Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Randstad Technologies Recruitment
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11 months ago
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Are you looking for a new position as a Regulatory Affairs Specialist? Do you have experience reviewing and approving promotional materials within the medical devices space?

We are recruiting for a Regulatory Affairs Specialist to combine their knowledge of scientific, regulatory and business issues to enable promotional materials created and distributed in the EMEA region to meet required legislation and standards.

This position requires an ability to understand and evaluate competing perspectives and provide clear regulatory guidance.

The successful candidate will be based at our client's Maidenhead site (1 day a week from home), working 37.5 hours per week on an initial 12 month contract basis. Potential to be extended or become a permanent position.

Key responsibilities in this role include:

The review and approval of promotional materials for marketed products
Responsible for keeping current with industry changes relating to advertising and promotion, interpreting new guidance to industry, and continuing efforts to evaluate processes within Regulatory Affairs relating to the promotion of products in EMEA
Maintain up to date knowledge of regulatory requirements and communicate changes in regulatory information to project teams and senior management in a timely manner
The Specialist will assist local EMEA personnel in local process improvements and contributes to local and/or global process improvements that relate to promotion of products Applicants will need:

A higher education qualification in a technical or scientific discipline
Previous experience within Regulatory Affairs / Quality / Technical Writing
Medical devices experience
Good communication skills and attention to detail
Ability to adapt to multiple changing priorities and deadlines

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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