Elevate the Alkermes recruitment and new hire experience as a HR Assistant (contract)! As a HR Assistant, you'll be at the heart of our recruitment process, helping to bring top talent onboard. In this dynamic position, you will support our talented recruitment team by scheduling interviews and managing the onboarding process for new hires, ensuring they have a smooth and welcoming experience from day one.

We're looking for a passionate problem solver who thrives on providing exceptional customer service to candidates and new hires alike. If you’re excited about making a difference and fostering a positive experience for all, come join the team! 

This role will provide overall support to the Talent Acquisition Team in Waltham, MA, as well as the Commercial Field Team. 

Responsibilities

• Primary point of contact for hiring managers and candidates regarding interview scheduling. Alkermes currently conducts interviews virtually via MS Teams, and in person. 
• Liaise with external recruiting agencies for candidate interviews and travel (when necessary).
• Initiate candidate background checks.
• Responsible for preparing and sending electronic offer packages to candidates.
• Submitting updates to requisitions and candidates in the Applicant Tracking System; Oracle Recruiting Cloud (ORC)
• Sending general correspondence to candidates. 
• Maintain electronic applicant files (New Hire, Terms, EE Form).
• Partner with HR Benefits team and HRIS team for onboarding of new hire employees.  Assist with New Hire Orientation.
• Provide support to the Alkermes Relocation program and/or Immigration process as needed.

General:

• Provide operational support to the Human Resources department, as needed.
• Assist with event coordination (benefits fairs, job fairs, seminars, etc.)
• Coordinate travel arrangements for candidates and engage with third party travel vendor.
• Be the first point of contact for Clients and Candidates.
• Work closely with our Procurement and Accounts Payable Team for any HR Purchase Orders and Invoice tracking with vendors.
• General administrative duties (copy, file, travel arrangements, food ordering, etc.)

Assist employees with general HR related questions, escalate when necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree is required
• 1-2 years of work experience in a professional environment is required.
• Prior experience in Biotech/Pharma is preferred.
• Experience working in a Human Resources function/department is strongly preferred.

 Skills Needed:

• Strong organizational skills and keen attention to detail
• Ability to work with different levels of management, including senior leadership 
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced work environment
• Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook and experience with an HRIS (Oracle) and Applicant Tracking System (ORC) is preferred but not necessary.
• Desire to work in a Talent Acquisition department as part of a larger Human Resources function.
• Customer Service skills are a must

Travel:

• Must be able to travel up to 25% for field-based interviews as needed

About Us

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we are committed to pursuing great science, driven by deep compassion to make a real impact in the lives of patients. Alkermes has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various neurological disorders, including narcolepsy.

Beyond our important mission of developing medicines to address unmet patient needs, we actively seek to foster a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging throughout our business. We strive to ensure that all voices are respected and valued, recognizing that our diversity of thought, background and perspective makes us stronger. We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations, including being certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. in 2024, honored as a Healthiest Employer in both Ohio and Massachusetts in 2023, a Best Place for Working Parents in 2023, and to have received the Bell Seal at the Platinum level for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America for three consecutive years (2021-2023). 

Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.  Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.