Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage
Posted Date: Sep 4 2024
Roles Available in Locations: Stevenage
Education required:
To apply for this placement, you must be:
Currently studying a degree in Chemistry, Engineering, Biotechnology and Biomedical Sciences; Data Sciences; Pharmacology; Biochemistry; Cell Biology; Chemical Biology; Bioscience, natural sciences, or similar
Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) University for the duration of your placement.
If you have already graduated with a Bachelor's Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English
Expected Start date: Sept 2025
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Salary: A salary of £24,700 plus a bonus.
Application Closing: 9th October 2025
Early applications are encouraged as candidates will be reviewed regularly and the advert may close at any point.
Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?
A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career - to take on a real role with genuine impact. You'll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You'll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.
Typical skills you can expect to learn on this placement will include:
- Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams
- Communication (written & verbal)
- Time management
- Problem-solving
- Networking
- Data analysis and management
- Technical skills (detailed within each role description)
Once you accept your offer you will be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students. You will join IPUnite, GSK's community of over 250 students across all UK sites and business areas, run by the Industrial Placement students committee and will receive access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare, and well-being programs.
The RoleStrategy, Technology and CollaborationsOverview of the Department
The MDS (Medicine Development and Supply) team have a very strong vision to deliver innovative products and technologies that enable top-tier R&D ambition, enhance efficiency by harnessing the power of data & analytics across the organization and foster outstanding talent through development and cross-modality learning opportunities.
They are looking for candidates who are eager to learn, contribute, and grow with them. If you're ready to bring your scientific and business mindset to a dynamic and collaborative team, they would love to hear from you.
Key Placement Activities
- Collaborate closely with the Strategic Technology and Collaborations Manager within the Innovation Manufacturing and Technology team, applying a scientific and business mindset to practical applications such as road mapping exercises and competitive intelligence gathering through our existing external collaboration portfolio
- Support the evaluation of external collaboration proposals and liaise with internal stakeholders for knowledge sharing, eg.: video recordings and forum exchanges
- While this role isn't lab-based, we highly value individuals who bring a background in, or a passion for, laboratory work. This could be through chemistry practices, especially with small molecules, or biology/bioprocesses used in the production of large molecules like mAbs. If these areas ignite your passion, you'll find a place to shine in our team.
- Candidate will be able to benefit from the hiring manager's commitment to coaching and personal development.
- Support the assessment and monitoring of CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls) collaborations within the MDS department.
- Prospect key performance indicators (KPIs) across collaborations, focusing on sustainability, reduction of production time, cost of goods, and alignment with R&D goals.
- Assist with communication surrounding collaborations and foster a culture of shared success. A variety of tools will be utilized for this purpose, including PowerBI dashboards, Aha! for road mapping, and video recording via Teams.
- Participate in the creation of scientific outreach videos within GSK.
- Handle administrative tasks related to collaboration project management and develop a business mindset.
- Contribute to road mapping exercises across various themes within the various Alliances / Consortia GSK is engaged with and support competitive intelligence gathering.
These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to
be offered a placement year with GSK for 2024:
1. Eligibility Form
2. World of GSK Online Assessment
3. Written Assessment
4. Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview
You'll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website here.
You can learn more about GSK and our careers here.
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