JIAS Editorial Assistant At International AIDS Society

About the IAS:

IAS – the International AIDS Society – leads collective action on every front of the global HIV response through its membership base, scientific authority and convening power. Founded in 1988, the IAS is the world’s largest association of HIV professionals, with members in more than 170 countries. Working with its members, the IAS advocates and drives urgent action to reduce the impact of HIV. The IAS is also the steward of the world’s most prestigious HIV conferences: the International AIDS Conference, the IAS Conference on HIV Science, and the HIV Research for Prevention Conference.

The IAS promotes and invests in HIV advocacy and research on key issue areas through our strategic programmes, initiatives, and campaigns that advocate for urgent action to reduce the global impact of HIV, including increased investment in HIV cure research; optimizing treatment and care for infants, children and adolescents with HIV in resource-limited settings; preventing and treating HIV-related co-infections; and expanding access to prevention, treatment and care for key populations vulnerable to HIV acquisition – such as men who have sex with men, people who inject drugs, sex workers and transgender people – including protecting their human rights by combatting punitive laws and discriminatory policies.

More information on IAS can be found at www.iasociety.org.

Details of Employment:

The JIAS Editorial Assistant will be based in Geneva, Switzerland and report to the JIAS Managing Editor. The position is full-time and fixed-term to start as soon as possible until 31 March 2022.

Purpose of the Position:

With an impact factor of 5.553, the Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) is an online, open-access, peer-reviewed scientific journal serving the dissemination of essential and innovative HIV-related research. JIAS welcomes submissions on HIV-related topics from across all scientific disciplines, including but not limited to:

• Basic and biomedical sciences
• Behavioural sciences and epidemiology
• Clinical sciences
• Health economics and health policy
• Operations research and implementation sciences
• Social sciences and humanities

JIAS prioritizes submissions from operational research and implementation science as publication of such material can provide valuable information on various algorithms for monitoring and providing support for comprehensive, yet affordable and sustainable treatment, prevention and care programmes in different contexts.

More information on JIAS can be found at www.jiasociety.org.

The Editorial Assistant will be responsible for supporting the editorial process of JIAS, in particular coordinating publication of special issues and communication as well as assisting the editors in various tasks including the peer review process. For anyone looking to join the scientific publishing field in the context of global public health, being part of the small team at this very fast evolving journal is an opportunity not to be missed.

Main Responsibilities:

• Manage and expedite the peer review process under the guidance of the JIAS Managing Editor as well as with the support of the deputy editors, including inviting and following up with reviewers daily
• Maintain daily the journal’s electronic file system, online platform and manuscript database
• Manage editorial inbox, including answering general queries
• Support the organisation of meetings as well as the organisation of JIAS mentoring activities (including workshops)
• Write meeting and evaluation reports following journal activities

Perform any additional tasks requested by the JIAS Managing Editor.

Academic Qualifications:

• A minimum of a Masters’ degree in a scientific, public health or relevant discipline is required.

Work Experience:

• A least 2 years’ experience in a similar position; preferably working in HIV/AIDS or public health
• Experience in publishing an asset.

Skills/Competencies:

• Knowledge of scientific literature and publishing; global health knowledge, particularly in
• HIV desirable
• Scientific or academic writing advantageous
• Excellent skills in the Windows environment (particularly Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint, Endnote, Publisher)
• Good time management and organizational skills, ability to prioritize and multitask
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and solve problem
• Strong social and stakeholder management skills, independent and service oriented.

Languages:

• Advanced level of spoken and written English (other UN languages a plus).