Business Support Coordinator

AstraZeneca is a global, creative, biopharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies. At AZ, we're proud to have an exceptional workplace culture that encourages innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energised and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.



Our stunning campus in Gothenburg is one of AstraZeneca's three strategic science centers. The site is home to over 2,500 employees, from 50 different nationalities. Gothenburg includes the complete range of functions, and as such offers plenty of development opportunities for a wide range of professionals. Our science teams in Gothenburg collaborate with academic and industry partners in Sweden and globally. And the site itself has been designed with collaboration in mind. From the Coffee Lab to exercise areas, we've created a series of environments where innovation can happen.



Within the Business Support team in Late-Stage Development Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM) at AstraZeneca we have a clear vision to be recognized as a world-class support function that drives business success. As an Business Support Coordinator, your focus will be providing administrative and project orientated high quality and professional support to their function and senior global leaders, utilizing a wide range of skills in a dynamic, high pace and complex business environment where sensitivity and confidentiality is required.



The Business Support Coordinator will be pro-active and collaborative, working together with the other team members in the function and also more broadly within BioPharmaceuticals R&D. If you have experience in a complex administrative role with a can-do attitude, then we can offer a role with various challenges and a lot of development opportunities.



Accountabilities

* Coordinating complex meetings and diary & travel arrangements
* Supporting line managers as well as Clinical Project teams
* Resolves complex customer queries and issues to meet customer and business requirements and communicates information at the detailed level
* Dealing with non-typical, sensitive or complex issues
* Prioritizes workload, and that of others as appropriate, to achieve personal and group targets
* Supports small projects under guidance ensuring delivery of project outputs according to plan, reviewing and refining plans as necessary



Essential Requirements

* Relevant administrative experience with senior stakeholders
* Specialist knowledge in relation to administrative/business support activities
* Strong customer service and communication skills
* Create and maintain systems for efficiency
* Experience working in a fast-paced global environment
* Ability to format documents for consistent, professional appearance
* Experience with virtual meeting technologies, information management software, and Microsoft products



Desirable

* Relevant professional administration qualification
* Experience in a PA/Administrative role gained through working in a pharma or similar environment
* Expert in the use of appropriate IT systems
* Experience leading peer to peer training



So, what's next?

We hope you are curious to know more! We will be interviewing continuously, and we do encourage you with your application, no later than June 2, 2020!