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Regulatory Operations Specialist - Biocides and Detergents (12-Month Maternity Cover)

City: Kingston upon Hull

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

As Regulatory Operations Specialist, you will work across some of Reckitt's largest brands. You may also be asked to support work within a different classification area. You will be responsible for supporting the content and timely preparation of new dossiers/registration packages/notification and will also be required to update the relevant parts of dossiers/packages/notifications to support internal file maintenance, variation and registration/notification changes in both the new and post launch part of product lifecycle - supporting the delivery of new products and protecting the base business. You will strive to maintain an excellent level of compliance for our products globally.

Management of dossiers/registration and notification is a critical and integral part of Regulatory Operations and the wider Regulatory and Safety organization and, you will support and collaborate with a cross functional team to assist in the execution of the operations strategy and delivery of relevant regulatory requirements. You will work with operational excellence within the projects that you are assigned to and will align on your priorities and resourcing with the relevant regulatory project lead.

You will form part of the Regulatory Operations team supporting connections with the RAS Strategy teams, Local regulatory and represent Regulatory Operations within project teams where input on regulatory requirements is required. You will also aid in partnering with cross-functional colleagues including Consumer Safety and Risk Management/Vigilance, R&D, Supply and Quality across Reckitt where expertise in Biocides & Disinfectants /General products & detergents would be an advantage but is not essential.

You will ensure that you work according to internal and external standards, to ensure our dossiers are compliant according to external regulations and internal standards.

Your responsibilities

Support delivery/creation and maintenance of regulatory dossiers/registration and notifications, ensuring accuracy in line with relevant regulations and requirements in the remit of Biocides & Disinfectants or General Products & Detergents, however flexibility to support the business across classification categories may be required, where appropriate.
Developing an understanding of regulatory requirements in the remit of Biocides & Disinfectants/General Product and Detergent classification.
Working in partnership across RAS teams to support the development, communication, and implementation of the regulatory strategy in collaboration with cross-functional project team and alignment on content of the regulatory submission. Assisting preparation and submission of relevant regulatory documentation (e g. dossiers, notifications).
Supporting simplification and efficiency projects to deliver on Reckitt business ambitions.
Engaging as required in dynamic resourcing process to ensure that regulatory deliverables are supported within the wider Regulatory Operations team.
Support input for responses to Regulatory Agency questions.
Assist the regulatory operations project lead to provide clear understanding of a broad set of registration/regulatory requirements across multiple markets meeting project objectives and milestones.
Support delivery of projects following Reckitt’s processes and procedures. Where required, support communication of risks and progress with guidance.
Create and collate market specific documentation, working with relevant regional regulatory and safety partners.
Provide input into the strategy on dossier/regulatory file.
Ensure dossiers/registrations/notifications and regulatory files are maintained.

The experience we're looking for

Scientific credentials with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) / Master of Science (MS) degree in a relevant scientific discipline - such as Chemistry, Biological Sciences, Microbiology, Pharmacy.
Basic knowledge of the Regional and Global regulatory environment and how it impacts regulatory dossiers and registrations, or you can demonstrate where you have evidenced the ability to competently build regulatory or technical knowledge in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to support work on multiple projects at any given time and a capability to prioritise and manage your own workload independently, seeking support from the regulatory project lead as needed.
Agile and demonstrate this by being able to work across different classifications as needed (with supervision and guidance where required).
Demonstrated experience working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver results, building trust and strong working relationships through technical credibility and an empathetic approach.
Ability to consistently deliver work to time, cost and quality standards in a high-pressure environment.
Proven level of accuracy in authoring and or reviewing documentation for regulatory purposes, with a focus on ensuring the level of registered information is appropriate.
Ability to review and summarise regulatory /technical information both orally and in written communications.

The skills for success

Task Execution Under Pressure, Business Acumen, Commercial Awareness, Objective Setting, Accountability, Consumer Insight, R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Intellectual Property, Business Partnership, Collaboration and partnership building, Adapt to changes in technological development plans, Ability to challenge the status quo and propose improvement, Innovation Processes.

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.

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