Amphista Therapeutics Looking For Senior HR Administrator/HR Officer AT Cambridgeshire Full Time

Amphista Therapeutics is a fast-growing Cambridge-based biotech and the leading European Targeted Protein Degradation (TPD) company. Our unique scientific approach to TPD, one of the hottest areas in modern drug discovery, gives us a range of advantages over other therapeutic strategies. In addition to an oversubscribed $53M funding round in 2021. We were delighted to recently announce two separate collaboration deals with Bristol Myers Squibb and Merck Healthcare which will allow us to grow and advance our therapeutic portfolio even faster. Initially founded from the laboratory of Professor Alessio Ciulli (University of Dundee) our team comprises both academic and drug discovery pioneers of the TPD field and a growing R&D team focused on advancing a portfolio of medicines to the clinic using our proprietary next generation TPD technologies.

We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Administrator/HR Officer to join Amphista at an exciting stage in our growth! You may be an experienced Senior HR Administrator looking for the next step in your career or an experienced HR Officer looking for a new challenge in a fast-paced environment.

The successful candidate will help support the HR Manager in providing a comprehensive and effective HR Service to Amphista ensuring matters are dealt with appropriately and in accordance with the Company’s practices and procedures.

To be responsible for the effective and timely administration of HR procedures, acting as first point of contact and advising as appropriate.

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Responsibilities: *

• Providing first line advice and guidance on HR to members of the Company.
• To be responsible for all administrative duties within the HR department.
• To administer all pre-employment checks (using external supplier)
• To work with the HR Manager on the recruitment processes for all staff. Arranging interviews and ensuring the smooth running of interview days and dealing with queries from candidates.
• To produce offer letters and contracts of employment for review by the HR Manager prior to sign off.
• To input/maintain all employee data on the HR System (Bamboo) (e.g., sickness details, pre-employment checks etc.).
• To manage the new starters and leavers processes for all staff dealing with queries as required.
• To be responsible for helping managers with the recording of leave, e.g., sick leave and producing reports from Bamboo and acting on absence issues in conjunction with the HR Manager including or supporting management at first stage sickness absence meetings.
• To support the HR Manager in completing the Training Needs Analysis from appraisal documentation.
• To be responsible for checking holiday entitlements on an annual basis ensuring any carry over entitlement is used by the expiry date.
• To maintain an up-to-date library of job descriptions for all staff.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues in the Company to deliver services effectively, efficiently, and flexibly.
• To be responsible for keeping all HR files and records up to date and secure, dealing with confidential material with integrity and tact.
• To undertake any other duties as and when required by the HR Manager, commensurate with grade and experience.

Experience

• Previous Biotech or Pharma experience
• A business acumen along with attention to the human element, thorough knowledge of human resource management principles and best practices
• Excellent organisational with experience in recruitment administration
• CIPD Level 3 qualified

What’s on offer?

Competitive salary and benefits package including share options and bonus
Hybrid working

More about Amphista

Amphista’s approaches use completely novel mechanisms to build on all the advantages of TPD while directly addressing the emerging limitations of existing TPD strategies to expand the utility of the field. In particular, we have shown our approach has the potential to be superior to all other TPD approaches (PROTACs, molecular glues etc) improved druglike properties and reduced tumour resistance potential. We have a range of projects in the discovery phase, initially focused on oncology with potential to expand into other therapy areas including CNS disease & immunology.

The Amphista team contains a wide range of experienced drug discovery experts across both biology and chemistry disciplines, creating the ideal learning environment to advance your scientific career development quickly. This is an exciting opportunity to join a fast growing and dynamic company operating at the cutting edge of protein degradation-based drug discovery to develop first-in-class medicines to treat cancer and other areas of high unmet medical need.

Location
Great Abington, Cambridgeshire

Department
HR

Employment Type
Full-Time

Minimum Experience
Experienced

Job Type: Full-time