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Role - Research Integrity Specialist, Assurance
Experience - 4+ years
About the role
The Research Integrity Specialist, Assurance is responsible for using audit activities to assess and assure procedural quality across Springer Nature’s Journals programmes, according to Springer Nature and industry protocols, and in order to protect and enhance reputations. This involves delivering the activities necessary for audits of procedures across key functions that ensure quality and integrity in research publishing, under direction from and in close collaboration with the Head of Research Integrity, Assurance and other members of the Research Integrity, Assurance team. The Research Integrity Specialist, Assurance may also represent and contribute to industry-wide initiatives on behalf of Springer Nature.
Core Responsibilities
Strategy
Contribute to design of strategies, standards, and plans for successful ‘audits’ with the Head of Research Integrity, Assurance, and implement activities. Design audits to ensure adherence with the policies and standard procedures Springer Nature follows to ensure integrity. Ensure integrity audits align with and complement audits conducted by the Internal Audit team. Conduct audits across Publishing, Operations (Production and Technology) and other teams and vendors.
Suggest new approaches for research integrity audit and assurance. Stay up to date with developments in research integrity, as well as audit approaches and techniques.
Negotiate, persuade, influence and gain support for plans and activities across teams and stakeholders internally and externally.
Operations
Organise your own work effectively. Undertake and complete planned audits to quality and time targets.
Manage workflows, meetings, create documentation, and communications to ensure your contributions to the RIG Assurance programme are sufficiently well-organised, understood, transparent and open.
Deliver RIG Assurance audits appropriately, and work successfully with other colleagues towards required outcomes. Use sophisticated thought and judgement to identify recommendations from audit findings, often in collaboration with other teams. Deliver recommendations to stakeholders. Check that audit recommendations are implemented. Support team members and colleagues to establish quality and integrity in research publishing.
Engage successfully with colleagues across Springer Nature, including colleagues who are senior managers through to colleagues who are early career professionals. Partner with the Internal Audit Team where appropriate. Engage successfully with external stakeholders.
Work collaboratively with colleagues and foster a culture of diversity and teamwork, including with colleagues who should be consulted and informed about strategies, plans and activities.
Deliver activities to targets and KPIs, report on progress, use data to inform your own decisions and success, adjust activities to accommodate change, continuously improve, and manage risk. Celebrate the successes of team members and colleagues, as well as your own successes.
Where relevant ensure Springer Nature is represented on committees and working groups that are important for Springer Nature’s success by representing Springer Nature.
Experience, Skills and Qualifications
Experience
Demonstrated success building buy-in from colleagues, stakeholders, and external partners.
Experience working in a multicultural environment, collaborating with diverse teams, and establishing connections with stakeholders from different backgrounds and regions.
Experience of research and scholarly publishing, and business issues related to research integrity and publishing ethics.
Knowledge of related functions and disciplines within research publishing and their contributions to strategy, particularly but not limited to in editorial, publishing, operations teams.
Evidence of effectiveness in identifying risks, and root causes of problems, of solving complex problems, and using knowledge and data to make informed recommendations.
Skills
Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates. Collaborates effectively. Motivates others to work towards common goals, and to develop a sense of mission.
Interprets business challenges, creates and communicates clear strategy, delivers action plans, reports on progress and results. Applies expertise to contribute to wider business goals and customer success.
Recommends best practices to make improvements. Manages and improves projects and processes so they are effective, efficient and simple.
Has strong analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, a curious mindset and strong affinity with numbers and processes.
Has excellent English language communication and presentation skills. Excellent organisation and time management skills. Comfortable with hybrid and asynchronous working.
Has a high level of digital literacy, for example high level of comfort with the enterprise-wide software and IT systems used by Springer Nature and familiarity.
Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree (or higher) or equivalent experience.
Ability and willingness to travel internationally to conduct audits and work with stakeholders
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