Administrative Assistant

Would you like to be part of an ambitious and motivated team? Do you thrive in providing excellent administrative support? Then, this may be just the right job for you. We are looking for a new colleague to join us as an Administrative Assistant in a one-year maternity cover.
Apply today and join us for a life-changing career !
The position
In this role, you are offered a challenging and exciting position in a dynamic environment. Your area of responsibility will be administrative assistant to the Director in a growing department.
Your main tasks will be:

• Calendar management for the Director, including travel coordination and booking
• Coordinating and organizing of meetings, agenda, preparation of materials, taking minutes and distributing them after the meeting as well as follow up on action points
• People administration in our systems and onboarding of new colleagues

Furthermore, you will be a go-to person in the department and handle a variety of ad hoc tasks, participating actively in creating a positive work environment and great structure in a new department. The position also entails frequent interaction and cooperation with many important stakeholders in the organisation and driving cross functional and management events.
Qualifications
We are seeking candidates who fulfil the following prerequisites:

• Experience from working in a similar role in a corporate environment, knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is considered an advantage

• Flair for IT and being a superuser of MS Office, amongst others PowerPoint, as well as SAP is an advantage
• Knowledge of business administration and communication is an advantage as well as being familiar with handling confidential information
• Experience with budget handling
• Proficient with both written and spoken English

As a person you are good at working independent with a "can-do-attitude" and have a proactive approach to the job and are working well with tight deadlines. In addition, you are structured, quality-minded and enjoy the details of planning, coordinating, and proof-reading.
You have a natural ability to establish relations across the organisation and reach agreements through flexibility and compromise. You are reliable, loyal and service-minded, able to manage several tasks simultaneously and to perform under pressure.
About the department
Emerging Technologies QA New Entry & Support is a department with approximately 30 skilled and motivated colleagues. We are a department that handles the new areas of business as well as supporting the rest of QA and production. We are proud to work in a fast-growing and ambitious part of Novo Nordisk
We are working in an international environment with many stakeholders where engagement, trust and mutual respect is key. Our performance is driven by the right behaviour and a wish to think big, improve and simplify our way of working while ensuring quality compliance, product quality and patient safety.
Working at Novo Nordisk
At Novo Nordisk, we don't wait for change. We drive it. We're a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we
seize them. From research and development, through to manufacturing, marketing and sales - we're all working to move the needle on patient care.
Contact
For additional information about the job, please contact Cristina De Simoni Klitgaard on telephone +45-30756783
Deadline
15th of October 2024
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We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we're life changing.