ELN Administrator – Bioanalytical Support

Kelly; Franklin (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement savings plan

Eight paid holidays per benefit year

Transit spending account

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Kelly Science & Clinical is hiring an ELN Administrator – Bioanalytical Support to manage, create, and improve ELN templates across Bioanalytical groups in a regulated CRO setting.

The role focuses on translating study protocols into standardized templates, ensuring data integrity, and leading ELN platform activities with Sapio ELN as SME. Onsite in Franklin, IN, direct hire with a 1st shift, Mon-Fri.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, or related field or equivalent combination of scientific and administrative experience.
• 2–5 years of experience in a regulated laboratory, CRO, or pharmaceutical environment.
• Experience with Electronic Lab Notebooks (e.g., IDBS E-Workbook, Benchling, LabWare ELN, or similar; Sapio is preferred).
• Experience in developing Electronic Lab Notebook templates is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain ELN templates for ligand binding assays, including PK, immunogenicity (ADA), and biomarker workflows.
• Design, build, and maintain ELN templates for Critical Reagent workflows.
• Translate study protocols, assay methods, and SOPs into structured ELN formats.
• Ensure templates support accurate, complete, and consistent data capture.

Skills

Attention to detail

Translate studies into templates

Strong documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, or related field

Tools

IDBS E-Workbook

Benchling

LabWare ELN

Sapio ELN

Job description

Description

ELN Administrator – Bioanalytical Support

Every day, Kelly Science & Clinical connects professionals with opportunities to advance their careers. We currently have exciting opportunity as an ELN Administrator (Bioanalytical Support) with a biotechnology and life science leader.

Location: Onsite in Franklin, IN

Duration: Direct Hire

Schedule : Mon-Fri, 1^st^ shift

Compensation: $60,000-70,000/yr

SUMMARY

The ELN Administrator is responsible for the management, creation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN) templates used at the company workflows within a regulated Contract Research Organization (CRO). This role supports scientific and operational teams by translating study protocols, assay methods, and regulatory requirements into standardized, compliant, and user-friendly electronic templates to support our Logistics, Metrology, Chemical Reagent Team, and Bioanalytical groups.
The ELN Administrator serves as the Technical Lead and SME (Subject Matter expert) for the Sapio ELN platform.
The position plays a critical role in ensuring data integrity, consistency, and efficiency in bioanalytical study execution, while maintaining compliance with GLP, GCP, and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.

RESPONSIBILITIES

ELN Template Development & Maintenance

• Design, build, and maintain ELN templates for ligand binding assays, including PK, immunogenicity (ADA), and biomarker workflows.
• Design, build, and maintain ELN templates for Critical Reagent workflows.
• May require user to translate study protocols, assay methods, and SOPs into structured, standardized ELN formats.
• Ensure templates support accurate, complete, and consistent data capture.
• Maintain version control and lifecycle management of ELN templates.
• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for ELN Template generation, qualification and implementation within a regulatory environment.
• Other duties as assigned.

Regulatory Compliance & Data Integrity

• Ensure all ELN templates comply with GLP, GCP, and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements for electronic records and signatures. Other regulations may apply.
• Partner with Quality Assurance (QA) to ensure templates meet audit and inspection readiness standards.
• Incorporate data integrity principles (ALCOA ) into all template designs.
• Support audit preparation and responses related to ELN processes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with various team members to understand workflow requirements.
• Collaborate with IT and ELN system administrators (internally & externally) to implement template functionality and updates.

Process Improvement & Standardization

• Identify opportunities to improve template usability, automation, and efficiency.
• Drive standardization across assays, studies, and clients where appropriate.
• Contribute to SOP development and best practices for ELN usage.

User Support & Training

• Provide guidance and support to laboratory staff on ELN template usage, training and deployment.
• Assist in troubleshooting template-related issues.
• Develop training materials and conduct user training sessions as needed.

Documentation & Change Management

• Manage template change requests and document all updates in accordance with change control procedures.
• Maintain clear documentation of template specifications and configurations.
• Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences, Chemistry, Biology, or a related field or equivalent combination of scientific and administrative experience.

Experience

• 2–5 years of experience in a regulated laboratory, CRO, or pharmaceutical environment.
• Experience working with Electronic Lab Notebooks (e.g., IDBS E-Workbook, Benchling, LabWare ELN, or similar. Sapio Is preferred).
• Experience in developing Electronic Lab Notebook templates is preferred.
• Familiarity with bioanalytical workflows, preferably ligand binding assays.

Technical Skills

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to translate scientific procedures into structured digital templates.
• Proficiency in data structuring, formatting, and workflow logic.
• Experience with document control and versioning systems.
• Basic understanding of assay workflows (ELISA, MSD, etc.) is highly desirable.

Regulatory Knowledge

• Understanding of GLP, GCP, and 21 CFR Part 11 requirements.
• Familiarity with data integrity principles (ALCOA ).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience specifically supporting ligand binding assay (LBA) environments (PK, ADA, biomarkers).
• Experience using an Electronic Laboratory Notebook system, generation and versioning of templates and Exposure to LIMS and other laboratory informatics systems.
• Experience with validation of computerized systems (CSV) or template validation.
• Prior experience in template automation or workflow optimization.
• P#1

Important information: This position is recruited for by a remote Kelly office, not your local Kelly branch. Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources.

Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability.

As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account.

In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan.

• medical
• dental
• vision
• telemedicine
• term life
• whole life
• accident insurance
• critical illness
• a legal plan
• short-term disability
• retirement savings plan
• service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year)
• transit spending account
• paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan

Why Kelly^®^ Science & Clinical?
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