About the role

The BERA Publications Manager works with the Association’s office staff, publications committee, editorial teams and boards, BERA members and external partners to deliver and develop an ambitious publishing programme encompassing four highly regarded academic journals, quarterly members’ magazine Research Intelligence, the regularly updated BERA Blog, book series published with external partners, and a variety of research reports and other ad hoc outputs. The publications manager advances BERA’s strategic priorities and enriches education as an academic discipline by:

• acting as a commissioning, desk and production editor across a variety of projects
• overseeing relationships with external freelancers and partner publishers
• providing practical support of all kinds to journal editors, and to other committees and groups within BERA
• developing new publishing solutions, both print and online, for reaching different audiences including academics, teachers and policymakers
• providing specialist publishing advice and services to the organisation as a whole.

What BERA can offer

• Flexible working
• 27 days annual leave per year, plus 10 closure days including bank holidays
• 10% employer pension contribution
• Frequent training and development opportunities
• Opportunities to shape, lead on and curate a variety of publishing projects
• Working with experts across all aspects of education research and policy.

Your skills and experience

• A thorough understanding of professional publishing, and the changing publishing environment, ideally in an academic setting
• A proven track record of having written, edited and published for a range of different audiences
• Experience of having managed a publications processes including tendering, commissioning and overseeing production
• Proven consistent ability to meet tight individual and group deadlines and to manage their own workload through effective prioritising, time management and organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, including the ability to convey complex information in a clear and understandable way

Timetable

To apply

Candidates should use the below application form, paying particular attention to the areas as set out in the person specification. Please also complete the equal opportunities monitoring form, and submit your application to admin@bera.ac.uk  

If you would like to know more about the role, please email publications@bera.ac.uk. The current postholder leaves towards the end of February 2022 – we understand you may not be able to start by that point but would want to you to hold some handover meetings. The post is available as soon as possible after appointment has been confirmed.