Job Details Profoundly Improve People's lives by Revolutionizing the Delivery of RNA Therapeutics At Avidity Biosciences, we are passionate about the impact of every employee in realizing our vision of improving people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics. Avidity is revolutionizing the field of RNA with its proprietary AOCs, which are designed to combine the specificity of monoclonal antibodies with the precision of oligonucleotide therapies to address targets and diseases previously unreachable with existing RNA therapies. If you are a committed, solution-oriented thinker, join us in making a difference and become part of our growing culture that is integrated, collaborative, agile and focused on the needs of patients.
Avidity Biosciences, Inc.'s mission is to profoundly improve people's lives by delivering a new class of RNA therapeutics - Antibody Oligonucleotide Conjugates (AOCs™). Utilizing its proprietary AOC platform, Avidity demonstrated the first-ever successful targeted delivery of RNA into muscle and is leading the field with clinical development programs for three rare muscle diseases: myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1), Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). Avidity is broadening the reach of AOCs with its advancing and expanding pipeline, including programs in cardiology and immunology through internal discovery efforts and key partnerships. Avidity is headquartered in San Diego, CA. For more information about our AOC platform, clinical development pipeline, and people, please visit and engage with us on LinkedIn and X .
The Opportunity Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Clinical Development, the
Senior Administrative Assistant will be responsible for performing administrative duties for several business functions including Clinical Development, Clinical Operations, and Biometrics. This is a pivotal, multi-tasking role that requires strong leadership skills and the ability to think on your feet. The Senior Administrative Assistant must quickly assess situations, find solutions and take decisive action, often under pressure of deadlines and often unpredictable workloads.
What You Will Contribute
- Coordinate daily schedules, meetings, agendas, presentations, travel arrangements, and expense reports for various team members.
- Support and follow through on business financial transactions (purchase requests, invoice approvals).
- Act as a liaison among functional groups, internal and external contacts.
- Prioritize and direct incoming business matters in a timely and efficient manner.
- Work collaboratively with other executive and administrative assistants.
- Develop documents, presentations, graphs, and charts for various routine to complex ad-hoc projects using word processing, spreadsheet, and graphics software.
- Support on-site activities such as department meetings and company-wide events.
- Coordinate on-site lunches for meetings and off-site dinners.
- Provide back-up support to the office coordinator and assist with office coordination and facilities management.
- Proactively identify and solve problems to ensure smooth operations.
- Must work at the office Monday - Friday unless otherwise directed.
- Complete and manage projects as assigned.
- Perform other duties as required.
What We Seek - Minimum 6 years of experience as an administrative assistant, office manager or other applicable roles
- Experience working with professionalism and discretion.
- Outstanding communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills; strong customer service orientation.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
- Attention to detail and excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to prioritize tasks and manage time effectively.
- Proactive in managing tasks and workloads; flexible and able to adapt/adjust with short notice.
- Capable of making good judgments, anticipating needs, and working independently.
- Maintain positive, professional relationships with personnel at all levels of the organization.
- Expert knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft O365 suite and Zoom.
- Proficiency with Concur or travel and expense system
- Previous biotech/pharma work experience preferred.
What We will Provide to You: - The base salary range for this role is $39.90 to $51.44/hour. The final compensation will be commensurate with such factors as relevant experience, skillset, internal equity and market factors. Avidity offers competitive compensation and benefits, which include the opportunity for annual and spot bonuses, stock options, and RSUs, as well as a 401(k) with an employer match. In addition, the comprehensive wellness program includes coverage for medical, dental, vision, and LTD, and four weeks of time off.
- A commitment to learning and development which includes a variety of programming internally developed by and for Avidity employees, opportunities for job-specific training offered by industry, and an education reimbursement program.
Additional Details - Title: Senior Administrative Assistant
- Location: San Diego, CA
- Position Type: Full Time/ Non-Exempt
- Department: Clinical Development
- ID: -BF
Company Our vision is to profoundly improve people's lives by revolutionizing the delivery of RNA therapeutics. We're utilizing our proprietary AOC platform to design, engineer, and develop therapeutics that combine the tissue selectivity of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) with the precision of oligonucleotide-based therapies in order to redefine RNA therapeutics and more effectively target underlying genetic drivers of diseases. We are delivering on this vision by investing in our platform, our pipeline and our people.
Our commitment to rigorous and innovative science is matched only by our passion to see patients' lives changed. We consistently challenge ourselves to Be AVID - Agile, Visionary, Integrated and Diverse.
We are assembling a diverse team experienced in rare disease and RNA therapies. Our team members bring expertise in research, development and commercial execution. We are focused on cultivating the right team to not only grow the company, but also to reflect the communities we serve. We are dedicated to employing and retaining a diverse and inclusive workforce at all levels of the organization to not only ensure that different backgrounds and perspectives are being heard and acted upon, but that our employees also feel understood, accepted and valued.
Company info Website Phone Location 10578 Science Center Drive
Suite 125
San Diego
California
92121
US
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