• flexible hours

Responsibilities

• Identify, recruit, and develop high-impact climate content across mitigation, adaptation, impacts, and related sustainability areas
• Evaluate manuscripts and manage peer review to ensure rigor, fairness, and efficiency
• Select and collaborate with expert reviewers
• Engage with authors to provide guidance and a strong author experience
• Commission and edit Reviews, Perspectives, and other front-matter content
• Ideate and execute thematic issues aligning with sustainability challenges
• Contribute to editorial strategy and portfolio positioning within Cell Press
• Build and maintain relationships with the global scientific and sustainability community
• Represent the journal at conferences, workshops, and institutional visits
• Contribute to digital content including the journal homepage and social media

Key requirements

• PhD, or equivalent in a relevant scientific discipline
• Previous editorial experience is preferred
• Broad interest across sustainability research
• Strong critical thinking and ability to evaluate diverse areas of science
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an international team
• Strong interpersonal and networking skills
• Established research networks (preferred, especially for more senior candidates)
• Interest in scientific publishing, communication, and digital trends

• strong written and verbal communication
• interpersonal and networking skills
• collaborative mindset
• peer review management
• editorial planning and commissioning
• thematic issue development

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