Digital Publishing Systems Administrator | Independent Publisher | Part-Time | Remote
Do you have experience in systems administration within digital publishing, with hands-on expertise in Open Journal Systems (OJS)? If you're looking for a flexible remote, part-time role where you can take ownership of critical publishing platforms, drive continuous improvements, and help shape the future of digital publishing operations, we'd love to hear from you.
Our partner: Our partner is an established independent Melbourne-based publisher with an international reach. They work with authors and researchers from around the world and have built a strong reputation for producing highly respected books and journals. As they continue to grow, they’re embracing innovation, collaboration, and expansion into new publishing categories to reach new audiences and markets.
Responsibilities:
- Manage, maintain and optimise Open Journal Systems (OJS) and WordPress, ensuring platforms remain secure, reliable and up to date.
- Troubleshoot technical issues across publishing systems, supporting colleagues, authors and editors with platform access and workflow queries.
- Maintain system stability, monitor performance and implement updates that support business continuity and digital publishing operations.
- Deliver technical guidance and onboarding for users of OJS, helping contributors confidently navigate publishing workflows.
- Work closely with internal colleagues to support digital publishing projects while contributing to future IT planning and platform development.
Experience and skills that will deliver success in this role: We're looking for someone with experience working with publishing platforms who enjoys solving technical challenges and is keen to build their expertise. You'll be comfortable managing your own work in a remote environment, take a proactive approach to improving systems, and care about delivering reliable, user-focused digital services.
Essential:
- Hands-on experience administering Open Journal Systems (OJS).
- WordPress CMS administration experience.
- Confident troubleshooting technical issues across web-based publishing platforms.
- The ability to explain technical information clearly to non-technical users.
- Highly organised with excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage work independently.
Desirable:
- Experience supporting academic publishing workflows.
- Knowledge of user permissions, publication workflows or digital content management.
- Experience delivering user training or creating technical guidance.
- Interest in system improvement, digital strategy or platform scalability.
The opportunity: This is an excellent opportunity for someone who can take ownership of technical systems and build on their experience. You'll play a key role in managing publishing platforms, working flexibly from home while helping a growing publishing organisation deliver reliable digital services to authors, editors and colleagues around the world.
The organisation is committed to building an inclusive and diverse team, and we encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences.
What’s on offer:
- Job type: Permanent part-time, fully remote role
- Hours: Approximately 5 hours per week during the 1–3 month onboarding period, increasing to around 10 hours per week ongoing
- Pay: $29.00 AUD per hour
- Projected first-year earnings: $13,195 plus superannuation
- Onboarding phase (13 weeks @ 5 hrs/week): $1,885
- Ongoing phase (39 weeks @ 10 hrs/week): $11,310
- Reporting to: Operations Manager
- Start date: Earliest 17 August 2026
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Applicants must reside and have the right to work in Australia.
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