Publication Officer

Job Description Key Duties and Responsibility

• Coordinate of publication workflows, including following up with authors, translators, designers, editors, and vendors to support timely delivery.
• Support in managing the research publications and content contract relationships that pertain to suppliers and service providers.
• Support digital publishing activities, including uploading publications to Research Department websites and MBRSG institutional platforms and coordinating dissemination materials with the Communications team.
• Support in the development and production of editorial content, photo selection, layout, printing, cooperative sponsorship, and vendor selection.
• Maintain organized and updated repositories of departmental documents, publications, datasets, correspondences, and project files, ensuring proper version control and accessibility.
• Provide basic editorial support, such as proofreading, formatting, and checking compliance with templates, branding, and copyright statements before final approval.
• Support the management of intellectual property rights for all MBRSG research publications.
• Support day-to-day administrative and operational tasks across the Research Department, ensuring smooth workflows, proper documentation, and timely follow-up.
• Support scheduling, internal communication, meeting organization, and document control, including agendas, minutes, action tracking, and archiving.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Finance, IT, Communications, and Events to facilitate departmental

requirements, including purchase requests, contracts, logistics, and event arrangements.

• Assist in preparing departmental reports, KPI summaries, progress dashboards, and regular status

updates for leadership.

• Support data collection, organization, and verification tasks for research projects, surveys, and reports, preparing simple tables, charts, and summaries when needed.
• Assist in tracking research output performance, monitoring key indicators, and compiling basic data to support impact measurement.
• Assist in drafting and formatting concept notes, briefs, research requests, and project documentation in coordination with researchers and unit heads.
• Provide logistical and coordination support for research activities, including policy councils, expert meetings, fieldwork logistics, stakeholder communication, and event preparation.
• Work in collaboration with the Director of Policy Research Department and MBRSG researchers, publishers, research centers, to ensure regional and international coverage in order to maximize exposure and impact.
• Support in managing the Policy Research Department’s media channels (website, social media, etc.) in coordination with the Director of Research and the relevant research professionals.
• Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative data pertaining to the impact of MBRSG’s research output on all dissemination channels, with the objective of measuring and expanding the impact of research on public policy locally, regionally and globally.

Qualifications Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in a related field.

Experience Minimum 2–3 years of experience in publication workflow support, project

coordination, administration, in an academic, research, or think tanks

Job Category Educational

Advertiser Mohammed bin Rashid School of Government

Required Nationality UAE Only

Monthly Salary Unspecified

Schedule-Time Full time

Job Posting 07/09/2026

Unposting Date 01/11/2026