Company Description

About Us

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins works with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. Eurofins believes it is a global leader in food, environmental, pharmaceutical and cosmetics products testing and in agroscience CRO services. It is also one of the global independent market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, discovery pharmacology, forensics, CDMO, advanced material sciences and in the support of clinical studies.

In over just 30 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 50,000 staff across a network of more than 900 independent companies in over 50 countries and operating more than 800 laboratories. Eurofins offers a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products, as well as providing innovative clinical diagnostic testing services, as one of the leading global emerging players in specialised clinical diagnostics testing.

In 2020, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR € 5.4 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Job Description

Salary:                              Competitive       

Location:                          Culham, Oxfordshire     

Contract:                          Permanent, Part-time

Hours:                               20 hours per week (4 hours per day)

Closing date:                    23rd February 2024 

The Role

This is a unique opportunity to embark on a career that contributes to the provision of justice in the UK, the Archive Assistant supporting the Archive Supervisor/Manager with the running of the Central Casefile Archive.  Performing a variety of day-to-day tasks associated to the retrieval, archiving and destruction of casefiles.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

• Store, retrieve and archive casefiles.
• Carry out general filing and archiving of other documents.
• Maintain & update electronic records for the archive utilising specialist software.
• Maintain paper records of file movements between sites.
• Ability to assist with queries and issues relating to archiving.
• Work according to Health and Safety requirements.
• Work according to Quality requirements.
• Liaise with end users in a professional manner.

Qualifications

Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills

• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to work alone and in a team.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Customer focussed.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

Experience of working with complex filing, archival and retrieval systems preferred and ideally should have experience of working to documented Standard Operating Procedures or work instructions. GCSEs or equivalent in Maths and English are required.

Additional Information

Company Benefits

In return for your hard work and loyal service, we will offer you a competitive salary, and a selection of employee benefits via our flexible benefits menu which includes cycle to work, give as you earn, purchase and sell holiday. In addition, we also offer the following:

• Life Assurance (3 times annual salary)
• Scottish Widows Company Pension Plan
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Employee Service Recognition Rewards
• Celebrating employee work anniversaries at Eurofins Forensic Services
• Perk box membership providing access to discount vouchers, reward & flexi points and wellness hub
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Healthcare Cash Plan membership
• Enhanced company sick, maternity and paternity pay scheme
• Refer a friend scheme
• Subscription to mental wellbeing support

Important Notice for Candidates

Due to the highly sensitive nature of the work we undertake on-site, applicants should note that security clearance will be required for this role. To gain security clearance you must have five years continuous residency in the UK. Security clearance is undertaken by a third party to police personnel vetting standards (NPPV3 and SC), as such any criminal convictions may prevent you from gaining security clearance.

Further information on the security clearance process and requirement can be found at https://www.warwickshire.police.uk/police-forces/warwickshire-police/areas/warwickshire-police/about-us/about-us/police-national-vetting-service/.

In addition, they may be required to undertake drug and alcohol testing prior to commencing employment. The organisation treats personal data collected during the recruitment process in accordance with its data protection policy.  Information about how your data is used and the basis for processing your data is provided in the organisation’s applicant privacy notice.

Find out more in our Eurofins career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/