Communications Officer (Multiple Locations) Industrial Placement, UK 2024 Barnard Castle, England
Job description
Roles Available in Locations: Barnard Castle, Ware and Worthing
Worthing is a Penicillin Manufacturing site in the UK - please consider this if you are applying to a role here and are allergic to penicillin
Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be:
Currently studying an Undergraduate degree in Communications, Business, Sociology, Psychology, English or HR, or a media related 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 (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: July 2024
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Salary: A salary of £21,400 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.
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.
Global Supply Chain (GSC) is the group within GSK that is responsible for making and supplying medicines and vaccines across the globe. At our manufacturing sites we produce over 2.3 billion medication packs and vaccines doses to 90% of the world's countries.
An opportunity exists for talented undergraduates with a passion for communications to play a significant role in supporting internal and/or external communications at one of our world-leading pharmaceutical manufacturing sites. Working alongside a small team of on-site and off-site communications specialists, you will gain experience of how effective communications contribute to the site’s success.
The role will include:
Keeping employees at all levels informed of change, performance and progress at the site
Being involved in delivering the site’s communications strategy
Drafting news stories, case studies and features for internal and external communications channels from digital to print
Preparing materials from posters to videos
Organising town halls, site conferences and specific campaigns
Writing, designing and giving presentations
Creating clear and consistent messages using multiple communication platforms
Embedding the culture, mindset and behaviours demanded by our culture
Sharing and celebrating our successes
Interacting with different levels of the business to ensure the appropriate approach is taken to engage staff across all functions
Utilising a range of digital and physical channels and platforms
This office-based placement will suit students looking to gain broad experience and exposure to multiple business areas. It is perfect for students looking for experience in communications in a business setting, particularly if they have experience in written and video communication in different settings. Communications is an important function for businesses across the world, therefore this placement gives excellent experience for a variety of future roles and opportunities.
You will be applying the skills you already have learnt and developing new skills such as team working, effective communication and time management. You will work with, and learn from, an experienced team. They will coach and mentor you during your year to help you achieve your potential.
Who are we looking for?
To be a creative and outgoing individual with a curious and enquiring mind
An ability to develop rapport and build relationships with people at all levels
Strong verbal, written and visual communication skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Office packages
Good organization and time management skills
To demonstrate qualities aligned with our GSK Culture
Experience of creating engaging digital and printed communications materials would be beneficial
Experience in the use of digital communications, e.g., Photoshop, PowerPoint and video editing, would be beneficial
Creative flair to design innovative communications for internal employees and external stakeholders
An interest in business operations and communications
Please read below about the 3 different locations/roles we are recruiting for across our Industrial Placements. Please note, these are distinct placements and so when you apply you will be able to select preferences of where you would like to be placed if successful. We will accommodate your preference where possible.
Role/Location 1: Barnard Castle
Role/Location 2: Ware
Role/Location 3: Worthing
Role/Location 1: Barnard Castle
The Barnard Castle site is located in the Northeast of England and is sited within the County Durham countryside. Barnard Castle is a key site for GSK with a large number of New Products coming through development at site. We manufacture and supply a huge range of different pharmaceutical products from Sterile Products (Syringes and Vials) to Liquid Inhalations and Dermatologicals. We have recently opened a new state of the art aseptic digital facility producing biopharmaceuticals.
A communications placement at Barnard Castle will give the successful candidate an opportunity to support the internal communications plan and activities for the site. Working within our communications team you have the opportunity to produce and deliver high quality materials to support leaders in their cascade of messaging and drive staff engagement.
As you gain experience you will be expected to deliver a business improvement project relating to the overall site vision and strategy.
The role will also require the successful candidate to manage day to day communication channels, create ongoing metrics to measure engagement and support community/charity and site events.
Role/Location 2: Ware
Ware is the largest GSK site in the UK with a thriving early talent community, lots of social activities, and a warm and welcoming support network. The Ware Global Supply Chain (GSC) site has modern facilities, uses advanced technologies, and provides amazing development opportunities for future careers. The site manufactures and supplies oral solid dose tablets (for HIV and oncology) and respiratory devices (for asthma and COPD) to over 140 countries across the world, as well as to patients participating in clinical trials, making a real difference to people’s lives. With a focus on new product introduction, it is a key site within the GSK network and an exciting place to work. Situated in the heart of Ware in Hertfordshire, the site has access to beautiful countryside as well as excellent transport links, being only 40 minutes away from London and Cambridge by train.
A Communications placement at Ware will give the successful candidate the opportunity to participate in a range of practical communications programmes, supporting our site’s engagement and culture priorities. Working closely with our site communications lead, you’ll quickly develop an awareness of the day-to-day challenges and deliverables of a pharma manufacturing facility. Using your people-facing skills, you will communicate information and engage site employees in our fundamentals of safety, sustainability and quality culture, as well as our approach to continuous improvement.
This placement offers the chance to gain a deep understanding of both digital and non-digital communications channels and learn to deliver internal communications to employees using a variety of approaches, e.g., videos and multimedia packages through to print materials and face-to-face briefing packs. In addition, you will work to continuously improve the reach and impact of our communications, analysing data about our digital channels, as well as qualitative feedback.
Role/Location 3: Worthing
GSK Worthing recently celebrated 60 years of manufacturing pharmaceutical products. Our key product is an antibiotic, and we manufacture approx. 50 million packs per year supplying patients around the world. Our site is situated on the South Coast about 30 minutes from Brighton and 1 hour by train from London, offering a good degree of extracurricular activities outside of work.
A Communications placement at Worthing will give the successful candidate the opportunity to experience hands-on practical communications techniques, supporting our site’s culture and engagement priorities. As well as the considerable ‘people-facing’ elements of this role, there is also an opportunity to gain awareness of the day-to-day challenges and deliverables of a pharma manufacturing facility, including engaging everyone in our safety and quality culture and our approach to continuous improvement.
This placement offers the chance to gain a deep understanding of our channel strategy, learning to deliver internal communications to employees using a variety of channels and approaches, from digital and media-based campaigns to physical materials and face-to-face briefing packs. They’ll work closely with our small site team to continuously improve the reach and echo of our communications, analysing data about our digital channels as well as taking qualitative feedback.
What do we offer you?
Salary of £21,400, 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 IP Unite, 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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Let’s do this!
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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: From 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:
Eligibility Form
World of GSK Online Assessment
Written Assessment
Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview
You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website here
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