R&D Assistant - Stability

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

​Research & Development​

In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.

We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.

The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.

About the role

The Stability Expert Group are accountable for the highly efficient delivery of pivotal stability studies and associated data for our product shelf-life assignment and dossier registrations.

Based in the busy fast paced analytical laboratory, which is designed for up to 175 analysts providing expert analytical support in the delivery of world-class innovation and continued maintenance of company health brands. Utilising modern technology and capabilities you will support the delivery of effective future proof data to support our product shelf-life assignments and dossier registrations

Reporting to the R&D Stability Senior Associate, the R&D Stability Assistant is responsible for the generation, review, and reporting of stability data for their projects. Working alongside the R&D Category teams you will be responsible to ensure an effective delivery of your stability trials with a focus on ensuring trials are completed, reviewed, and reported in an efficient manner in line with agreed timelines.

This is an on-site position based in Hull, with an expectation of five days per week.

Your responsibilities

Key aspects of the role are to:

• Be responsible for the compliant generation and reporting of Reckitt’s long term / pivotal stability studies that are allocated to you
• In conjunction with the Stability Senior Associate be responsible for data trending, reporting, and inputting into the shelf-life assignment recommendations
• Work collaboratively with Stability Senior Associate, Health Category and Operations Teams to hit agreed deadlines
• Maintain appropriate Health and safety, Regulatory, Data Integrity and cGMP compliance. Contribute to compliance e.g., input into OOT/OOS investigations in partnership with Stability Senior Associate, Category colleagues and Quality
• Contribute to the delivery of continuous improvement across your team.
• Maintain audit readiness, contributing to audits as required.
• Coach and mentor other assistants/apprentices within the Stability Expert team.
• In conjunction with the Stability Senior Associate escalate and manage risks and issues as appropriate.
• Support other key related initiatives as required as part of the wider group management team.
• Foster a stimulating, innovative and inclusive cultural environment across Reckitt enabling colleagues to thrive and develop, ensuring that processes and policies are followed and are visible, accessible, and transparent.
• Actively engage in Continuing Professional Development and training initiatives.

The experience we're looking for

• Degree in a relevant scientific (typically chemistry, life-sciences, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences,) or business discipline. (Or equivalent experience)
• Understanding of laboratory processes and procedures and stability/product development,
• Able to deal with multiple projects with agreed deadlines·
• A practical scientific person, who enjoys being hands on
• Openness to change
• Results orientated
• Understanding of regulatory, cGMP and Health and Safety
• Proactive, Resilient and Motivated
• Skilled in terms of innovation and problem solving
• Good communication skills

The skills for success

R&D, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Science, Chemistry.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.