ABOUT THE COMPANY

If a career at Dechra has piqued your interest, find out more at Dechra careers.
Dechra is a growing, global specialist in veterinary pharmaceuticals. Our expertise is in the development, manufacture, marketing and sales of high quality products exclusively for veterinarians worldwide.
All applications received are reviewed by our internal talent acquisition team and we will get in touch if your skills and experience match what we’re looking for. Should you not hear back from us within 28 days please don’t be too disappointed - we may keep your CV on our database for any future vacancies which could be suitable, and we encourage you to keep an eye on our careers site. We value diversity within our global workforce and encourage an inclusive culture. Any questions or queries, please contact us.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITY

So, what will you be doing? This role has a broad and varied remit and the successful candidate will have responsibility for duties including:

• Ensure deliverables are tracked and managed through the project lifecycle and that they are appropriately authorised
• Monitor completion of meeting actions and ownership through to completion
• Liaising with internal colleagues and external suppliers during meetings and follow ups
• Support coordination of Programme testing and training plan
• Active diary management, across time zones, of the Programme team ensuring the highest levels of accuracy, presentation and confidentiality at all times
• Assist in the co-ordination of the SharePoint site used by the Programme
• Support Communication management from the Programme
• Work with the Communications Specialist and Marketing team to ensure effective production and distribution of internal communication material.
• Support in the delivery of project communications campaigns.
• Coordinate project workshops, focus groups and events which build awareness across the sites.
• Seek out news and content from the wider project team and draft engaging posts for the intranet, working with the Internal Comms Specialist to drive traffic to the site.
• Plan and prioritise a demanding schedule and gather materials to support all appointments including PowerPoint, outlook, word and excel and other documents
• Ability to multi-task and flexibility to re-prioritize in a changing and fast paced environment
• Arrange travel requirements for programme team/site visits with travel reservation and itineraries
• Organise workshops, meetings, site visits, room bookings and refreshments (including across sites)
• Assist with event planning
• Support group travel to minimise cost and travel time across the Programme team.

Here at Dechra we pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer. We know that individuals’ unique background and experience can bring a wealth of variety and expertise to our global workforce. For this role, we’re particularly keen to hear from those who have/are:

• Experience of using design / publishing software such as Canva, Adobe, Microsoft Publisher etc.
• Enthusiastic and results driven
• Creative and able to demonstrate innovative ideas
• Attention to detail
• Self-motivated
• Able to work in a fast-paced change environment, both individually and in a team
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven experience in building successful partnerships
• Strong emotional intelligence
• Excellent computer skills (O365/ Teams) and an ability to pick up new systems & software as required
• Proficiency in English essential
• Ideally experience with Project Server/online and SharePoint
• Ideally experience working in a complex project environment