Production Assistant

Would you like to be a vital part of the team that keeps the Royal Society of Chemistry’s event and promotional material production running smoothly? 

We are looking for a highly efficient, organised production assistant to join a team dedicated to creating and sharing high quality, impactful materials with chemical scientists around the world.

While some experience would be welcome, you don’t need to have it to apply – when you join us you will be given full training.

The Royal Society of Chemistry gives thousands of people the support and resources required to make vital advances in chemical knowledge. Through the various strands of our non-profit activities we develop, recognise and celebrate professional capabilities, and we bring people together to spark new ideas and new partnerships. We support teachers to inspire future generations of scientists, and we speak up to influence the people making decisions that affect us all.

Our production assistant needs to be someone able to provide exceptionally efficient, wide-ranging fulfilment services that cater for all areas of the organisation.

You will be responsible for distributing materials to our prestigious events and exhibitions as well as ensuring that our highlight successful publications and membership materials are distributed in a timely way to promote all that we do. You will also support the production executives in a varied range of tasks.

This role keeps our international production requirements running smoothly, and is supported by a wider creative team that includes other production experts, as well as the organisation’s copywriters and designers.

We are looking for someone with:

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Good numeracy skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Strong organisational and time-management skills are required together with the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

Does this sound like you? If so, we would love to hear from you.

At the Royal Society of Chemistry we offer excellent benefits, including a standard 35-hour week and 26 days of paid holiday which increases after 5 years.

You can download the full job description and apply here.