The Campbell Crime & Justice Coordinating Group (CJCG) is recruiting Associate Editors to support the production of high-quality, policy-relevant systematic reviews. We anticipate that newly-recruited Associate Editors will go on to become Editors and build the editorial capacity of the CJCG.
Background
The vision of the Campbell Collaboration is to bring about positive social change, and to improve the quality of public and private services around the world, by preparing, maintaining and disseminating systematic reviews of existing social science evidence.
CJCG was one of Campbell’s founding groups, established in 2000 to support the production of systematic reviews with policy relevance to criminology and criminal justice. The CJCG is supported by a Steering Committee of international experts and leaders in evidence-based criminology.
The CJCG provides editorial services and methodological guidance, fosters collaboration in the production of systematic reviews and builds the capacity of authors and policymakers to conduct and use systematic reviews. The group has an increasing portfolio of reviews across a range of topics, from terrorism and radicalisation to intimate partner violence, and restorative justice conferencing.
Editor terms of reference and expression of interest
Role and responsibilities
Editors are responsible for providing independent, timely, clear, comprehensive, consistent and constructive substantive and methodological feedback to authors preparing a review under the auspices of Campbell.
Associate Editors assist the Editors and provide feedback to authors under the mentorship of an experienced Editor.
Key editorial responsibilities are as follows:
- Provide substantive comments and suggest changes for titles, protocols, and completed reviews as they are submitted by authors
- Select external peer reviewers
- Integrate comments from external peer reviewers and methods reviewers into a clear set of changes to be addressed by authors
- Evaluate authors’ revisions to titles, protocols, and reviews
- Adhere to COPE (Committee on Publication Ethics) guidelines
- Participate in bimonthly calls with Campbell editors about methodological standards and processes
Essential experience and qualifications
- Post-graduate degree in criminal justice, criminology, crime science or allied discipline
- Demonstrated understanding of crime and criminal justice policies and programmes
- Advanced training and demonstrated competency in research methodology and statistics
- Knowledge and experience with evidence synthesis products, demonstrated through publication of multiple evidence synthesis products (or at least one Cochrane or Campbell systematic review)
- Excellent writing skills in English
- Excellent communication skills, including conflict resolution skills
- Attention to detail
Experience with editorial work for international journals would be an advantage.
Associate Editors are expected to move into the Editors’ role in due course; hence, they should meet the prerequisites at, or soon after, their appointment as Associate Editors. Mentorship with active coaching is provided to develop the core competencies.
Terms and conditions
Campbell is a volunteer organisation and all Coordinating Groups are self-supporting. The CJCG currently manages a programme of funded reviews that provides some funds to support editorial activities.
To apply
If you are interested in this role, please send your CV and cover email outlining how you meet (or will soon meet) the position requirements to: crime@campbellcollaboration.org with ‘CJCG Associate Editor’ in the subject heading.