Risk Evidence Writer

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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. ​​
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
The Risk Evidence Writer authors and inputs into various Vigilance and safety documents which are fundamental to the Reckitt product risk-benefit evaluation and risk management process, ensuring accurate, evidence-based and consistent safety messaging, as well as optimising and maintaining appropriate risk minimisation activities for the protection of consumers.
The Risk Evidence Writer collaborates with relevant teams and functions and conducts standard scientific literature searches to produce evidence-based reports/position statements. These documents will be used by the business for product benefit-risk analyses and risk management activities, and for use in product safety defence, assessment and Competent Authority responses (e.g. PRAC, RFI and switch documentation).

The Risk Evidence Writer inputs into of all aspects of the Reckitt global signal management process, including signal surveillance for medicines, medical devices, cosmetics and other Reckitt products. The role will collaborate with multiple functions across the Global Safety Assurance group, and support various product development and maintenance projects regarding utilisation of adverse event/signal data for benefit-risk and safety risk minimisation activities/optimisation strategies.

As part of the Risk Management and Vigilance Team, the Risk Evidence Writer will be involved from product ideation/conception through to post-marketing safety review activities to help shape the safety risk minimisation activities, and input into safety messaging communications to limit and manage the risk of human harm to Reckitt consumers.
Your responsibilities
The Risk Evidence Writer has established scientific writing skills and can produce high quality, accurate and balanced documents to develop the guidance and company positioning for evidence-based benefit-risk strategies, and evidence synthesis activities for the benefit-risk safety assessments of Reckitt products. Additionally, the Risk Evidence Writer will drive the global signal management process implementation and signal data application for product safety core risk analysis, risk minimisation activity development and communication, as well as support signal detection systems deployment, maintenance, statistical data analysis protocols and training.

The Risk Evidence Writer also collaborates with relevant functions and personnel on the research oversight of safety risk activities, as appropriate.
The Risk Evidence Writer:

• Has demonstrable scientific writing and effective science communication skills.

• Supports literature search…