Are you passionate about open access, impact and knowledge exchange? The Communications Division at LSE is seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual for the role of Editor of the LSE Impact blog.

The LSE Impact blog is an award-winning, highly popular blog aimed at academics, researchers and HE professionals. It publishes regular blog posts on scholarly publishing, research methods and maximising the impact of academic research. Reaching an audience of over 80,000 unique visitors a month, the blog is widely recognised as a world leader in new forms of academic communication.

The role of Editor is suitable for someone with experience working with academic writing and a keen interest in the social sciences and academic impact. The individual must be interested in debates around the future of academic communication, measuring academic impact, social media and metrics, non-traditional academic outputs and knowledge exchange.

The Editor will be responsible for all aspects of the day-to-day running of the LSE Impact blog. This includes commissioning blog posts from a wide range of internal and external contributors; editing copy and giving feedback to contributors in a constructive and positive manner; maintaining a regular flow of a minimum of 3 blog posts per week; publishing contributions using WordPress; and utilising social media to disseminate posts and boost engagement.

Part of the role will also involve assisting in an exciting side project that aims to help LSE understand the impact of its public-facing blogs. Working with the project’s Research Assistant and the Social Media Manager, tasks may include event planning, promotion of the project through social media and working with colleagues to shape the direction of the project.

In addition to a good salary, the benefits that come with this position are a defined benefits pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the job description and the person specification.

£27,657 – £32,013 per annum (depending on experience)

This is a fixed-term appointment with funding confirmed until the end of July 2017

To apply for this post, please go here or to www.lse.ac.uk/LSEJobs. If you have any queries about applying on the online system, or require an alternative format for the application, please e-mail: hr.jobs@lse.ac.uk quoting reference 1481958.

Closing date for receipt of applications is 13th July 2016 (23:59 UK time).  Regrettably, we cannot accept any applications received after this date.

Interviews are envisaged to take place in the week beginning 18th July 2016.