HR Onboarding & Diversity Coordinator

HR Onboarding & Diversity Coordinator Req ID #:  117391 Location: 

US For 70 years, Charles River employees have worked together to assist in the discovery, development and safe manufacture of new drug therapies. When you join our family, you will have a significant impact on the health and well-being of people across the globe. Whether your background is in life sciences, finance, IT, sales or another area, your skills will play an important role in the work we perform. In return, we’ll help you build a career that you can feel passionate about. Job Summary The HR Onboarding & Diversity Program Coordinator will support both the Global Onboarding and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) teams on a variety of global projects and actions designed to build and maintain a best-in-class onboarding experience, support workforce acclimation and integration strategies, and promote the inclusion of all employees through a variety of engagement and talent retention activities. This will be accomplished by performing administrative and project support for the development, coordination and delivery of various people priorities.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

•    Help execute and coordinate onboarding and diversity events and programming, such as new talent networking and socialization opportunities, ERGs and Cultural/Heritage planning.

•    Manage the virtual Global Onboarding Program’s schedule coordination, metrics, tools, and processes for new talent and newly acquired employees utilizing a variety of tools and software applications (e.g., Smartsheet, Power BI, etc.)

•    Refine, organize and maintain existing onboarding and DE&I materials/processes

•    Support Global Onboarding Champions and Diversity Program Ambassadors.

•    Serve as backup for virtual onboarding champion and facilitate virtual sessions when needed

•    Maintain and help create new content for the new employee and DE&I portals (e.g., MS Teams, SharePoint, etc.) to promote socialization, engagement, connection, belonging, and to enhance the new hire and existing employee experience

•    Support the creation of onboarding and diversity resources and learning modules

•    Coordinate and distribute surveys to collect feedback from key stakeholders; support data analysis to identify opportunities to enhance the employee experience

•    Support the administration of vendor contracts and related billing and accounts payment management

•    Track global orientation participation and attendance records for all new talent, and provide reporting as needed

•    Maintain masters of global onboarding tools and materials, such as Cultural and Foundational Orientation materials and their global translations and translated videos

•    Escalate issues to supervisor/manager for resolution

•    Review and comply with the Code of Business Conduct and all applicable company policies and procedures, local, state and federal laws and regulations; 

•    Assist with various projects as assigned by direct manager Job Qualifications

  B.S./B.A. in HR or Business  with minimum one year of related experience, or High School Diploma/GED with minimum three years of related HR/Onboarding Administrative experience in a fast paced, customer-focused environment Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 applications (e.g., Teams, SharePoint, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Forms, etc.) Knowledge in Smartsheets is a plus and Zoom preferred Strong interpersonal skills and team orientation Excellent verbal and written communication skills Proven ability to coordinate and prioritize multiple activities while maintaining a high level of customer service and attention to detail in a complex and fast paced environment Ability to partner with a variety of key stakeholders to support new talent onboarding and enhance employee experience

About Corporate Functions 

The Corporate Functions provide operational support across Charles River in areas such as Human Resources, Finance, IT, Legal, Sales, Quality Assurance, Marketing, and Corporate Development. They partner with their colleagues across the company to develop and drive strategies and to set global standards. The functions are essential to providing a bridge between strategic vision and operational readiness, to ensure ongoing functional innovation and capability improvement.

About Charles River

Charles River is an early-stage contract research organization (CRO). We have built upon our foundation of laboratory animal medicine and science to develop a diverse portfolio of discovery and safety assessment services, both Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and non-GLP, to support clients from target identification through preclinical development. Charles River also provides a suite of products and services to support our clients’ clinical laboratory testing needs and manufacturing activities. Utilizing this broad portfolio of products and services enables our clients to create a more flexible drug development model, which reduces their costs, enhances their productivity and effectiveness to increase speed to market.

With over 17,000 employees within 90 facilities in 20 countries around the globe, we are strategically positioned to coordinate worldwide resources and apply multidisciplinary perspectives in resolving our client’s unique challenges. Our client base includes global pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, government agencies and hospitals and academic institutions around the world. And in 2019, revenue increased to $2.62 billion.

At Charles River, we are passionate about our role in improving the quality of people’s lives. Our mission, our excellent science and our strong sense of purpose guide us in all that we do, and we approach each day with the knowledge that our work helps to improve the health and well-being of many across the globe. We have proudly supported the development of ~85% of the drugs approved by the FDA in 2019.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Charles River Laboratories is an Equal Opportunity Employer - M/F/Disabled/Vet.

If you are interested in applying to Charles River Laboratories and need special assistance or an accommodation due to a disability to complete any forms or to otherwise participate in the resume submission process, please contact a member of our Human Resources team by sending an e-mail message to crrecruitment_US@crl.com. This contact is for accommodation requests for individuals with disabilities only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.

For more information, please visit www.criver.com.

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