By joining Bio-Techne, you’ll join a company with a powerful and positive purpose of enabling cutting-edge research in Life Sciences and Clinical Diagnostics. Bio-Techne, and all of its brands, provides tools for researchers to further treat and prevent disease worldwide.

Start Date: March 2025   

Contract type:  1-year fixed term contract

Reports To: Director, HR EMEA

Location: Abingdon (on-site)

Work type: Hybrid (2 days WFH)

Hours of Work: 37.5 hours per week

About Bio-Techne:

The European headquarters is based in Abingdon, UK with a manufacturing facility in Bristol and subsidiaries in Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic.  Bio-Techne is committed to product quality, customer satisfaction, continued improvement, minimising environmental impacts and conserving natural resources.  Environmental and quality management is an integral core value and vital part of the Bio-Techne culture.

Position Summary:

As part of the EMEA HR team supporting a diverse workforce in 16 countries, the HR Operations Specialists assist with the employee experience from a lifecycle perspective. They serve as a go to person for all employment related queries, handling all general administrative duties. They ensure HR matters are handled fairly and consistently, in line with legal and company requirements within a defined geography.

Essential Duties:

Manage the complete administrative life cycle of employees, from onboarding to offboarding 

Co-ordinating inductions at global, regional and local levels

Ensuring right to work checks are conducted accurately and in a timely manner

Creating and maintaining GDPR compliant employee information records in the HRIS and individual employee files and act as the system administrator for the benefits portals.

Collaborate with payroll colleagues to ensure accurate information is shared in a timely manner

Providing advice and assistance to management and employees on HR policies & procedures, escalating when required

Develop and publish monthly KPIs as requested and coordinate all internal reports 

Support the HR annual processes such as salary review, variable compensation 

Support HR audits and ensure compliance with local regulations by staying up to date with labour legislation changes

Additional duties may be assigned as needed.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

At least 5+ years experience in HR administration; international exposure is a strong plus.

High school/secondary education (minimum).

Excellent attention to detail, time management, and organisational skills

Thrives in a fast-paced environment, meets deadlines, and remains calm under pressure.

Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with strong interpersonal abilities.

A positive and flexible ‘can do’ attitude, taking initiative when required

Proficient in Workday, HR systems, and databases are a strong plus

Solid understanding of labor laws in at least one country.

Quick to resolve employee queries with empathy and a positive attitude.

Why Join Bio-Techne:

We offer competitive wages along with extensive benefits for employees and their families.We invest in our employees’ financial futures through retirement programs and an employee stock purchase plan.We help our employees develop their careers through mentorship, promotional opportunities, training and development, internship programs, and more.We offer an international and diverse working environment, enriched by employee resource groups; volunteer and charity events; and employee events that build a culture of caring and belonging. We foster a culture of empowerment and innovation, where employees feel valued and encouraged to bring their new ideas to the table.

Bio-Techne is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

To protect the interests of all, Bio-Techne will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than a candidate application. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Bio-Techne will be considered Bio-Techne property.