Cochrane seeks Central Editorial Service Information Specialist

Specifications: Part time 30 hours per week (0.8 FTE) - 1 year Fixed term contractSalary:   £41,000 per annum full time equivalentLocation: Ideally based in the UK, Germany or Denmark. Candidates from the rest of the world will be considered; however, Cochrane ’s Central Executive Team is only able to offer consultancy contracts outside these countries (1-year fixed-term contracts)Application Closing Date: 13 November 2022Cochrane has established a centrally-resourced Editorial Service to support the efficient and timely publication of high-quality systematic reviews in the Cochrane Library. The reviews that are published through the Central Editorial Service address some of the research questions considered to be the most important to decision makers.Reporting to the Head of Editorial, the CES Information Specialist will provide post-submission search peer review as a member of the Central Editorial Service and to coordinate the Cochrane Information Specialists ' Search Peer Review TeamCochrane is a global, independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by synthesizing research findings to produce the best available evidence on what can work, what might harm and where more research is needed. Our work is recognised as the international gold standard for high quality, trusted information. An understanding ...

Source: Cochrane News and Events - November 1, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Lydia Parsonson Source Type: news