Senior Quality Assurance Editor

Cochrane is a global, independent network of health practitioners, researchers, patient advocates and others, responding to the challenge of making vast amounts of research evidence useful for informing decisions about health. We do this by synthesizing research findings to produce the best available evidence on what can work, what might harm and where more research is needed. Our work is recognized as the international gold standard for high quality, trusted information. Though we are spread out across the globe, our shared passion for health evidence unites us and it is important that the role holder can work effectively and collaboratively with a diverse range of contacts across the world.

• Our Central Executive Team supports this work and is divided into four directorates. 
  This role reports to the Head of Editorial and sits within the Central Editorial Service team in the Evidence Production and Methods Directorate.   

Key areas of responsibility include

• Taking responsibility for assessing the methodological quality of protocols, reviews and updates submitted through Editorial Manager. 
• Prioritising and allocating submissions for methods peer review within the Quality Assurance team. 
• Overseeing the methodological peer review process, ensuring robust and consistent checks are carried out across the team. 
• Providing clear, evidence based recommendations to authors and editors, including guidance on revisions required. 
• Supporting, mentoring and delivering training to Editorial Service colleagues on Cochrane methods, including GRADE, summary of findings tables and common methodological errors.
   

The successful candidate is expected to have

• Experience conducting systematic reviews and a strong understanding of their importance for clinical decision making. 
• Familiarity with Cochrane methodological guidance, including MECIR standards, GRADE methods and complex review methodologies. 
• Experience providing methodological review or commentary on complex systematic reviews, including network meta analyses or prognostic reviews. 
• Demonstrated leadership experience, including line management responsibilities within an editorial or research environment. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, high attention to detail and the ability to work accurately, independently and proactively.
   

Don’t have every single qualification? We know that some people are less likely to apply for a job unless they are a perfect match. At Cochrane, we’re not looking for “perfect matches.” We’re looking to welcome people to our diverse, inclusive, and passionate workplace. So, if you’re excited about this role but don’t have every single qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. Whether it’s this role or another one, you may be just the right candidate.

Our organization is built on four core values: 

1. Collaboration: Underpins everting we do, locally and globally.
2. Relevant: The right evidence at the right time in the right format.
3. Integrity: Independent and transparent.
4. Quality: Reviewing and improving what we do, maintaining rigour and trust.

You can expect

• An opportunity to truly impact health globally.
• A flexible work environment which includes remote-first working (although you will be required to attend in person meetings from time to time, depending on your location and the needs of the role).
• An environment where people feel welcome, heard, and included, regardless of their differences.

Cochrane welcomes applications from a wide range of perspectives, experiences, locations and backgrounds; diversity, equity and inclusion are key to our values. We are a Disability Confident Employer which means that applications from candidates who share they are disabled, and who meet the criteria for the role, will be guaranteed an interview.

How to apply

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• The deadline to receive your application is 16 April 2026.
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