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New Editors for Sociology of Health and Illness

Expressions of interest are invited for a new Editorial Team from one or more universities to take over the editorship of Sociology of Health and Illness, which is owned by the Foundation for Sociology of Health and Illness (www.shifoundation.org.uk<http://www.shifoundation.org.uk/>).
The involvement of a member of the Editorial Team based outside the UK would be welcomed, but is not required. The Team should include member(s) prepared to oversee the book reviews section.
Sociology of Health and Illness was founded in 1979 and is a highly successful journal. The current editorial team of Gareth Williams, Ian Rees Jones, Davina Allen, Eva Elliott, David Hughes and Joanna Latimer complete their term of office at the end of September 2018 and the new team will take up their position on 1st October 2018. The Team will serve for a period of three years, renewable for no more than one further term of three years.
The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness, the charity that owns the journal, will contract with the institution of the lead Editor to provide up to £100,000 to support the Editorial Team, including funding administrative support.
The Editorial Team has a responsibility for the following key areas:
·         Having a strategic view of how the journal should be developing
·         Ensuring papers submitted to the journal are appropriately reviewed and making sound academic judgements
·         Promoting the journal wherever possible
·         Liaising with groups and individuals, including publishers, review editors and attending meetings of the Editorial Board and the Governing body of the SHI Foundation
·         Overseeing the production of a guest-edited special issue
·         Coordinating and supporting the annual New Writer's Prize
·         Maintaining and developing the journal's social media presence
Further information is below.
You can speak informally to Catherine Pope, who will Chair the Search Committee.
It is the intention to select the new Editorial Team by the end of December 2017, to enable a phased transition period before October 2018.
Applications should be made no later than 27th October 2017 to Sarah David ([log in to unmask])<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, the current Editorial Administrator of the journal.
Further Information
Sociology of Health and Illness is owned by an independent charity, the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (www.shifoundation.org.uk<http://www.shifoundation.org.uk/>) and is currently published by Wiley. The journal currently publishes eight issues a year, including a monograph special issue. The journal also has a developed online presence and is engaged in a variety of social and news media activities to promote to content of the journal.
Main Responsibilities
Editing Sociology of Health and Illness is a stimulating and enjoyable activity. The Editorial Team has responsibility for the following areas:
·         Having a strategic view of how the journal should be developing
·         Ensuring papers submitted to the journal are appropriately reviewed and making sound academic judgements
·         Promoting the journal wherever possible
·         Liaising with groups and individuals, including publishers, review editors and attending meetings of the Editorial Board and the Governing body of the SHI Foundation
·         Overseeing the production of a guest-edited special issue
·         Working with the Book Review editors
·         Coordinating and supporting the annual New Writer's Prize
·         Maintaining and developing the journals social media presence
The Editorial Team
The current Editorial Team has six members and given the large number of submissions (430 original submissions in 2016) the editorial work requires input from more than one person. We are hoping to identify a new team with complimentary interest and expertise covering a range of sociological approaches and methodologies. The involvement of a member of the Editorial Team based outside the UK would be welcome but is not required. As well as expertise in qualitative methodology and social theory, the team will need to have the capacity to attract and evaluate papers using statistical methods and addressing issues of public health, health policy, health technologies and health care organisation and delivery.
One of the team will be 'Editor-in-Chief'', allocating papers between members of the Editorial Team who then select reviewers, oversees the review process, and makes a final decision on submitted papers. The process is facilitated and administrated through an online manuscript editorial system which is supported by the publisher.
The Editors are accountable to the Editorial Board which meets twice a year: in the Easter vacation and in September at the BSA Medical Sociology conference. In between, the team liaise with the Chair of the Editorial Board who provides support and advice on behalf of the Editorial Board.
Selection Criteria
The main criteria in the selection of the new Editorial Team will be:
·         Experience and standing in the field, especially in terms of publications
·         A strategic view of the development of the journal
·         Good judgement
·         Good organisational skills
·         Good communication skills and ability to work well with others
·         A breadth of methodological, theoretical and substantive expertise
·         Reasonable knowledge of IT, web and electronic publishing
·         Some institutional support for carrying out the work
Support
Editing Sociology of Health and Illness represents a substantial work commitment. The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness, the charity which owns the journal, will contact with the institution of the lead Editor to provide up to £100,000 a year to meet the costs of editing the journal. This amount will be provided as a single tranche of funding to be used for any replacement teaching or other costs to release members of the Editorial Team to work on the journal, and for editorial assistance, social media support, travel expenses, prizes and any other expenses necessarily incurred for editing the journal. Indirect costs will not be funded. The details of the budget, including any sub-contracts with other institutions (including non-academic institutions) will be agreed between the Editorial Team and the host institution.
Regular Tasks
The journal uses electronic submission and processing. Editors undertake the following tasks on a regular basis:
·         Receiving papers from the Editorial Administrator, deciding whether they are suitable for the journal and then allocating them to referees
·         Reading papers and referees' reports in order to determine whether to publish them
·         Writing to authors explaining the editors' decision
·         Dealing with authors' queries, where the Editorial Administrator is unable to resolve them
·         Liaising with the journals' Editorial Administrator about the above and about when papers are ready to be sent out to the copy editor
·         Deciding on the order of accepted papers for each journal issue
·         Liaising with the Chair of the Editorial Board
·         Writing a twice yearly report for the Editorial Board of the journal
·         Attending a twice yearly Editorial Board meeting
·         Liaising with the editorial staff of the publisher
·         Liaising with the publisher on promotion strategy
·         Initiating and maintaining input into Virtual Special Issues, podcasts and other social media activities to enhance the journal's profile and reputation
·         Attending relevant conferences, such as the BSA Medical Sociology conference, the ASA Annual conference and ISA conference, to publicise the journal
·         Attending meetings of the Governing Body of the SHI Foundation and attending its AGM
·         Presenting an annual report on the journal to the BSA Medical Sociology Conference AGM
·         Coordinating the SHI New Writer's Prize (ie: identifying new authors from amongst those published by the journal over the previous year and making these available to the Board committee that selects the winner)
Term of Office
The editorship lasts for three years, renewable for one further term of three years. The term of office will commence on 1st October 2018.
Review Editors
The journal currently has two book review editors, whose term of office also ends in September 2018. The proposed editorial team should include new review editor(s).
Informal Queries
You may like to speak informally to Catherine Pope, who is chairing the Search Committee by email at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> or by phone on 07748801303.
Applications
Applications should be made no later than 27th October 2017 to Sarah David ([log in to unmask])<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, the current Editorial Administrator of the journal.
The application should include: a statement of no more than 8 pages covering the strengths of the proposed Editorial Team, proposals for the direction of the journal and editorial policy, the planned organisation arrangements and a draft budget. A short CV or no more than 2 pages for each member of the proposed team should also be included.


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