Features Editor, Physics World (Maternity Cover)

We are looking for a Features Editor to join the Physics World journalism team on a fixed-term basis for 12 months to cover a period of maternity. This is an excellent opportunity to take the next step in your publishing career, using your enthusiasm, knowledge and experience to contribute to the success and growth of the world’s leading physics magazine.

Role Summary

Working alongside our other Features Editor, you will be contribute to Physics World’s programme of must-read, long-form articles covering the whole breadth of physics. This will involve devising, commissioning and editing feature, careers and book-review articles written by high-profile academics, industry leaders and specialist freelance writers, managing the entire process from initial idea to final publication online and then in print.

About you:

Successful candidates will demonstrate the following:

Qualifications

• Degree in physics or related discipline, preferably to PhD level.
• Science communication experience

Skills and Experience

• Exemplary science writing and editing skills
• An ability to manage a complex workload to deadline and budget
• Creativity to devise great article ideas.
• A demonstrable interest in all areas of physics and its applications.
• An ability to communicate and work well with external contributors

About the benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer employees a comprehensive benefits package including an excellent pension scheme, discretionary annual bonus scheme, private medical insurance, life assurance and generous annual leave, and a range of flexible benefits including cycle to work and gym membership. We also have a subsidised café which is a popular, sociable spot for meetings and lunch.

Our modern and contemporary offices are based in the thriving city centre of Bristol, a stone’s throw away from Temple Meads train station, and within walking distance of Cabot Circus shopping centre, and numerous cafés and restaurants. Named on more than one occasion as the best city in the UK to live in, Bristol is a cosmopolitan and creative city boasting a historic harbour, internationally renowned cultural institutions and home to world-class festivals and events.

Why work with us at IOP Publishing:

Purpose: We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community – working in the interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish.

Culture: We offer a truly international culture with offices in Europe, Asia and the US and our reach is global. Our culture is the perfect blend of dedicated and intelligent professionalism, informal, friendly collaboration and authenticity with a social conscience. 

Financial benefits:  a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution), and a discretionary annual bonus scheme, £200 stipend payment on completion of probation period, and a range of other useful and cost-saving benefits available through our benefits platform.

Health and Wellbeing: 33+ days holiday (including bank holidays), a 35-hour working week, , life assurance, cycle to work scheme, dental insurance, health care cash plan, and a great positive working environment in our brand new office in central Bristol – modern airy and designed with all of our colleagues in mind – for work and social time.

Flexibility: a flexible hybrid working environment to suit everyone’s needs-  we don’t need you in the office every day so we can consider applicants from further afield who can travel to Bristol likely once a week depending on when face to face time is needed.

And last but not least, did we mention that we are unique : IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society and we gift-aid all our profits to support science through the activities of the Institute. 

To apply:

To apply, please submit your CV and a covering letter through our careers site highlighting your previous experience and how it applies to the role, and why you are interested in this opportunity and IOP Publishing.

About us:

IOP Publishing is an international scientific publisher, through which leading-edge research is distributed worldwide. Our rapidly expanding journals programme is published alongside other sources of scientific information in the form of eBooks, magazines and conference proceedings. Other publications include easily accessible community and regional websites. We are a world leader in the development of electronic publishing for the scientific community and have offices in Europe, Asia and the US. Working in the interests of science and scientists, we aim to maximise the impact of the research we publish.

IOP Publishing is central to the Institute of Physics, a not-for-profit society. Any financial surplus earned by IOP Publishing goes to supporting science through the activities of the Institute. With a continuing focus on growth we recognise that every single person has a real part to play if we’re to achieve our aim of becoming the world’s leading publisher in our field.