Editor-in-Chief: Associate Editor:Publisher: Managing Editor: Submissions Editor: Peer Reviewer

Essential Skills:

1) excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
2) excellent personnel management skills
3) diplomacy and conflict resolution
4) multifaceted computer proficiency and ease learning new programs

Desired Experience:

1) newsletter, newspaper, or journal publishing
2) chairing meetings
3) publication and research record
4) demonstrated commitment to community engagement, student
organizing and mobilization, health policy and/or advocacy

Desired Knowledge:

1) awareness of current issues facing health professional students involved
in community service, advocacy, activism
2) understanding of publishing process and duties of an editor

Personal Qualities:

1) able to establish and communicate vision
2) dedicated to teamwork
3) impeccable ethical standards
4) good sense of humor
5) desire to change the world

The Editor-in-Chief guarantees the quality of content found in Context Journal and communicates the vision for the journal to owners, partners, public, and staff. The Editor-in-Chief consistently placing the needs of readers first and foremost in the composition of the journal and makes every effort to ensure that the journal is a well-cultivated resource for students engaged in their communities. The Editor-in-Chief performs the following tasks:

• Encourages submission of high quality articles to the journal by personally recruiting authors, assisting with outreach, and ensuring the marketing plan is executed;
• Ensures feedback provided to contributors is constructive, fair, and timely;
• Oversees and guides the manuscript selection process and meets publication deadlines;
• Organizes and chairs at least one Editorial Board meeting per year;
• Sends written quarterly reports to owners and partners regarding journal progress, vision, evaluations, recommendations, and future plans;
• Works with Editorial Board to craft and implement editorial policies that meet high ethical standards for journal publication;
• Sets yearly objectives for peer review and publication times, evaluates performance, and takes action to improve upon those objectives which are not achieved within the given timeframe;
• Decides, in light of recommendations from Managing Editors, on rejections, acceptances, and requests for resubmission, so as to maintain the high quality of the journal while ensuring its interest, readability, and accessibility to students;
• Commissions editorials, reviews, and commentaries;
• Supervises the journal’s response to appeals, complaints, suggestions from readers and ethical problems regarding published work including possible duplicate publications and fraudulent work;
• Contributes editorials when appropriate;
• Represents the journal at meetings and conferences;
• Enhances the journal’s reputation among the academic community it serves;
• Remains aware of ethical issues surrounding the editorial role and approves the ethical content of advertisements, supplements, or other material proposed for publication and sponsored by commercial organizations;
• Attends editorial courses, trainings, and meetings as appropriate.
• Promotes the cycle of leadership within the journal. Selects editorial staff and trains the Associate Editor to assume the role of Editor-in-Chief.
• Hires the publisher and other staff.

Publisher
One-year consulting contract
Hired by Editor-in-Chief
Estimated Paid Time: 10 hours per week, $20 per hour
Requirements: Bachelor degree or higher

Essential Skills:

1) excellent networking ability
2) multifaceted computer proficiency and ease learning new programs
3) excellent accounting, budgeting, and presentation skills

Desired Experience:

1) Budget management between $30,000 – $150,000
2) 1 – 3 years fundraising and organizational development experience
3) Demonstrated commitment to community engagement, student
organizing and mobilization, health policy and/or advocacy

Desired Knowledge:

1) awareness of current issues facing health professional students involved in community service, advocacy, activism
2) understanding of publishing process and duties of a publisher

Personal Qualities:

1) dedicated to teamwork
2) able to establish deadlines and meet them in cost-effective manner
3) enthusiastic support for student-initiated projects

The publisher of Context: The Journal of Health Students Taking Action Together in Partnership with the Student Health Alliance oversees production of our semi-annual journal. This quarter-time professional will provide administrative, logistical and development support. This includes assisting the editorial board in executing its sustainability plan and coordinating national meetings. The publisher is responsible for the “look” of the journal, its cost-effectiveness, and timely production. In addition, the publisher performs the following tasks:

