HR Industrial Placement, UK 2025

You will work with the R&D (Research and Development) Early Talent Team to ensure the Global early talent programmes run smoothly and deliver impact to support GSKs ambition. Working within this team will be fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the entire lifecycle of our talent programmes through attraction, recruitment, development and offboarding. Not only will you gain plenty of exposure to the HR and Talent organisations, but there will also be great opportunities to expand your knowledge of R&D. Key Placement Activities

• Supporting Onboarding programme for new employees starting in R&D.
• Supporting recruitment, selection, development and tracking of future talent programme cohorts and summer students.
• Work with hiring managers to create compelling advertisements and construct internal communications.
• Assist in collation and tracking of metrics to support recruitment and the diversity agenda.
• Lead after action reviews and implement process improvements.
• Working across boundaries, with colleagues in a multitude of countries to gain global awareness and experience, whilst building a strong network of HR contacts in the UK.
Role 2 - Global Finance Capabilities HR Overview of the Department You will work with the Global Finance Capabilities & Early Talent Team to ensure the Finance early talent programme and capability events run smoothly and deliver impact to support GSKs ambition. Working within this team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to the finance talent programme through recruitment, development and offboarding. There will also be opportunities to support programmes, like Women in Finance, UK One Finance I&D and UK One Finance development & network team. Key Placement Activities
• Organise internal events both virtual and face to face for our Finance graduate programme.
• Assist in collation and tracking of metrics to support talent programmes and our diversity agenda.
• Support our GSK Unlocked programme for students with a socially diverse background.
• Event management: plan and implement webinars and other events associated with Global Finance development days.
• Regular monitoring of new starters to enrol in relevant training.
• Development of communications and marketing for Finance developments events both in the UK & Globally.
Role 3 - Early Careers Recruitment Overview of the Department You will support the Early Careers Recruitment (ECR) team to engage, attract and hire high quality, qualified candidates across our Early Careers pipelines - including Apprentices; Interns (including Industrial Placements), and Graduates - with a continuous focus on DE&I (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion). This role will allow you to develop an understanding of how & why we recruit talent to help delivery GSK's ambitions; the wider Early Careers & talent landscape; the impact of work on internal and external stakeholder groups; and how we fit within wider HR and GSK. Key Placement Activities
• Support Attraction Specialist with UK (and global) ET Website content refresh and ongoing updates.
• Ensure all UK ETR roles are posted through partner sites - including university/school websites.
• Coordination of Events - such as 'Careers Collaboration' (for University Careers Advisers) and 'GSK Revealed' (for first year students).
• Attend and run Apprentice career insights events / webinars directly & / or through partners.
• Engage and leverage current Early Talent (Apprentices, Interns, Grads) to attend attraction & engagement events.
• Internal Ambassador Training development and delivery (under supervision of Attraction Specialist).
• Proactive management of Video My Job training and edits before roles are live on our website.
• Creating new content where appropriate - supporting Social Media campaigns & update engaging content on partner websites.
• Create / share 'News' and articles to share through recruitment process (working with comms / brand).
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

Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in HR, Business Management, Psychology, or other. Please read the degree requirements for each role carefully before applying. 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, 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
• 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.

We're excited to be moving to our vibrant new home on New Oxford Street in central London from the end of June 2024. At GSK HQ, we're building an energising space where we can connect, collaborate and get ahead of disease together. Designed especially for us, it'll be one of the healthiest workplaces in the world, with best-in-class tech and bright, light spaces to help us thrive., We're 100% open to ALL people We're 100% open to all talent - whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality, learning difference or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients and also because it's the right thing to do. You can learn more about Inclusion and diversity at GSK here., Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology). Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class
• (US only).
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.