Senior Research Integrity Advisor
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Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Cambridgeshire
- New
- Salary:
- £42,000 - £56,800
- Job type:
- Full Time, Permanent
- Apply by:
- 31 October 2024
Job overview
Location: Cambridge, Hybrid
Contract: Permanent, Full Time, 35 Hours Per Week
Are you passionate about ensuring integrity in research and keen to lead impactful initiatives in a globally recognized organization? Are you looking for your next step in a research integrity career?
We are Cambridge University Press & Assessment, a world-leading academic publisher and assessment organisation and a proud part of the University of Cambridge.
We are seeking a Senior Research Integrity Advisor to lead initiatives that uphold and enhance research integrity and publication ethics across Cambridge's academic publishing portfolio (books, Elements, preprints, and journals).
This pivotal role supports the Head of Publication Ethics and Research Integrity by developing policies, resources, strategies, and practices, investigating ethics cases, and driving continuous improvement. You'll be part of the growing Publishing Ethics and Research Integrity team and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure best practices in research integrity.
About the role
As the Senior Research Integrity Advisor, you will:
- Define and lead projects and initiatives to drive best practices in research integrity and publication ethics.
- Conduct and oversee the investigation and resolution of publication ethics cases and provide day to day support and mentorship for the Research Integrity Advisors.
- Drive publishing and operational quality through collaboration with editorial, production, peer review and digital teams, while identifying opportunities for innovation or improvements.
- Represent Cambridge at industry forums, driving thought leadership and external engagement in research integrity.
About you
You are an experienced professional with a passion for research integrity and academic publishing. Your expertise includes:
- Broad experience in managing research and publication integrity cases, and policy development.
- Up-to-date and extensive knowledge of the research integrity landscape, including tools and technology, best practice guidelines and frameworks, and topical issues.
- In-depth knowledge of scholarly publishing standards, journal systems, and peer review workflows
- Proven project management skills with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives.
- Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, including strong data literacy.
- A collaborative mindset, balanced with assertiveness and diplomacy.
- Academic research experience, ideally to PhD or postdoc level. Although not a requirement, we are looking to complement the existing expertise of the Publication Ethics and Research Integrity team (which is currently biomedical sciences, earth and environmental sciences, and ecology).
If you would like to know more about this opportunity and what will make you successful, please see the full job description attached to the bottom of this vacancy on our careers site.
Rewards and benefits
We will support you to be at your best in work and to live well outside of it. In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a world-class, flexible rewards package, featuring family-friendly and planet-friendly benefits including:
- 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Private medical and Permanent Health Insurance
- Discretionary annual bonus
- Group personal pension scheme.
- Life assurance up to 4 x annual salary
- Green travel schemes
We are a hybrid working organisation, and we offer a range of flexible working options from day one. We expect most hybrid-working colleagues to spend 40-60% of their time at their dedicated office or location. We will also consider other work arrangements if you wish to work more flexibly or require adjustments due to a disability.
Ready to pursue your potential? Apply now.
We review applications on an ongoing basis and may invite candidates for an initial conversation to discuss their application during the advertising window. The closing date for all applications is 31 October 2024. Interviews for shortlisted applicants will be scheduled as soon as possible after this date.
Please note that successful applicants will be subject to satisfactory background checks.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is an approved UK employer for the sponsorship of eligible roles and applicants under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please refer to the gov.uk website for guidance to understand your own eligibility based on the role you are applying for.
Why join us.
Joining us is your opportunity to pursue potential. You will belong to a collaborative team that's exploring new and better ways to serve students, teachers and researchers across the globe – for the benefit of individuals, society and the world. Sharing our mission will inspire your own growth, development, and progress, in an environment which embraces difference, change and aspiration.
Cambridge University Press & Assessment is committed to being a place where anyone can enjoy a successful career, where it's safe to speak up, and where we learn continuously to improve together. We welcome applications from all candidates, regardless of demographic characteristics (age, disability, educational attainment, ethnicity, gender, marital status, neurodiversity, religion, sex, gender identity and sexual identity), cultural, or social class/background.
We believe better outcomes come through diversity of thought, background, and approach. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and communities, actively seeking to employ people from a wide range of different communities.
About Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- Cambridge University Press & Assessment
- The Triangle Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge
- Cambridgeshire
- CB2 8EA
- United Kingdom
The Cambridge University Press & Assessment Group is a department of the University of Cambridge. We have three exam boards – University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE), University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations (Cambridge ESOL), and OCR. We are a not-for-profit organisation.
We're proud of our 150 years heritage and the expertise that it has given us. Cambridge University Press & Assessment operates and manages the University's three exam boards.
The world's largest provider of English language curriculums and qualifications for young learners and adults.
The world's largest provider of international programmes and qualifications for 5 to 19 year old learners.
OCR is one of the UK's biggest exam boards offering academic and vocational curriculums and qualifications. Whether you are building new IT systems, supporting our customers or developing one of our new qualifications, every person at Cambridge University Press & Assessment is making a difference. Being part of the education of eight million candidates, in over 170 countries every year, means we are opening doors to a better future every day.
We aim for these values to be at the heart of everything we do
And we believe actions speak louder than words when it comes to demonstrating this. We think we’re great people to work with, but then maybe we’re biased! What we are certain about though is that if you join Cambridge University Press & Assessment you’ll be surrounded by talented people with diverse backgrounds and skills, working together in a friendly and supportive way.
Real development opportunities
We have ambitious plans to become the leading world authority on assessment. It matters to us that people rise to bigger challenges and reach their potential. As your ambitions and interests grow there will be opportunities to move around the business and gain new skills.
We’ll expect you to take responsibility for fulfilling your own potential, and we will provide you with the training and development opportunities to manage this.
Did you know that we are not only based in Cambridge?
We also have a site in Coventry, as well as a number of other smaller offices around the UK and Overseas
- Staff discounts at many retailers both online and in-store.
- Cambridge University Card - providing access to a number of university facilities such as the University Library and discounts at the Cambridge University Press bookshop.
- Season Ticket Loan - for travelling by rail or bus.
- Discounted access to the University of Cambridge Sport Centre, along with various other local gyms.
- Family friendly enhanced benefits when you might need them such as maternity and paternity and childcare vouchers.
- Limited access to nursery and play scheme places (waiting list in operation).
In addition to…
- Generous pension scheme.
- Performance related pay.
- Subsidised staff restaurants.
- At least 36 days holiday (including bank holidays).
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