Support Scientist

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.

**Job Summary**:
As a **Support Scientist**, you will have to provide administrative and scientific support to Study Directors for data management and preparation of study plans and study reports and assist in providing requested data/information. You will also assist in the management of Quality Assurance (QA) audits.
In this role, key responsibilities may include:

- Attending study
- and/or service-related meetings to ensure the understanding of assigned projects, including objectives, timelines, and reporting requirements.
- Assisting in the production of draft study plans and amendments.
- Assisting in the initial preparation of the animal ethics project review summary.
- Extracting data for the preparation of sponsor updates.
- Reviewing and/or processing departmental specialty data.
- Creating/generating special tables/graphs.
- Drafting and performing quality control (QC) the main report materials and methods and the common technical documents (CTD).
- Assisting in the management of QA audits, by responding to QA audit findings and making necessary corrections.

**Key Elements**:
If you possess the following **qualifications**, we will train you in the rest:

- Education: At least a Bachelor's degree (BA/BSc) in science or equivalent.
- Being proficient in English (spoken and written).
- Being proficient with Microsoft Word and Excel.
- Experience in a GLP environment and/or in preclinical toxicology, an asset
- An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered an acceptable substitute for the specific education and experience as listed above.

**Why Charles River ?**:

- Competitive benefits as of the hiring. We pay up to 85% of premiums (health & dental coverage)
- Paid development training
- Employee and family assistance program
- Access to a doctor and various health professionals (telemedicine)
- 3 weeks’ vacation & 5 sick/personal days per yearMany social activitiesIf you are interested in contributing to the well-being of our communities, not only across the country but around the world, please join us. **This is Your Moment.**

**About Safety Assessment**
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.

**About Charles River**
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.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of 86% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2021.

**Equal Employment Opportunity**

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

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