Cochrane seeks Commissioning Editor

Specifications:   Fixed Term Contract Fulltime (Part time will be considered at minimum 0.6FTE)Salary: £47,000 per annumLocation: UKApplication Closing Date:   27 November 2022The Evidence Production and Methods Directorate in Cochrane is made up of three departments that are responsible for the efficient and timely production of high-quality Cochrane Reviews addressing research questions that are most important to decision makers.The Commissioning Editor will be responsible for ensuring that work on high-quality, relevant   reviews is initiated, and for monitoring progress. Overall, this role will contribute to producing trusted evidence by:Working closely with the Head of Methods and Evidence Synthesis Development to identify priority Cochrane ReviewsWorking with Cochrane Review Groups and Thematic Groups/Evidence Synthesis Units to coordinate support for reviews in processWorking with Cochrane ’s Development Directorate in exploring funding opportunities for suites of related reviews and for individual reviews as necessaryOverseeing initiation and completion of new and updated Cochrane Reviews against agreed priority areas that meet Cochrane ’s missionCochrane is a global independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making the vast amounts of evidence generated through research useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by identifying, appraising and synthesizing individual resea...
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