Company Description

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 is one of the world’s largest publishers of high-quality, peer reviewed scholarly journals, books, e-books and reference works. We empower learners, thinkers and doers with trusted knowledge that advances research and enriches lives. We bring together diverse people, ideas and opinions to validate and publish the experts, theories and truths that matter. And we’ve been doing this in an unbroken arc since 1798.

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.

Job Description

We currently have an exciting vacancy for a books commissioning editor on the Routledge Education list focussing on the Australian and New Zealand market. This exciting role involves the proactive commissioning of a wide range of books, from textbooks to professional books in education, managing the frontlist programme of new manuscripts for production, and growing and developing the education portfolio of books in Australia and New Zealand. This is a terrific opportunity for a candidate to sign and publish new books in this fascinating subject area.

Closing Date: Applications will close on 30 January 2025.

Applications are shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we will be interviewing alongside advertising. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

What you’ll be doing:

• Commissioning for the Education list to meet annual targets and revenue goals
• You will actively seek out new authors and look to commission new professional titles and textbooks that respond to current market needs
• Working with an Editorial Assistant and ensuring that manuscripts are submitted on time and handed over to production on schedule, and that publication dates are met
• Identifying market needs and recruiting authors to write books that meet these needs;
• Evaluating book proposals and soliciting peer reviews
• Proposing suitable projects to the publishing committee, including compiling internal proposal documents and negotiating contract terms with authors
• Working closely with authors, and editorial, production, marketing, and sales colleagues to ensure that goals are met

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

The successful applicant should possess strong commercial awareness, excellent networking skills, and an ability to exploit opportunities in the Australian and New Zealand markets for education books. They should also be able to work with internal departments such as production, marketing, rights, and sales to lead the Education list to ensure revenue goals are met. Experience working in academic publishing in an editorial role or book commissioning experience would be an advantage.

• Degree level or equivalent professional qualification preferred
• Experience working in academic publishing in an editorial role; book commissioning experience would be an advantage
• Ability to organise and prioritise numerous tasks and to work on your own initiative
• Excellent team-working skills to deal with internal and external contacts at all levels
• Ability to work with demanding stakeholders in a diplomatic and assertive manner
• A resourceful and proactive attitude in dealing with problems and queries
• Good publishing business awareness and the ability to learn quickly
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with a sharp eye for detail;
• Strong word processing, spreadsheet, and database skills
• Experience travelling independently
• A background in Education is not necessary but would be an advantage

Additional Information

What we offer in return:

• An excellent work/life balance with a fantastic, flexible working culture
• 20 days(pro-rata for first year) annual leave per year, increasing to 25 days upon completion of 2 years services, plus an extra day off for your birthday
• 4 paid volunteering days each year
• Superannuation and Group Life Insurance
• Employee assistance programme – offering 24/7 well-being support
• Performance bonus
• Share Match – plan that matches every company share purchased with two free shares

Additional Information:

• You must have the right to work and live in Australia
• 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 Melbourne, Australia to ensure that as a balanced worker they can make it to our office locations to collaborate as required. Time spent in the office is likely to range from 10%-80% of working hours with an expectation for a minimum of 2 days per week spent working from an office
• Some travel, around Australia and to New Zealand to visit universities and attend conferences, will be expected
• Relocation support is not provided for this role

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 recruitment@tandf.co.uk

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 make a contribution 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