The journal Health Education is seeking an Associate Editor.

About the Journal

Health Education (HE) is a leading journal which reflects the best of modern thinking about health education. It offers stimulating and incisive coverage of current debates, concerns, interventions, and initiatives, and provides a wealth of evidence, research, information, and ideas to inform and inspire those in both the theory and practice of health education. Health Education plays a crucial role in the development of a healthy, inclusive, and equitable social, psychological, and physical environment.

Typical areas of interest include:

• Health education in the digital age
• Health education in settings – schools, universities, workplaces, prisons
• Social marketing approaches
• Critical health literacy
• Health professionals as educators
• Health communication

About the Role

The Associate Editors will be expected to assume the following responsibilities:

• Managing manuscript peer review through an online submission system within a reasonable timeframe
• Making recommendations on manuscripts to the Editor, ensuring the quality of accepted papers
• Promoting the journal at conferences and through web channels, and by encouraging and inviting relevant manuscript submissions
• Making suggestions on themed special issues of the journal on relevant topics
• Contributing in any other ways to the journal’s further development
• Any other tasks assigned by the Editor

The ideal candidate will be expected to satisfy the following criteria:

• Hold a PhD degree in an appropriate discipline
• Have prior experience as a peer reviewer or member of the Editorial Board of an international research journal
• Have published in international peer-reviewed research journals
• Be able to provide impartial judgement on other researchers’ work
• Be fluent in English with good writing ability

The benefits of the role include:

• Full training and support in the ScholarOne submission and peer review system
• Complimentary access to the journal
• Your name listed on the journal website
• Early access to new research, helping you keep abreast of developments in the field
• The opportunity to network with colleagues and peers (editors or board members) and to influence the journal's future development

The role includes an honorarium.

The successful candidate is expected to serve in the role for at least one year. This may be extended for a further period.

Applications

Interested candidates are invited to send a letter of up to 1000 words summarising their qualifications relative to the criteria stated above, together with an up to date CV, to the Editor, Gurpinder Lalli ([email protected]) and the Publisher, Danielle Crow ([email protected]) as soon as possible. We would like the successful candidate to start 1st January 2025.