Administrator

**Key responsibilities and accountabilities**
- Recording and maintaining accurate electronic, paper and website records
- Receiving, registering, returning and safe storage of samples
- Management of stock levels ensuring an accurate record is maintained
- As required, complete quarterly and yearly stock counts
- Providing general support as required, including managing and distributing post, answering telephones and other administrative tasks (e.g. archiving
- Collaborating with other administrative colleagues in the MHRA Administration Team to ensure that processes and systems are implemented and developed in a consistent and effective way.
- Assist in laboratory housekeeping to support Analytical Chemists
- Performing calibration of laboratory equipment to a set schedule
- Assist in the Maintenance of laboratory equipment

**Qualifications**

**Knowledge, Experience and Technical Skills**
- To be well organised, self-motivated worker, work effectively as part of a busy team
- To adapt flexibly to changes and meet all deadlines
- To have a good attention to detail with an accurate and meticulous record keeping
- To be able to act on initiative, keep colleagues updated with progress on tasks, identify opportunities and be proactive in putting forward ideas and solutions
- To have strong communication skills both verbal and written with a good sense of customer service
- To have an excellent command of written and spoken English
- A previous knowledge of IFS would be desirable but not essential as training will be provided
- The laboratory is accredited to ISO/IEC 17025, so an understanding of the principles and operation of quality systems would be an advantage

**Person Specification**:
The job holder will be able to demonstrate the following behaviours in line with LGC’s values:
**Passion**

Enjoy the work that you do and have that enthusiasm influence others.

**Curiosity**

Keep questioning why and how we do things to continuously improve processes.

**Integrity**

Ensure our integrity cannot be questioned by the customer by maintaining a high quality of work.

**Brilliance**

Push the boundaries of what we do to inspire brilliant performance.

**Respect**

Have respect for the customer and all in the team and treat all equally.

**About The MHRA Laboratories LGC**

Under contract to the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), LGC hosts and operates the UK’s combined Official Medicines Control Laboratory (OMCL) for chemical testing and the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) Commission Laboratory.

The work of The MHRA Laboratories at LGC helps to protect public health by ensuring that medicines and healthcare products are safe for those who use them. The MHRA laboratories carried out routine surveillance testing on licensed medicines to ensure the integrity of the market, as well as testing on unlicensed, illegal and counterfeit medicines.

One of The MHRA Laboratory's primary roles is to procure, establish and maintain reference standards (British Pharmacopoeia Chemical Reference Substances - BPCRS). The laboratory also supports the work of the British Pharmacopoeia Commission in establishing methods (known as monographs) for generic medicinal products (including herbals) available in the UK. The monographs established by laboratory staff are subsequently published in the British Pharmacopoeia.

The laboratories are equipped with appropriate instrumentation, which includes HPLC, GC-FID, GC-MS, HPLC-MS, TLC, titrimetry, Infra Red and UV spectrometers as well as necessary balances and other essential equipment.

**Our Benefits**

25 days annual leave, generous pension plan, season ticket loans, buy/sell holiday scheme, life assurance, retail discounts and more.