Scheduling and Resource Specialist I
Ashland, OH, US, 44805
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.
Job Overview
BASIC SUMMARY:
Perform complex resource planning, coordination and documentation of staff and resource availability for proposed and active studies. Develop and oversee departmental databases and scheduling and tracking software. Coordinate departmental resources and activities and facilitate effective and efficient interdepartmental interaction.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Collaborate Interdepartmentally on study resource requirements, such as lab availability, timing of study conduct, personnel availability, and any conflicts arising from overlap of resource requirements.
- Provide subject matter expertise and handle complex issues requiring specialized study design knowledge and capacities, escalating cases when appropriate.
- Interpret complex study outlines and protocols to assess feasibility, develop timelines and generate study calendars. Follow through on scheduling awarded studies.
- Establish and prioritize meaningful and clear milestones for all active projects.
- Reconcile resource availability within multiple databases and spreadsheets to evaluate capacity.
- Collaborate with management on changes to study timelines as they relate to resource pacts on a weekly basis and provide recommendations.
- Make recommendations for process improvements to improve consistency, efficiency, and capacityProvide guidance to other schedulers and review daily operational activities to ensure resources are available and deliverables are met.
- Ensure individual study calendars adhere to sponsor specifications, protocols, and capacities.
- Review and evaluate scheduling tools and implement solutions as need.
- Attend meetings and training sessions and assist in training new employees as assigned.
- Identify limiting resource capacity and recommend action to resolve concerns.
- Maintain and report on consolidated schedules of all site studies.
- Perform all duties required of a necropsy Scheduler III
- Perform all other related duties as assigned.
The salaried pay for this position is $65,000. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.
Job Description
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Education: High School diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.), preferred.
- Experience: 2-3 years of relevant experience. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
- Certification/Licensure: None.
- Other: Comprehensive knowledge of GLP and other federal regulations and guidelines pertaining to preclinical research. Comprehensive knowledge of creating, maintaining, and promoting optimal utilization of project management database systems. Detail oriented.
- Computer literate with strong data entry skills, and proficient in Microsoft Outlook, Access, Project, Word, Excel, Smartsheet, and PowerPoint.
- Must regularly operate a computer and occasionally operate other office productivity machinery such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
- Must regularly communicate with employees/customers; must be able to exchange accurate information.
- Must occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
- General office working conditions, the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
- Must be authorized to work in United States without a sponsor visa now or in the future.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
- Repetitive dexterity/motion of hands and arms.
- Regularly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer.
- Must occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
- Regularly provides information to and receives information from/through various technologies, media, sources, and contacts. Must be able to accurately exchange accurate information in these situations.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- General office working conditions; the noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
COMMENTS:
- This position requires overtime, weekend, holiday, and/or after hours shift coverage, as needed.
About Safety Assessment
Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market. Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.
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 worked on 80% of the drugs approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the past five years.
We’re committed to providing benefits that elevate your quality of life. Based on your position these may include: bonus/incentives based on performance, 401K, paid time off, stock purchase program, Health and wellness coverage, employee and family wellbeing support programs, and work life balance flexibility.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Charles River is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, family status, pregnancy, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
It is unlawful in some states (including Massachusetts) to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
For more information, please visit www.criver.com.
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