Consumer Safety Associate (Mira - VE)

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

This role is based in the Consumer Safety team, which is part of the Regulatory and Safety Function (RAS) within R&D.

You will ensure the preparation and delivery of nonclinical regulatory documentation to support our Essential Home products encompassing brands such as Mortein, Air Wick, Calgon and Cillit Bang.

You will be a contributor in a diverse team of experienced toxicologists within Consumer Safety evaluating both innovative and existing products to ensure they have appropriate labelling according to all regulatory requirements and risk parameters and acceptable exposure/risk assessments according to product usage. A good understanding of the safety assessment of consumer products will be required.

You will have global responsibilities by working in partnership with other members of the safety team to represent and fulfil the responsibilities of the RAS function.

Your responsibilities

• Working alongside technical experts, you will be responsible for conducting human health risk assessments for consumer products marketed globally, in accordance with the company policies and guidelines.
• In partnership with the wider RAS team, ensure that assessments at Essential Home are performed applying current scientific knowledge, methods and in compliance with relevant regulations and legislation.
• Conduct impact and safety assessments for ingredients and products where appropriate and provide effective and timely communication of key safety issues, scientific information and risk assessments related to Essential Home products to key stakeholders.
• Follow scientific and regulatory development in the field of safety assessment to proactively address and implement new knowledge and standards.
• As necessary and in compliance with Essential Home policies, support the placement and conduct of toxicological tests required to support product registration and safety.
• Deliver consistent and high-quality safety assessments to support the safety of Essential Home products.
• Assist with statutory reporting requirements and in the response to adverse health effects, complaints and product incidents.

The experience we're looking for

• BSc but preferably a higher qualification (MSc, PhD) in Toxicology or related discipline with relevant product safety experience.
• Good verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills to deliver expertise in support of Essential Home products.
• Working knowledge of conducting consumer-relevant risk assessments of hygiene products.
• Working knowledge of global regulatory frameworks governing the safe development (and registration, as applicable) of household and/or pesticide products.

The skills for success

Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Regulatory, Dossier writing, Collaborator, Product Lifecycle Management, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Objective Setting, Business Strategy.

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.