About The Role
The R&D Stability Assistant reports to the R&D Stability Senior Associate. The role is based in an analytical laboratory in Hull and requires being on site five days per week. Responsibilities include generating, reviewing, and reporting stability data for assigned projects, collaborating with Stability Senior Associate and Category teams, ensuring compliance with health, safety, regulatory, and cGMP standards, contributing to continuous improvement and audit readiness, mentoring assistants, managing risks and issues, supporting group initiatives, fostering an inclusive culture, and engaging in professional development.
Key Responsibilities
- 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.
Experience and Qualifications
- Degree in a relevant scientific discipline (e.g., chemistry, life sciences, pharmacy, pharmaceutical sciences) or equivalent experience.
- Understanding of laboratory processes and procedures and stability/product development.
- Ability to manage multiple projects with agreed deadlines.
- Practical scientific person who enjoys being hands‑on.
- Openness to change.
- Results oriented.
- Understanding of regulatory, cGMP and Health and Safety.
- Proactive, resilient and motivated.
- Skilled in innovation and problem solving.
- Good communication skills.
Skills for Success
- R&D, collaboration, partnership building, ability to challenge the status quo, propose improvement, accountability, adaptability, analytical, science, chemistry.
What We Offer
Reckitt values inclusion and supports employee wellbeing through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program, mental health resources, life insurance and local market benefits. We provide global share plans, short‑term incentives, and a pay‑for‑performance philosophy that rewards outstanding results.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always “tick all the boxes”. We hire for potential as well as experience. 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.
