Publishing Assistant
Salary: £27,000
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Location: Hybrid working with 2 days per week in our Bath office
Role Overview: The Geological Society Publishing House has an exciting opportunity within our publishing team to provide wide ranging administrative support for editorial development team activities and project work. The post holder would also utilise Editorial Manager and online content platform systems to support provision of guidelines for contributors and the set up of new titles and collections.
For further details about the role along with the person specification please view and download the job description.
Closing date for applications: 10 May 2026
Publishing Coordinator - Journals
Salary: £28,000
Contract: Permanent, full-time
Location: Hybrid working with 2 days per week in our Bath office
Role Overview: The Geological Society Publishing House has an exciting opportunity within the publishing operations team for a ‘Publishing Coordinator - Journals’ to maintain the smooth running of the submission and peer review process for the Society’s journal publishing programme.
For further details about the role along with the person specification please view and download the below job description.
Closing date for applications: 10 May 2026
How to apply
To apply for these positions, please forward a copy of your CV together with a cover letter to recruitment@geolsoc.org.uk. Please ensure that your cover letter highlights your experience in no more than 500 words.
As part of our inclusive recruitment initiative, we have introduced the concept of anonymous recruiting in order to evaluate applicants solely on their skills and experience. With this in mind, we encourage you to:
- Anonymise your application by stating only your initials in your CV (including your file name) and cover
letter. - State your initials only in the subject line when sending your application.
- Ensure that you have included your contact email and number, as well as dates when you will not be available or might have difficulty with the indicative timetable.
Please let us know if you will require any special provisions to be made should you be called for an interview. We regret that unsuccessful candidates will not be contacted.
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Core benefits for all employees
- Core holidays (25 days increasing to 30 days with length of service plus Bank Holidays for full-time employees, pro-rated for part-time employees)
- Support and wellbeing service (24/7 online GP, mental health support service and more)
- Contributory pension scheme
- Buying up to two days extra holiday
- Self-certified sickness absence pay
- Special leave
- Family friendly leave
- Annual travel season ticket loan
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Fellowship of the Geological Society and membership of the Friends scheme
- Complimentary access to wellness app Headspace