• Coordinates marketing/outreach, subscription fulfillment and distribution
• Ensures legal obligations of the journal are met. For example, the publisher ensures that authors assign the rights for electronic copyright
• Generates CD-ROM versions of the journal for author copy and organizational filing
• Solicits sponsorships
• Assists in grant proposal writing
• Coordinates advertisement sales
• Controls cash flow, maintains records, pays suppliers
• Provides monthly account summaries to HealthSTAT Board of Directors
• Assists in crafting annual budget and strategic planning

Associate Editor

One-year term with two-year commitment to Context
1st year is spent in the Associate Editor role
2nd year is spent as the Editor-in-Chief
Appointed by HealthSTAT following Editorial Board recommendation
Estimated Volunteer Time: 8-10 hours per week
Requirements: Must be a graduate-level student of any discipline within the United States or Canada

Essential Skills:

1) excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
2) excellent personnel management skills
3) diplomacy and conflict resolution
4) multifaceted computer proficiency and ease learning new programs

Desired Experience:

1) newsletter, newspaper, or journal publishing
2) chairing meetings
3) publication and research record
4) experience hiring and managing staff
5) Demonstrated commitment to community engagement, student
organizing and mobilization, health policy and/or advocacy

Desired Knowledge:

1) awareness of current issues facing health professional students involved
in community service, advocacy, activism
2) understanding of publishing process and duties of an editor

Personal Qualities:

1) able to establish and communicate vision
2) dedicated to teamwork
3) impeccable ethical standards
4) willingness to learn “on the job”
5) good sense of humor
6) desire to change the world

The Associate Editor is in training to become the next Editor-in-Chief of Context. As part of this training, the Associate Editor joins the Editorial Board and assists the Editor-in-Chief in guaranteeing the quality of content found in Context Journal and communicating the vision for the journal to owners, partners, public, and staff. The Associate Editor will consistently place the needs of readers first and foremost in the composition of the journal and makes every effort to ensure that the journal is a well-cultivated resource for students engaged in their communities. The Associate Editor performs the following tasks:

• Assists the Editor-in-Chief and Publisher in developing and modifying the curriculum by which the next Associate Editor will learn the ropes at Context.
• Encourages submission of high quality articles to the journal by personally recruiting authors, assisting with outreach, and ensuring the marketing plan is executed;
• Ensures feedback provided to contributors is constructive, fair, and timely;
• Works with Editorial Board to craft and implement editorial policies that meet high ethical standards for journal publication;
• Assists Editor-in-Chief in setting yearly objectives for peer review and publication times, evaluates performance, and takes action to improve upon those objectives which are not achieved within the given timeframe;
• Contributes to manuscript meetings with Managing Editors by making recommendations to Editor-in-Chief on rejections, acceptances, and requests for resubmission, so as to maintain the high quality of the journal while ensuring its interest, readability, and accessibility to students;
• Assists Editor-in-Chief in supervising the journal’s response to appeals, complaints, suggestions from readers and ethical problems regarding published work including possible duplicate publications and fraudulent work;
• Contributes editorials when appropriate;
• Enhances the journal’s reputation among the academic community it serves;
• Attends editorial courses, trainings, conferences and business meetings as appropriate.
• Promotes the cycle of leadership within the journal particularly by recruiting, selecting and managing Peer Reviewers.
• With assistance from Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, selects new Managing Editors.
• Assists Editor-in-Chief and Publisher in achieving fundraising goals.

Managing Editor
One and two-year renewable terms available
Selected by Editor-in-Chief
Estimated Volunteer Time: 5 hours per week
Requirements: Must be a graduate-level student of any discipline within the United States or Canada

Essential Skills:

1) excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
2) able to work independently
3) diplomacy and conflict resolution
4) multifaceted computer proficiency and ease learning new programs

Desired Experience:

1) newsletter, newspaper, or journal publishing
2) publication and research record
3) Demonstrated commitment to community engagement, student
organizing and mobilization, health policy and/or advocacy

Desired Knowledge:

1) awareness of current issues facing health professional students involved
in community service, advocacy, activism
2) understanding of publishing process and duties of an editor

Personal Qualities:

