Adminstrative Assistant / Front Office Coordinator

August Bioservices
August Bioservices

Full-time

Tennessee, USA

Posted on Sep 9, 2026

We're looking for an Administrative Assistant / Front Office Coordinator to be the welcoming face of our company for all in office visitors, while also playing a key role in supporting our Quality team's documentation and compliance efforts. In this role, you'll balance guest-facing hospitality — greeting visitors, coordinating client and auditor logistics, keeping our office running like clockwork — with detail-oriented administrative support in a regulated, GMP/GDP environment. If you thrive on variety, take pride in organization, this role would be a great fit for you!

Responsibilities

    Front Desk & Office Management

    • Greet and check in visitors, clients, vendors, and contractors; manage sign-in/badging per site security protocols
    • Answer, screen, and route incoming calls and general inquiries
    • Maintain a clean, professional, welcoming reception and lobby area
    • Manage incoming/outgoing mail, packages, and courier/shipping arrangements
    • Order and maintain office and breakroom supplies; manage vendor relationships
    • Coordinate conference room scheduling and set-up for meetings and client visits (ordering food, creating agendas, etc.)
    • Support administrative facilities tasks such as badge access requests
    • Assist People Operations with new-hire logistics for orientation (workspace setup, badges, welcome materials)
    • Manage incoming and outgoing mail
    • Client & Visitor Support

      • Serve as the face of the company for clients, audits, site tours, and other stakeholder visits
      • Coordinate visitor and candidate schedules with hosts
      • Arrange catering, hospitality, and logistics for client visits and audits
      • Assist with travel/accommodation coordination for visiting clients, auditors, or executives
      • Assist with travel/accommodation of candidates for interviews occasionally, and for employees who require accommodations for business-related travel
      • Ensure visitors complete required documentation (visitor logs, safety briefings, etc.) before facility access
      • Quality Team Administrative Support

        • Scan, upload, label, and file quality documents (SOPs, batch records, deviation reports, CAPAs, certificates of analysis) per document control procedures
        • Support maintenance of physical and electronic quality filing systems, ensuring accuracy, version control, and confidentiality
        • Assist with data entry and record-keeping in quality management systems (QMS/eQMS)
        • Maintain strict confidentiality and adherence to Good Documentation Practices (GDP)
        • Support archiving, retrieval, and retention of quality records per retention policies

Qualifications

    • High school diploma required; Associate's degree preferred
    • 1+ years in an administrative, front desk, or office support role; pharma/biotech/lab or other regulated environment experience strongly preferred
    • Familiarity with GDP/GMP concepts a plus, but not required - training provided
    • Proficiency with Microsoft Office; comfort learning new software (QMS/eQMS)
    • Excellent organization and attention to detail
    • Strong verbal/written communication and a professional, welcoming demeanor
    • Ability to handle confidential and proprietary information with discretion
    • Comfortable managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
    • Reliable, punctual, able to work on-site