Assistant Editor - Sustainability (100%)

Das ist der Job

The position of Assistant Editor is a full-time and permanent position at our city center office in Basel, Switzerland.

Darum lohnt es sich

Overview To grow and strengthen our Editorial team at the Headquarter of MDPI, we are looking for recent graduates who are eager to stay engaged with academia and contribute to making scientific research widely accessible by helping researchers worldwide publish their latest results.

As part of our commitment to fostering a collaborative team environment, this role requires working fully on-site. We welcome applicants from diverse academic backgrounds, including a degree in Environmental Sciences, Sustainability Studies, Ecology, Biology, Social Sciences, Engineering, or related interdisciplinary fields.

Responsibilities Support the editorial process for academic research journals in your domain of expertise; Organize the peer review process for submitted manuscripts and coordinate editorial decisions; Be in charge of formatting manuscripts according to our in-house standards; Handle email communication between all parties involved in the publication process; Ensure that scholarly articles are accurately edited and published with a high degree of consistency and within the deadlines; Serve as key point of contact between the Editorial Office and external authors and readers.

Training and role progression As a successful candidate, you will receive on-the-job training in editorial work and you will work closely with Managing Editors to learn how to process re