1) dedicated to teamwork
2) high ethical standards
3) good sense of humor

Managing Editors are journal representatives to associations, societies, academic institutions, and authors. They receive new journal proposals, meet with the Editor-in-Chief regularly to offer advice on publishing practice, and assist in identifying, training, and soliciting constructive feedback from peer reviewers. Managing Editors fill the dual role of serving on the editorial board, which assumes responsibility for publishing high quality content through a rigorous process that adheres to the highest ethical standards. The following tasks detail this role:

• Directly receive author submissions
• Perform “first pass” rejection decisions
• Assign submissions to reviewers and compile respectful, constructive feedback for authors.
• Request author changes to submission.
• With input from reviewers, recommend submissions for publication to editorial board and Editor-in-Chief
• Attend Editorial Board and manuscript review meetings
• Assist Editor-in-Chief in performing quality assessment and evaluations of journal performance

Submissions Editor

One-year renewable terms available
Selected by Editor-in-Chief
Estimated Volunteer Time: 5 hours per week
Requirements: Must be graduate student enrolled in the United States or Canada

Essential Skills:
1) excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
2) able to work independently
3) diplomacy and conflict resolution
4) multifaceted computer proficiency and ease learning new programs
5) excellent people skills – excellent listener and facilitator

Desired Experience:
1) newsletter, newspaper, or journal publishing
2) publication and research record
3) Demonstrated commitment to community engagement, student organizing and mobilization, health policy and/or advocacy

Desired Knowledge:
1) awareness of current issues facing health professional students involved in community service, advocacy, activism
2) marketing/outreach and technical communication

Personal Qualities:

1) dedicated to teamwork
2) high ethical standards
3) unique understanding of Context Journal’s mission
4) flexible personality with wide array of interest
5) interested in potential travel
6) good sense of humor

The Submissions Editor implements outreach and communication plans for Context Journal. In collaboration with Managing Editors, the Submissions Editor solicits submissions for each section of Context Journal. The Submissions Editor conducts ad hoc outreach projects as assigned by the Editor-in-Chief to increase the number and quality of author submissions. A member of the Editorial Board of Context Journal, the Submissions Editor attends board meetings and conference calls as scheduled. The following tasks detail this role:

• Networks with potential authors and directly solicits submissions;
• Identifies students working in key issue areas as determined by the Editorial Board;
• Sets objectives and develops action plans for selected and/or assigned projects related to outreach and marketing;
• Contributes to manuscript meetings with Managing Editors by making recommendations to Editor-in-Chief on rejections, acceptances, and requests for resubmission, so as to maintain the high quality of the journal while ensuring its interest, readability, and accessibility to students;
• Manages the Context Journal Registry of Student Community Projects

Peer Reviewers
No term constraint
Selected by Editor-in-Chief and/or Editorial Board
Estimated Volunteer Time: 3 hours per review, deadlines negotiated according to assignment

Requirements: Must be a graduate-level student of any discipline within the United States or Canada

Essential Skills:

1) able to provide courteous, constructive, and insightful feedback to
authors while applying critical thinking and analytical skills
2) excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills

Desired Experience:

1) previous experience providing constructive feedback to peers
2) publication and research record
3) demonstrated commitment to community engagement, student
organizing and mobilization, health policy and/or advocacy

Desired Knowledge:

1) awareness of current issues facing health professional students involved
in community service, advocacy, activism
2) understanding of peer review process

Personal Qualities:

1) honors commitments in timely fashion
2) unfailingly courteous without compromising quality
3) happy working independently

Peer Reviewers will provide constructive feedback of manuscripts and work with managing editors to establish a collegial spirit for our journal. The number of review requests varying according to submission number. Reviewers must accept at least 2 assignments per year. Additional tasks include:

• Providing feedback for improvement of the peer review process
• Assessing submission quality based on an Editorial Board approved criteria
• Recommending publication, publication with modification, or rejection of manuscripts to managing editors
• Providing specific comments for both authors and editors regarding manuscripts
• Participating in yearly evaluation of reviewer experience with Context.