Editor to scientific EU Agency

Would you like to work in a multicultural and international organisation with an important mission within the European Union? Would you describe yourself as a detail-oriented person with excellent editorial and organisational skills? Then this might be the position for you!
Job description
Perido is now looking for an Editor for our client, an independent and important agency of the European Union. The position is placed at their office nicely located just outside of Stockholm city.
As an Editor, you will primarily work within the area of external communication. You will work in the editorial office at the agency to take part in producing different scientific publications. You will have a close collaboration with peer-reviewers and authors, and perform tasks such as:
Edit and proof-read scientific publications
Implement consistent formatting and layout of texts in preparation for publication
Perform editorial tasks in collaboration with your colleagues
Write short texts, such as publications abstracts
Support the editor in chief

We believe that the right person for this job is accurate and have experience in editing and writing texts in English. You have a great commitment in reading and reviewing material thoroughly and you have an eye for details. In addition, your ability to organize your work and perform under pressure is excellent. You strive to keep a constant communication with your colleagues to achieve efficiency, even with short deadlines. We also believe that you are service oriented and enjoy working in a team.
Are you the one we are looking for? Please send us your application in English as soon as possible!
Required qualifications:
Relevant education at university level
Work experience within content editing and proof reading
Good knowledge in formatting texts in MS Office and graphs and tables in Excel
Excellent communication skills in English, both oral and written

Meritorious:
Having worked for a scientific journal
Having worked with XML workflows
Background in communicable disease epidemiology, laboratory or biomedical field

 Contract type and hours
Full time assignment. Start as soon as possible, until the end of April with possible extension.
Application
Please apply for this vacancy in English through our website. The company name and more information about this position will be revealed at the first contact with responsible recruiter.
Perido
Perido is a successful consultant- and recruitment company, active within the civil service sector. The company has grown consistently since the start in 2003. Our vision is that everyone should thrive and feel dedicated at work. This includes our co-workers, clients and consultants. Through questioners that cover well-being we up hold high scores of contentment among our employees, both in-house co-workers and consultants year after year. This is something that we continue striving towards in everything we do. Today, Perido consists of 70 in-house co-workers and over 700 consultants working all over the country. Our vacancies can be found within several different industries, including banks, multinational IT-corporations, world leading telecom companies, government agencies and smaller companies within the private sector. We are affiliated with collective labor agreements to certain safe and secure work environments for all our employees. If you have any questions you can contact us by mail to the address below, we will answer you within 24 hours. State the reference number 31506 in the subject line.
Contact
Questions: fraga@perido.se
Website: www.perido.se