Data - Clinical Programming (Data Science Programmer/Analyst) Industrial Placement, UK 2024 Brentford, England
Job description
Roles Available in Location: Stevenage and GSK House (London)
Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be:
Currently studying an any Undergraduate Degree preferably in mathematics / statistics, computer science or a science/ technology 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: September 2024
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Salary: A salary of £21,400 plus a bonus (Stevenage), or a salary of £23,400 plus a bonus (GSK House)
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”).
Application Closing: Wednesday 4th 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?
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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
Data Science Programmer/Analyst
As a Data Science Programmer/Analyst at GSK, you will play a critical role in supporting our clinical research teams by providing programming expertise and support. Under the guidance of experienced professionals within the Biostatistics department, you will gain valuable experience in programming tasks associated with clinical trial reporting. With hands-on training, you will become proficient in programming languages such as SAS and R and will use these to analyse and report clinical trial data.
This placement year will provide you with exposure to industry-standard tools, methodologies, and regulatory requirements while contributing to the advancement of life-changing therapies. You will gain an insight into cutting-edge clinical research and the development processes, with the opportunity to learn from and network with experienced professionals within GSK.
Responsibilities:
Collaborate with statisticians and fellow professional programmers to develop datasets, tables, listings and figures to aid clinical trial reporting
Participate in the development of programs for clinical trial reporting using SAS and R programming languages
Develop an understanding of CDISC data standards, particularly adhering to ADaM dataset standards
Conduct quality control checks on clinical trial data, identifying and resolving discrepancies or issues
Assist in the preparation of documentation, including dataset specifications.
Opportunities to be involved in and contribute to other non-project initiatives within GSK
Professional and interpersonal development through on-the-job and online training modules, contributing to future career growth
Opportunity to support our Business Excellence and Analytics Team, by developing and maintaining tools that lead to key decisions and enable GSK compliance and accelerate pipeline delivery.
What do we offer you?
Salary of £21,400, plus a bonus (Stevenage) or Salary of £23,400, plus a bonus (GSK House)
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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Let’s do this!
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 8th October 2023 (this is the anticipated date you will need to complete stages 1 to 3 below).
Proposed Assessment / Interview Dates: from 8th 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
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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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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.
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