Content Coordinator - Books (maternity cover)

Informa is a leading academic publishing, business intelligence, knowledge and events business, creating unique content and connectivity for customers all over the world. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a member of the FTSE 100.

Taylor & Francis Group operates globally and produces high quality, peer reviewed books and journals. We produce unique, trusted content by expert authors, spreading knowledge and promoting discovery globally. We aim to broaden thinking and advance understanding, providing academics and professionals with a platform to share ideas and realize their individual potential.

Our purpose is to foster human progress through knowledge.  We strongly believe that this requires us to encourage and examine different ideas and voices, so that any work that meets our exacting levels of quality deserves to be included in our publications. This requires open minds, the opportunity for robust debate, and the courage to defend perspectives that stand up to scrutiny, even if they conflict with our personal beliefs or values. Because that’s the only way to find the best obtainable version of the truth and, ultimately, foster human progress. If you agree, then we’d love to hear from you.

Are you looking for your next challenge? Join Taylor & Francis Group within our Books Production Editorial department. As a Content Coordinator you will oversee the production of titles from receipt of the content into the department to upload for press.

We are recruiting for a Content Coordinator, on a maternity cover basis, to process content from across Routledge and Taylor & Francis imprints.

As a Content Coordinator you will oversee the production of titles from receipt of the content through to upload for press.

Location

This role is open to candidates based in the UK.  The successful candidate will be able to utilise our balanced working model. We ask that candidates live within a commutable distance of our office in Milton Park, Oxfordshire, to ensure that as a balanced worker they can collaborate as required. Time spent in the office is likely to range from 10%-80% of working hours, with a minimum of 2 days a week in the office (or pro rata for part time).

Closing date: 11th October 2024.

The key responsibilities are:

• Checking content for acceptance into the Production department and entering key information into our database for each title
• Commissioning external suppliers, preparing material for them and providing feedback
• Maintaining up-to-date schedules and information on our database, and compiling information for reporting, as required
• Communicating with colleagues in other departments as necessary
• Completing multiple tasks to deadlines
• Checking quality of final files, including covers and eBooks, and uploading files for publication
• Controlling schedules and budgets
• Assessing and coding invoices for prompt supplier payment.

Full training will be provided.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be used to prioritising and working to deadlines, be organised and able to multi-task
• Show an aptitude for high volume processing
• Have excellent attention to detail and the ability to identify spelling errors
• Understand the importance of maintaining information relied on by others, ideally through experience of using a database
• Be a good communicator, both written and verbal, be able to represent the company professionally and contribute to a friendly team
• Be able to work both on your own initiative and as part of a team
• Show aptitude and enthusiasm for working with new technology and adapt well to change
• Have basic skills in MS Office including Word, Excel and Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat reader.

What we offer in return:

• A salary of £31,025 per annum plus bonus
• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
• 25 days annual leave per year plus a day off for your birthday 
• 3 additional discretionary days off during the holiday season at the end of the year 
• 4 paid volunteering days each year 
• Company funded single cover private medical insurance  
• Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 well-being support 
• Share Match – Plan that matches every share purchased with two free shares. 
• Pension scheme 
• Life assurance, plus optical and medical care

Training And Professional Development:

We’re passionate about ensuring you have all the tools and resources at your fingertips to reach your short and long-term career goals. We’ll support you in your journey by working together on your own bespoke Taylor & Francis Development Plan, ensuring you have the resources, tools, support, and coaching that will get you where you want to be.

Interview process:

Once you have submitted your application, we may get in touch with you for an initial screening conversation or ask you to complete a short video interview to enable us to better understand your skills, experience, and motivation. Following this, you will be invited to attend a competency-based interview, either virtually or in person. Typically, we’d then finish the interview process with a final, 2nd stage interview before extending an offer to the successful applicant.

Taylor & Francis Group an Informa Business

We want all our candidates to shine in our recruitment process. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to ensure you are able to show us your best self. This could include having the application form in a different format, more time for questions, or anything else – please ask us, we are happy to be flexible! Please contact [email protected]

Being Yourself at Taylor & Francis

If you’re excited about working with Taylor & Francis to foster human progress through knowledge, we invite you to apply even if your existing skills and experience don’t fit every item listed above. At Taylor & Francis, we are at our best and most successful when colleagues can be themselves and contribute regardless of their identity or background. As a colleague, you will have the opportunity to further innovate and develop in areas that you are passionate about. Our goal is to empower you with the resources, incentives, and flexibility you need to enjoy success at work and to live a healthy, balanced life.

Taylor & Francis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe in and value diversity of people and thought, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment where all colleagues can learn and succeed as their true selves. Taylor & Francis recruits, develops, and retains colleagues without regard to any protected personal characteristics or other non-merit-based factor.

We genuinely care about our colleagues, promoting work-life balance, wellbeing, and flexible working. We believe that the skills and experience you bring to Taylor & Francis are invaluable. We want you to have the opportunity to develop your abilities, and to innovate and develop in areas which you are passionate about. To find out more about our business and the great career opportunities please go to our Careers Site: http://www.taylorandfrancisgroup.com/careers

Or better yet check out our LinkedIn ‘Life’ Page, highlighting our accomplishments, employees, and company culture. It’s also a good way of meeting our recruitment team, who will be happy to advise you on your journey here at T&F.

https://www.linkedin.com/company/taylor-&-francis-group/life/79e0c27c-afdf-4bbb-84e6-5f8ed5e10bb8/