Commissioning Editor, UCL Press (12-Month FTC)

About us

UCL is London's global university. LCCOS - Library, Culture, Collections and Open Science - provides outstanding staff, services and resources to support the world-class research, education and enterprise that is undertaken in UCL, and connects the world with UCL through innovative programming and engagement activities. LCCOS is acknowledged as an international leader in Open Science and Scholarship.

The LCCOS family comprises 4 museums and allied object collections, 14 libraries, the UCL Student Centre, Special Collections facilities, UCL Press, multiple additional learning spaces and a substantial off-site storage facility. We also provide comprehensive services to healthcare staff through our partnerships with 6 NHS Trusts. LCCOS holds the UK Customer Service Excellence (CSE) Award, The National Archives (TNA) Archives Service Accreditation, and Arts Council England Museum Accreditation. The combined staff in UCL LCCOS totals around 450.

About the role

UCL Press, the university's scholarly publisher, is seeking a part-time Commissioning Editor, to join its busy team. As an experienced Commissioning Editor in scholarly books publishing, you will be working with leading authors, mainly in the humanities and social sciences, and will have ownership of your own dedicated lists. The role is responsible for acquiring new books, working with authors throughout the submissions process, to develop proposals, seek peer review reports, present new proposals to the Editorial Board, and guide manuscript development. UCL Press launched in 2015 as the UK's first fully open access university press and had a lively programme of award-winning books, journals and textbooks that are disseminated globally.

This is a fixed-term role until September 2027 in the first instance.

This role is eligible for hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days a month on site, on set team days (first and third Wednesday of each month).

This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.

This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore, UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role.

About you

This role requires extensive experience of commissioning scholarly books at an academic press. Candidates will need to demonstrate experience of book acquisition, peer review, working with editorial boards and with colleagues in production and marketing, developing and editing manuscripts, production schedules, and a strong understanding of open access publishing.

The advert will close on the published date at 23:59 GMT. Interviews will be carried out on-line. A job description and person specification can be accessed from the link at the bottom of this page.

Further details

To apply, please provide:

• An up-to-date CV, including as a minimum detail of your current employment, salary and notice period, details of any former employment and your education history.
• A supporting statement, showing how your skills and experience meet each of the criteria marked 'Application' in the Person Specification found within the Job Description for this post. Your statement should be provided using the free text box under 'Questionnaire'.

If you have any queries about the role or have any queries about the application process, please contact lccos-jobs@ucl.ac.uk , quoting the job title and reference number.

Further information about UCL LCCOS can be found on our website https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lccos/

The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work - please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

What we offer

Annual leave & Work life balance

• 27 days annual leave + 6 closure days (Christmas and
• Easter) as well as statutory holidays
• Hybrid and flexible working
• Ability to buy 5 additional annual leave days

Children & Family

• Enhanced maternity, adoption, paternity leave
• Carer's leave
• Workplace nursery

Other benefits

We also offer some great benefits some of which are defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE); cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan; on-site gym etc. As part of the UCL community you can access free lunch hour lectures, exhibitions and museums and collections. On campus UCL has the Bloomsbury theatre hosting a range of performances and a series of bars, cafes and other facilities, which UCL staff can use.

Visit Reward and Benefits | Work at UCL - UCL - University College London to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London's Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL's workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. Our department is working towards an Athena SWAN award. We are committed to advancing gender equality within our department.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/