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We currently have an exciting opportunity within our Content Solutions department, working as an Editorial Assistant within the Content Development team in Chiswick, West London.

This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract, paying from £22,000 (depending on experience)

This is a new role in the Content Development team to support Editorial Project Managers and Project Managers to deliver a growing portfolio of standardization projects that provide tailored solutions for clients from a diverse range of market sectors. This typically involves supporting the drafting, development and publication of national standards (e.g. British Standards) and client-sponsored standards (e.g. BSI PASs and private standards). It also includes supporting the delivery of other client-sponsored standardization services such as standards mapping and scoping exercises.

This role will suit candidates with a proven ability to provide high quality and timely editorial, logistical and administrative support for multiple projects. It is important to demonstrate strong planning, organization and time management skills, excellent communication skills, a high standard of written and spoken English, attention to detail together with the ability to proofread and provide editorial mark up, and confidence in working with and taking direction from multiple team members.

From time to time, there will be a need to cover activities carried out by other similar roles within the wider Content Solutions department, of which the Content Development team is a part.

To be successful in this role you’ll have strong planning, organization and time management skills, a high level of written and spoken English, attention to detail, and excellent Word processing and other IT skills.

You’ll have regular interaction and engagement with team members as well as a variety of industry experts, so excellent communication is also essential. You’ll be confident in working with multiple team members across multiple projects in a dynamic and driven service delivery function.

This role is perfect for someone who has proved themselves extremely organized and effective at communicating, and is interested in either starting or furthering their career in a publishing or knowledge solutions environment.

In addition, ideally you will be:

• Delivery focussed
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated
• Proactive, resourceful and solutions seeking
• Flexible and adaptable
• Supportive of colleagues
• Calm under pressure
• Organized

Our Excellence Behaviours: Customer Focus, Accountability, Respect, Communication, Achievement & Leading and Managing others