Human Resources Co-ordinator
Keele, GB, ST5 5SP
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 Summary
Our manufacturing site in Keele, is offering an opportunity for an HR Coordinator to join the team on site and provide essential administration support and advice to employees on HR related processes and procedures.
This role ensures the provision of an efficient and effective support for the HR Department ensuring administrative and organisational excellence.
What You'll Be Doing:
Ensures efficient, accurate and timely administration of the site payroll.
Collating and producing monthly payroll reports.
Administration of Company benefits schemes.
Managing and maintain accurate employee records.
Actively manage and lead employee engagement initiatives.
Acts as a primary liaison for routine administrative matters and answers a variety of queries, verbally or in writing.
Provides guidance on processes and procedures administrative and HR related by managing the HR mailbox.
Administrative tasks such as maintaining employee files, filing paperwork, completing employee documentation, recording data on each current employee; maintaining and filing paperwork of terminated or exiting employees.
Recruitment and appointment process for the Company, through use of recruitment agencies, local and global advertising and the Company website.
Co-ordinate and organize employee training.
Site Communications and Social Media Lead.
Engagement champion, helps plan and facilitate employee engagement activities.
Update and maintain SOX controls and ensures full compliance / audit HR data.
Supporting the on-boarding and offboarding process, ensuring all necessary documentation and system updates are complete.
Skills and Experience:
Strong written and verbal communication skills and interact competently at all levels within the organisation.
Excellent organisational skills in order to work constructively in a fast-moving environment.
Proactive team player, both within the department and across the organisation.
Independent thinking, have the ability to prioritise your workload and be a self-starter.
Previous experience of working within a HR environment is desirable.
Previous experience of recruitment including the employee life cycle is advantageous.
About Discovery
Discovery from Charles River is industry-proven in the successful development of novel therapies, with over 350 patents and 80 preclinical drug candidates delivered to our sponsors in the past 17 years. Backed by more than 650 scientists, our comprehensive, integrated portfolio employs the latest technology and platforms to provide chemistry, biology, and pharmacology services that support clients from the earliest stages of hit identification all the way through to IND. Our client-focused, collaborative approach creates true partnerships that anticipate challenges, overcome obstacles, and move us forward together on the journey of getting new drugs to market.
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.
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