Administrator - Digital Health

Location: Cambridge, UK or Gothenburg, Sweden

Competitive salary and benefits package

At AstraZeneca, every one of our employees makes a difference to patient lives every day. Each and every one of us believes that science has the ability to change lives and that to deliver this takes many people with many skill sets. When we deliver a life-changing medicine, that success comes from the combined efforts of all of our people. 

About AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

Do you have an impressive track record as an Administrator, outstanding organisational skills and the ability to multi-task effortlessly?

The role

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a challenging and varied role within our team. Your focus will be on providing high quality professional administration support to senior leaders within our Digital Health R&D department.

Digital Health R&D’s ambition is to transform healthcare, powered by digital, science and collaborations, to deliver the healthcare outcomes and experience that patients care about the most.

The Digital Health R&D journey incorporates 3 key stages; foundational, advanced and future-readiness. Foundational looks at maximising the use of digital, data and analytics to transform our processes within R&D to gain significant benefits on speed of our portfolio, quality at source patient experience and probability of success. Advances looks at redefining clinical trials and digital health to improve overall patient experiences and outcomes and future-readiness focuses on reimagining healthcare for improved outcomes.

As the successful role holder, you will be an individual with high standards, enthusiasm, and a passion for learning, together with excellent communication skills, a proactive approach and the confidence to act independently. Working globally across different time zones, your focus will be on providing high quality and professional administration support to senior leaders/ line managers and assigned projects.  You will become an expert user across key business systems and tools and provide a professional point of contact for the organisation.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

This is an opportunity to take on a challenging and varied role in Digital Health as an Administrative Coordinator, providing support to senior leaders, departments and projects.
 

Activities include:

• Extensive and proactive planning of travel arrangements, consisting of flights, accommodation, airport transportation, car bookings, trains etc. (preparing travel packs / itineraries)

• Preparing agendas, presentation materials and other relevant documentation, as necessary

• Collating and processing of expense claims

• Organising internal/external meetings including room bookings and catering arrangements, coordinating global conference calls / video conference calls

• Supporting the organisation and set up of Digital Health wide initiatives and events

• Supporting department new starter onboarding

• Filing and scanning project correspondence

• Diary management for senior leader(s), using MS Outlook

Essential requirements

• Proven experience as an Administrative Coordinator or Administrator supporting senior management

• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills

• A professional, confident, and proactive approach, with the ability to work independently

• Ability to work in a team as well as own tasks or activities independently

• Experience of managing requests and priorities from an array of stakeholders, in a changing environment

• Strong organisational, forward-planning and stakeholder management skills

• Demonstrate exceptional attention to detail, working to consistently high standards

• Track record of handling and resolving challenges quickly and efficiently, with flexibility to adapt to changing situations

• Good business awareness with sensitivity to highly confidential information

• Communication and relationship-building skills to develop networks both within the company and external

• Assertiveness and strong personal resilience

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office  
   

So, what's next?

Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and we hope it’s yours.

Where can I find out more?

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Additional information

Our Company Values & Behaviours underpin everything we do so please take a moment to familiarize yourself with them. You may also want to check out our new R&D Video showing how we turn Science into Medicines.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. 

Job open date: 10/09/2021

Job closing date: 24/09/2021

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.