Work closely with the Editor-in-chief as informed by the research policy of AISA and HSRC. The Managing Editor will be appointed by the Executive Director of AISA. The Managing Editor will also have responsibility for core operational functions including:
- Familiarising themselves with the publisher’s online editorial system
- Managing the submission process, including ongoing communication with authors, reviewers and the editorial team.
- This includes
- confirming receipt of author’s submissions (if required)
- liaising with editors to identify reviewers
- writing to reviewers timeously and professionally to secure reviews
- informing the editors when reviews are complete
- reporting the decision of the editors to authors, including around re-submissions;
- ensuring that final copies of journal issues always reach the authors timeously,
- and checking the publication proofs professionally and timeously
- Taking and circulating minutes at Editorial Advisory Board and Editorial Committee meetings.
The Managing Editor will assume the role of the Book Review Editor and will be responsible for book reviews. This includes:
- Liaising with high-calibre academic publishers to solicit review copies for the Book Review section of Africa Insight
- Finding suitable authors to review the books in order to draft book reviews of approximately 1200 words
- Edit 2 -3 book reviews per issue for four journal issues per year
- Ensuring that all book reviews are received and submitted to meet the production schedule deadlines.
- Ensuring that ethical standards are met for all book reviews.