Senior Administrative Assistant; HR & Legal

About Zevra Therapeutics, Inc.

We are a rare disease therapeutics company leading with science to make life-changing therapeutics available to patients with significant unmet needs. We involve key thought leaders, physicians, patients, care partners, and advocacy groups in all of our clinical and regulatory development strategies.

With a keen understanding that drug development often requires creative solutions, we have the insight and expertise to forge new pathways to success that others have missed. By following the data without bias, our transparent narratives and common-sense perspective have successfully overcome complex development challenges to make much-needed therapies available to patients.

Nimble and dauntless, we push boundaries beyond what is thought to be possible and advance new therapies that have the potential to bring meaningful improvement to patients’ lives.

The Senior Administrative Assistant provides administrative and operational support to the Human Resources and Legal functions. This role is responsible for maintaining confidential records, coordinating HR processes, assisting with legal documentation and contract administration, supporting compliance initiatives, and helping ensure the organization operates efficiently and in accordance with company policies and applicable regulations. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, exercises sound judgment and is comfortable handling sensitive and confidential information.

• Assist with recruiting activities, including scheduling interviews, coordinating candidate communications, and maintaining applicant records.
• Support onboarding and offboarding processes, including preparing documentation, coordinating equipment requests, and maintaining personnel files.
• Maintain employee records and HRIS data, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.
• Coordinate employee training, compliance tracking, and required certifications.
• Assist with benefits administration, employee communications, and HR programs.
• Prepare reports and metrics related to HR activities.
• Support performance review and employee engagement initiatives.
• Respond to routine employee inquiries and elevate issues as appropriate.

• Coordinate with the Paralegal on contract-related administrative needs and support requests within Agiloft (contract lifecycle management system), as needed.
• Organize and maintain corporate governance documents and legal files.
• Assist with regulatory filings and compliance documentation.
• Track litigation holds, insurance certificates, and other legal administrative matters as directed.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and internal stakeholders on document requests.
• Support legal department reporting and special projects.
• Support corporate secretarial matters, including maintaining the entity/subsidiary list, tracking annual report and registered agent filings, and organizing board and committee meeting materials.
• Log and route incoming subpoenas, records requests, and other third-party legal requests to the Chief Legal Officer for direction.
• Maintain the master library of corporate policies (e.g., Code of Conduct, conflict-of-interest, records retention) and track version control.

• Help monitor compliance with company policies and applicable employment regulations.
• Maintain confidentiality of personnel and legal information.
• Develop and improve administrative processes to increase efficiency.
• Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, and document meeting notes.
• Support audits by gathering and organizing requested documentation.
• Assist with data privacy compliance support, including processing data subject requests and maintaining records-of-processing…