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Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Research development
Want to make an impact and have the freedom to succeed? Joining our R&D Year in Industry Placement - 2024, you’ll have the freedom to gain hands-on experience with some of the world’s most leading consumer products and do just that!
Working at Reckitt’s, state of the art £100m Science and Innovation Centre, this placement will give you a fantastic foundation of knowledge of Reckitt and a unique insight into the workings of a global FMCG company.
There are lots of opportunity to get stuck into different projects. You can expect hands on responsibility from day one. You will be working alongside highly experienced and knowledgeable industry experts, who will help you develop a whole range of new skills.
About the role
Your placement will be non-laboratory based within the Global Regulatory Operations function, specifically working within our Medicines team giving you the opportunity to work on some of our world leading medicines brands.
You are studying any scientific degree, including but not limited to Chemistry, Biology, Biomedical Science, Microbiology, pharmaceutical science or any other life science degree.
You are looking for a 12-month placement starting in Summer 2024 - please note that this placement role will be fully office based with no laboratory work, as such please ensure your degree requirements for your placement year are suitable for this.
Your responsibilities
- Efficient and effective, execution as well as project management of post approval maintenance regulatory activities.
- Ensure successful delivery of assigned projects and activities within agreed timelines.
- Utilises their understanding of stakeholders as well as product expertise to deliver excellent regulatory support
- Develop good working relationships with peers and external contacts
- Operate in line with departmental SOPs.
- Develops his/her regulatory knowledge in post approval maintenance
The experience we're looking for
- This placement will give you a fantastic foundation of knowledge of Reckitt and a unique insight into the workings of a global FMCG company.
- You will be working alongside highly experienced and knowledgeable industry experts, who will help you develop a whole range of new skills.
- You will have the opportunity to work in Reckitt’s state of the art £100m Science and Innovation Centre – the largest single investment in the company’s history. The site is one of Reckitt’s largest healthcare development centres worldwide.
- There are opportunities to be involved in the YII student mentoring programme, various workshops and courses to support with your personal development and to take part in charity and fundraising events.
The skills for success
Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Collaborator, Product Lifecycle Management, Regulatory.
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.
