Archives Associate

For 75 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform.

In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about.

Responsible for assembling, placement and retrieval of archived materials in a secure and controlled access GLP regulated archive.

• Organize, catalog, place and retrieve archived materials in a secure and controlled access archive in compliance with standard operating procedures (SOP) and good laboratory practice (GLP).
• Utilizes the archival management system for indexing and maintaining materials in the archive and data library.
• Performs tasks including but not limited to, organizing, filing, retrieving facility and study related records, biological specimens, and samples.
• Communicate with internal and external clients.
• Fulfills internal and external requests to retrieve records and materials.
• Prepares client specific inventories and reports of archived materials.
• Upholds archive security procedures and maintains the integrity of archived materials.
• Reviews and interprets data as it relates to internal archive requests.
• Develops and maintains skills aligned with the needs of one operational area, (shipping, disposal, receiving, safety, client relations, project lead) develops skills for a second operational area.
• Participates in process improvement initiatives.
• Maintains Sponsor confidentiality.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

The pay range for this position is between $21.00 and $23.00 an hour. Please note that salaries vary within the range based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, certifications, and location.

• Education:
  
  High school diploma or General Education Degree (G.E.D.)/ Associate’s degree (A.A./A.S.) / or equivalent desired in business or administrative assistant discipline.
• Experience:
  
  None required. 0-1 year of administrative/inventory management or warehouse experience preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be accepted as a satisfactory substitute for the specific education and experience listed above.
• Certification/Licensure:
  None.
• Other:
  Proficient computer skills with departmental databases, word processing (Word), and spreadsheet programs (Excel). Must be organized, have attention to detail and possess good problem-solving and communication skills.

No degree required

Charles River is committed to helping our partners expedite their preclinical drug development with exceptional safety assessment services, state-of-the-art facilities and expert regulatory guidance. From individual specialty toxicology and IND enabling studies to tailored packages and total laboratory support, our deeply experienced team can design and execute programs that anticipate challenges and avoid roadblocks for a smooth, efficient journey to market.

Each year approximately 300 investigational new drug (IND) programs are conducted in our Safety Assessment facilities.

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities.

Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 20,000 employees within 110 facilities…