VACANCIES - DOAJ Ambassadors

As you may be aware, DOAJ has been given a grant from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) to improve open access publishing practices in the developing world. 

The overall objective of the grant is to enhance DOAJ and the open access infrastructure that supports researchers' ability to publish in reputable open access journals.

DOAJ is seeking 8-10 full time individuals as DOAJ Ambassadors (10 month contract) who are residents in the following regions and are native speakers of the indicated languages and fluent in English:
 
Region (Languages)
Latin America (Spanish and/or Portuguese)
Middle East & Persian Gulf (Arabic)
Africa - North/West (Arabic and French)
Africa - South/East (English)
India/Pakistan (Hindi)
Indonesia (Indonesian)                     
China & South East Asia (Chinese - Mandarin or Cantonese)
 
The tasks of the DOAJ Ambassadors are:

• To promote the DOAJ in their respective regions
• To review and actively solicit new applications and reapplications to DOAJ from their region
• To discover and assist Open Access publishers in their region in implementing good publishing practices
• To identify questionable publishers and practices 

The role requires knowledge of academic publishing, in particular online journals, editorial processes, best practices and publishing technology standards.
 
You can find the job announcement at https://doajournals.wordpress.com/2016/03/22/vacancy-doaj-ambassadors/

We encourage you to apply, or to forward this announcement to anyone you feel would be a suitable candidate for these roles.

Many thanks,
The Managing Editors