Frontiers is an award-winning open science platform and leading open access scholarly publisher.

We are one of the largest and most cited publishers globally. To date, our 200,000 freely available research articles have received more than 1 billion views and downloads and 2 million citations. Our journals span science, health, humanities and social sciences, engineering, and sustainability. And we continue to expand into new academic disciplines so more researchers can publish open access.

Be part of the publishing revolution and help us transform the way research is published, evaluated, and communicated to the world.

The role:

We are looking for an enthusiastic, adaptable, and detail-orientated Assistant reporting to our Chief People Office.

The ideal candidate would share our vision, adopt, and represent our company values with a high level of commitment. The role is varied, but day to day, involves a high level of planning, coordinating, and internal communication at all company levels.

Working in a fast paced, target driven and international company, the candidate must be able to juggle multiple projects independently and efficiently. In addition, due to the nature of the work, the candidate must have impeccable communication skills and act with discretion. Able to adapt to changes and pressure during peaks of work.

Responsibilities:

The extent of your duties will include but are not limited to:

• Be responsible for the overall direction and coordination of the team’s administration.
• Work closely with support staff to build, co-ordinate and secure support and resources for projects and initiatives.
• Interact with stakeholders to arrange meetings, conference calls, diary schedules etc.
• Prepare minutes of meetings and assist with the follow up actions from meeting outcomes.
• Travel booking and co-ordination, submission of expense claims, coordination of large-scale travel requirements for hourly paid Associates.
• Coordinate visitors on behalf of Senior Management.
• Develop presentations and agendas for site visits, organisation meetings.
• Coordinate and manage the correspondence, phone calls and meeting schedule.
• The Candidate would need to be able to travel to London office
• Assist in maintaining regular contact with the large network of internal and external stakeholders, which may involve access to additional mailboxes.
• Draft, prepare and distribute documents and correspondence related to meetings, phone calls and teleconferences.
• Minute taking for Executive level meetings.
• Handling of invoices and expense claims.
• Retrieve and research information when requested.
• Receive and direct visitors and suppliers.
• Assist in organization and logistics of company meetings and Executive meetings as necessary.
• Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, PowerPoint, Word, Excel).
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments at any given time while also serving as a "go to" for all members of a large team.
• Ability to complete complex tasks and projects quickly with little to no guidance, react with appropriate urgency to situations that require a quick turnaround, and take effective action without having to know the total picture.
• Ability to communicate effectively written and verbal with a variety of constituent groups such as senior management, peers, and outside contacts.
• High levels of integrity and discretion.
• Must be flexible and able to commit the time required to get the job done.
• This role will report to the Chief People Office therefore previous experience providing support to HR execs would be of benefit.
• Must be able to travel to London office when needed (probably once every week/two weeks)

Benefits

With more than 50 nationalities represented in our global team, you will work regularly with teammates in other countries, and with our community of researchers, editors, and authors from around the globe.

Our mission to create solutions for healthy lives also extends to the working environment we provide for our employees. 

This includes:

100% remote working

Employees now have the flexibility to choose where they want to work, with remote working available on a part- or full-time basis (not applicable to some Workplace/IT jobs due to nature of role requiring presence onsite, in the office).

Learning and development

All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning (and Pluralsight for our technology team), an annual personal learning budget, and dedicated L&D time.

Wellbeing

We offer free online yoga classes, an employee assistance plan, access to the Headspace app, and four wellbeing days on top of your annual leave allowance.

Volunteering opportunities

Employees can dedicate three days each year to volunteer for a personal cause or through our volunteering partner platform, Alaya.