Roles Available in Location: GSK House (London)
If your interest lies in working with us at GSK house, remember we are moving headquarters the first half of 2024 to the vicinity of Earnshaw Street, London WC1A (“the New HQ”)
Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be:
Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in any discipline.
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 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: June 2024
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Salary: A salary of £23,400 plus a bonus
Application Closing: Wednesday 11th October 2023 (this is the date we anticipate the job will be removed from the website and no longer taking new applications).
Please note these dates are subject to change as we may close this vacancy when we have enough applications. We recommend that you apply and complete all stages of your application as soon as you can, so we can consider your application.
Looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for a ViiV internship today!
A ViiV internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact! You’ll take on challenging, serious work on live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from us, develop your skills and gain valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.
ViiV Healthcare is a specialist company established by GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer in 2009, with the addition of Shionogi in 2012 after working together on the development of several drugs. We are focused solely on the research, development, and commercialisation of medicines to treat HIV. Our aim is to take a deeper and broader interest in HIV/AIDS than any company has done before and take a unique approach to deliver new and effective HIV medicines as well as supporting communities affected by HIV. For more information on the company, its management, portfolio, pipeline and commitment, please visit www.viivhealthcare.com
Inspired to help us get ahead together? Apply for a ViiV Communications Industrial Placement role at GSK today!
With a Communications and Positive Action role in ViiV Healthcare you will be part of a team that is integral to our success. You will work in an agile, innovative, and supportive team, with accountability for the delivery of key business projects. Throughout the placement your team will offer support through training and development to ensure that you are able to grow and take away value experiences from the year.
ViiV Communications Executive
The communications team is responsible for external and internal communication, and the digital comms team is accountable for the external platforms. The Industrial Placement student in this team is responsible for maintaining and managing ViiV’s external corporate channels, like the corporate website and global social media channels following our digital strategy and our corporate narrative. The channels are the following - ViiVHealthcare.com, Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok.
Support the team with web content updates or new content creation. In this role the student works very closely with the content creators and the tech team. Upload press releases and other news updates to our website
Social Media channels - Manage social media platform daily (follows, interactions, hiding content, etc.)
Support with daily and weekly media monitoring – support corporate communications team by collecting key clips and putting together a weekly summary to inform the broader business. Compile weekly email for distribution. Escalate and report any safety issue (Adverse Events). Work closely with US and ensure alignment with the global channels.
Manage content calendars (Global and Local) for our social media channels including US, Global and other markets when need it. Another key piece of the role is producing content for the channels in collaboration with relevant members of the team. (Copy, images, videos). Support on content, structure/design refreshes, and liaising with reviewers as part of the approval process. Focal point to collect global content with different Communications teams. Work closely with the internal communication team to ensure alignment and collaboration between platforms and campaigns.
Supporting the paid team with campaign planning and execution where appropriate.
Insights - Follow, analyse, and implement insights related to content and channels. In this task the IP works very closely with our GSK insights team and Buzz Radar, our insights partner. Create SM and web reports when needed. Coordinate Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly reports and quarterly insights meetings. Support the development of metrics reporting for milestones and conferences
Support the Social Media Governance workstream with updates to the guidance and utilizing this guidance following the plan. Coordinating the monthly Social Media council meeting (attendees, agenda, R&R, notes, etc). Support with any Social Media training for employees and requesting access.
Support keeping our main internal channel up to date with relevant content for internal engagement when is necessary and active communications in Workplace
ViiV Positive Action Executive
Positive Action works towards achieving healthy communities in a world free of AIDS and embodies the ViiV Healthcare mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind. Positive Action works directly with the communities most affected by HIV, investing in programmes across six continents through grant giving.
The placement student will support the Positive Action Program Managers and Operations Team with the management of the end-to-end request for proposals process; the management of ‘in flight’ grants and the gathering and sharing of insights and learning gained from grant implementation
Carry out research to inform the development of request for proposals and support the drafting of relevant documentation.
Liaise with the ViiV Communications Team to promote the requests for proposals to ensure proposals are submitted from relevant countries and partners
Support the Program Managers in the end-to-end request for proposal process, including supporting the coordination and preparation of relevant grant review and approval meetings
Support the Program Managers with contracting of new grants.
Support the Program Managers with grant portfolio management, including supporting the management of Positive Action Allies (grant managers)
Support the Program Managers with the collation and review of grant reports and the disbursement of learning internally and externally, including supporting the coordination of partner linking and learning sessions. Manage data collation, analysis and presentation when required.
Carry out research to inform the Positive Action programme.
Work with our grant management platform to optimise the grant process, application build, report development and analytics.
Collaborative and friendly attitude
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Good organisational and time management skills; good prioritisation
Ability to listen, understand and capture key stakeholder needs
Curiosity and ability to proactively identify opportunities for improvements (including a structured approach to problem solving)
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
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Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
Completion of your Full Application: Sunday 15th October 2023 (this is the anticipated date you will need to complete stages 1 to 3 below).
Proposed Assessment / Interview Dates: November 2023
We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so we recommend that you apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.
This opportunity has the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2024:
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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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.
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At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 38 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV.
We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things differently. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK.
Living our mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do - from our breakthrough innovation, to our diverse portfolio of medicines as well as the work we do to partner with HIV communities. Having a diverse team and a truly inclusive culture where we’re all able to be ourselves and feel like we belong will make us an even stronger team, better able to perform as a business and deliver on our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind.
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.
Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on Ukdiversity.recruitment@gsk.com or 0808 234 4391. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels
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We’re moving towards a more sustainable future with our new headquarters. With better public transport links and proximity to world-class science and technology institutions, we’re excited for our move to the vicinity of Earnshaw Street, London WC1A (“the New HQ”) by end H1 2024.