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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.
Our approach to R&D focuses on science related to the prevention and treatment of disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on science of the immune system, human genetics and advanced technologies to impact health at scale. Our pipeline currently comprises of more than 60 vaccines and medicines across four core therapeutic areas including oncology, infectious diseases, immunology / respiratory and HIV. Find out more: Our approach to R&D
What is Patient Advocacy?
As a Patient Advocacy Executive, you will be working within the Patient Focused Development (PFD) Team, responsible for championing optimal patient engagement across the Research and Development organisation. Your role will be focused on improving patient experiences and outcomes, working towards the Research and Development department’s Ambitious for Patients aims. This pioneering role involves working with many representatives across GSK as well as individual patients and patient organisations, with patient engagement at its heart.
- You would be a member of a small dynamic global team with clear specific responsibilities.
- You would support the delivery of a series of patient advisory board meetings.
- You would assist in the delivery of the annual patient organisation disclosure of funding process on GSK.com, supporting our commitment to full transparency.
- You would be a member and support the running of the global GSK Patient Advocacy and Engagement Network, an internal network of GSK roles advocating efficient and comprehensive patient-focused work with individual patients and patient organisations, made up of GSK representatives from across the world.
You would receive thorough patient-centricity training as well as the opportunity to interact with a huge range of internal and external organisations and learn about how GSK works with these important stakeholders.
Who are we looking for?
- A keen passion for the commercial world and the biopharma industry
- Appetite for building strong relationships with key stakeholders
- Adaptability to change and working under pressure
- Excellent communication skills that help you influence
- Strong problem-solving skills driven by curiosity
- You enjoy learning in action and confidence
- You are a keen learner
- The ability to prioritise
What do we offer you?
- A salary of £23,400 plus a bonus
- Access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare and well-being programs.
- On-the-job experience, training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching and mentoring
- A GSK placement which gives you the opportunity to take on a real role with genuine impact
- 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
- 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
