For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receipt, storage and accountability of deliveries (i.e. test samples) and recording of same using an electronic system.
• Document control: processing documents using an electronic system.
• Archiving of data
• Generation of Certificates and Reports, general correspondence, inputting of data, emailing of tests results on a daily basis
• File all Test Reports in appropriate Client files – responsible for maintaining extensive filing system.
• Dealing with day-to-day queries from client base via telephone and email – details passed on to relevant personnel as required.
• Generation of Purchase Requisitions and tracking deliveries of same.

PERSON SPEC:

• Secretarial or Computer Certificate or equivalent (preferable but not essential)
• Proven record of working in a busy Administrative environment.
•  IT Skills – MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to interact with peers effectively.
• Be able to deal with people at all levels including internal and external clients.
• Strong administration, documentation and analytical skills
• Ability to work on own initiative and multi-task.
• Ability to effectively work as part of a team.
• Excellent Organisational skills & Good Time Management
• Meticulous attention to detail essential
• Adopt a can-do attitude.

• Education:  Secretarial course/computer/archiving course or equivalent
• Experience: Previous experience in a document control department and archives
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure:  N/A
• Other: N/A

About Biologics Testing Solutions
With more than 50 years of experience and proven regulatory expertise, the Charles River Biologics group can address challenging projects for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Offering a variety of services such as contamination and impurity testing, protein characterzation, bioassays, viral clearance studies and stability and lot release programs, we support clients throughout the biologic development cycle, from the establishment and characterization of cell banks through preclinical and clinical studies to marketed products. Whether clients need stand-alone services, a unique package of testing, or insourced support, our Biologics group can create a custom solution to suit their needs.  Each year more than 20,000 biologic testing reports are sent each and over 200 licenses products are supported by our biologics testing solutions team.

About Charles River
Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities in over 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. 

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

At Charles River Laboratories, we recognize and recruit all talent. We are a company committed to the principle of diversity and inclusion and work daily in this direction.