We are Reckitt
Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.
Research & Development
In Research and Development, we're full of highly skilled talents that include Scientists, Engineers, Medical, Clinical and Regulatory professionals - all working to create a cleaner, healthier world. With nine Centres of Excellence, we continually seek out new opportunities by using science, our entrepreneurial flare and our fearless innovation to develop and enhance our existing portfolio, never compromising on quality or performance.
We do the right thing, always, by ensuring we act with responsibility and integrity, by complying with regulatory legislation across the globe, whilst ensuring our products are safe for our consumers and are to the highest quality.
The size of our organisation means you'll have the opportunity to learn and work in different functions within R&D, giving you exposure to different disciplines, teams and environments. You will also have access to our Research and Development Academy, designed to develop our team and allow you to grow in our great organisation.
About The Role
Microbiology Assistant 12 Month Fixed Term (Entry Level)
Onsite Working
Competative Salary & Benefits: 25 Days Holiday, Bonus, Pension
Closing Date: 24th September 2025
To perform microbiological testing to support Selfcare R&D Category and PDM teams.
Your responsibilities
- Perform microbiological testing to support Selfcare R&D Category Development and PDM teams.
- To ensure that all microbiology testing is carried out to required standards and to agreed timelines in consultation with Microbiology associate.
- To generate microbiological data to support licence applications.
- To liaise with the external contract laboratory in ensuring that appropriate samples are sent for testing in line with agreed timings and to assist the microbiology associate in providing the relevant documentation to the laboratory so testing can be completed correctly.
- To ensure that primary data is accurately reported to meet Recktt and regulatory standards.
- To assist the microbiology associate in reporting microbiology data to the relevant category teams to agreed timelines.
- To assist the laboratory manager in ensuring equipment is monitored and maintained to agreed procedures.
- To assist the microbiology associate in scheduling microbiology testing to ensure project timelines are met.
- To liaise with the external contract laboratory in scheduling work, providing the relevant documentation (Testing information sheets, test methods, PO’s), reviewing data and tracking payments/invoices.
- To perform and implement good housekeeping, cleaning and any other Good Laboratory Practices.
The experience we're looking for
- Relevant experience working within a microbiology laboratory or R&D and/or a biological sciences or related scientific degree
- 90% of this role is based on site in the labratory
- Excellent team working skills.
- Good communication skills, both written and oral.
- Proven ability to work under pressure with competing demands from different R&D categories.
- An understanding of product development and the role of microbiology within this.
- Good problem-solving skills and ability to develop new ideas.
The skills for success
R&D, Product Lifecycle Management, Commercial Awareness, Business Partnership, Collaboration, Partnership building, Collaborator, Ability to challenge the status quo, Propose improvement, Accountability, Adaptability, Analytical, Formulation, Science, Chemistry.
What we offer
With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short-term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.
Equality
We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.
