As the HR intern, you join us from September 2024 to August 2025, and will be actively involved with a variety of projects and day-to-day HR activities across the whole employee lifecycle.
You will be fully immersed in the HR world, and work in all of our HR specialisms including talent acquisition, compensation & benefits, talent development, HR governance and the HR generalist team.
You will help to support the execution of HR programs & processes as well as improve and create new offerings and initiatives in areas such as employee wellbeing, engagement and reward, recognition and diversity, equality & inclusion.
Tasks and responsibilities
Working alongside and supported by amazing HR colleagues, you will be involved with HR initiatives such as:
- Talent attraction – learning about the role of talent attraction and getting actively involved in the acquisition process. Developing our digital attraction strategy with a continued focus on early careers.
- Giving feedback and developing improvements for the onboarding experience, and supporting in the delivery of the welcome day
- Supporting our continuous improvement approach to the governance of our job descriptions.
- Supporting in the area of talent development and performance management, by using data and analytics as well as actively developing learning pathways and promoting our new learning initiative; the ‘BI University’.
- Participating in the Wellbeing and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion teams, and supporting and leading with the calendar of activities
- Compensation and Reward: helping us prepare for the pay transparency legislation changes and working on pay topics like pay equity and competitive market data for roles. Supporting in the benefit platform project and leading on a review and potential redesign of our long service awards.
- Supporting in the delivery of our HR data reports for example sickness data
- Other people related activities, as assigned including a range of general HR admin
Requirements
- Can show success in assignments to date, demonstrating good knowledge in the HR field and a commitment to being accountable for your success
- Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
- Proven experience in establishing and maintaining good working relationships with others
- Enthusiastic and motivated team player
- Proactive: Identifies, assesses and addresses potential issues for improvement. Actively promotes continuous improvement of HR policies and standards
- Good attention to detail
- Ability to take initiative, with limited supervision in a sometimes pressured environment. Seeks and utilises support from others but balanced with the ability to effectively manage your time, and priorities to successfully deliver
- Responsive & Works with discretion: Commits to keeping relevant stakeholders informed of your progress and asks for help when needed. Respects the confidential nature of the work of HR, working with integrity and discretion at all times.
- Results oriented: Delivers the right thing, on time, with both quality and accuracy.
- Experience in using Microsoft Office packages especially Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Why this is great place to work
Boehringer Ingelheim has been recognised as a Top Employer in the UK. Being certified as a Top Employer confirms our dedication to a better world of work, delivered through excellent HR policies and people practices.
Interview will ideally take place starting week commencing 20th November.
Our company
At Boehringer Ingelheim we develop breakthrough therapies that improve the lives of both humans and animals. Founded in 1885 and family-owned ever since, Boehringer Ingelheim takes a long-term perspective. Now, we are powered by 52,000 employees globally who nurture a diverse, collaborative and inclusive culture.
We believe that if we have talented and ambitious people who are passionate about innovation, there is no limit to what we can achieve.
Why Boehringer Ingelheim?
With us, you can grow, collaborate, innovate and improve lives.
We offer challenging work in a respectful and friendly global working environment surrounded by a world of innovation driven mindsets and practices. In addition, learning and development for all employees is key, because your growth is our growth.
Boehringer Ingelheim is an equal opportunity global employer who takes pride in maintaining a diverse and inclusive culture. We embrace diversity of perspectives and strive for an inclusive environment, which benefits our employees, patients and communities.