Internship - Internal Communications, Singapore (January to June 2025) (GSK)

Job Description

Help us get ahead of disease together with our Communications Internship, 2025: 

Education required: Undergraduate studying a Bachelor's Degree from accredited college/university, preferably in Business, Arts and Social Science, Communications or Chemical Engineering

Other requirements: Must be enrolled at a SG university for the duration of your internship and doing a credit-bearing internship

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Internship period: January to June 2025

Application deadline: 30 September 2024

We recommend you apply as soon as possible. We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can, so your application can be considered.  

Are you looking to gain valuable work experience and help to positively impact the health of billions of people?

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, 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.

What will you do?

During this internship, you will be exposed to different segments of the stakeholders including employees, senior leaders, government, media to build on GSK's strong branding and pharmaceutical manufacturing leadership position in Singapore.

Internship scope would include:

1) Gain insights of the manufacturing operations in the pharmaceutical industry and produce collaterals such as internal newsletters, workplace posts relating to site updates

2) Producing videos of manufacturing production processes on site and respective job roles

3) Event and logistics planning to support site activities that involves internal and external stakeholders

4) Working with external agencies to produce collaterals

5) Managing visit programmes

6) Maintaining an up-to-date intranet

7) Working with different departments that support the pharmaceutical manufacturing operations, including Technical Development, Quality, Production

What will you learn?

• On-the-job learning with high level of independence in project activities

What are we looking for?

• A lively interest in communications, the commercial world and the biopharma industry

• Appetite to work as a business partner, 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

• Drive and confidence to trust your own judgment

• Great project management skills and the ability to prioritise

What do we offer you?

• Understand and experience the GSK Culture

• Work with a diversified team of professionals

• Implement technical knowledge and skills that you have acquired at school

• Apply and develop soft skills such as interpersonal, communications and negotiation skills

• Transport to and from site to MRT stations in centralised locations across Singapore

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.

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