Site Name: UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage
Posted Date: Sep 5 2022
Join the GSK Industrial Placement UK Programme as a Study Delivery Lead (VEO):Help us get ahead of disease together.
Education required: Undergraduate degree from an accredited university, preferably in Life Sciences e.g. Biology, Chemistry, Biomedical Sciences.
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.
Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English
Expected Start date: 4th September 2023
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Location: Stevenage
Application deadline: Friday 14th October 2022. 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.
Proposed Assessment / Interview Dates: The majority of R&D interviews will take place in the first two weeks of November
Salary: A salary of £21,000, plus a bonus
Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years.
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.
Inspired to help us get ahead together?Apply for a Study Delivery Lead (VEO) Industrial Placement role at GSK today!
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 60vaccines and medicines across four core therapeutic areas including oncology, infectious diseases, immunology / respiratory and HIV. Find out more: Our approach to R&D .
About Value, Evidence and Outcomes (VEO)
The Value, Evidence and Outcomes department is focused on generating evidence that enables us to get the right medicine to the right patient at the right time. We do this by conducting studies that demonstrate the value of our medicines to regulators (e.g. MHRA), Payers (e.g. NICE) and Healthcare Professionals, optimising patient benefit and access to GSK medicines. Our activities are wide ranging including interventional studies, non-interventional studies, registry studies, safety studies, patient interview and survey studies, economic modelling and studies using pre-existing data sources (e.g. electronic medical records, claims databases).
The Study Delivery team within VEO are accountable for the on time and on budget delivery of all VEO activities to the highest scientific, quality and ethical standards.
Study Delivery Lead role
Within this role your day-to-day responsibilities will be supporting a Senior Study Delivery Lead to deliver a variety of evidence generation studies.
Your responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Supporting the operational delivery of VEO studies (including, for example: vendor assessment and selection, feasibility assessments, vendor oversight, recruitment tracking, operational plan development)
- Preparation of high-quality scientific materials relating to VEO studies (including, for example: contributing to study protocols, informed consent forms, study reports)
- Attendance at and contribution to study team and vendor meetings.
- Assist with planning and tracking of study timelines and budgets.
- Co-ordinate key study activities such as study documentation filing, study team meetings, risk review and mitigation meetings
Who are we looking for?
- We are looking for a student who can work well as part of a team and, as needed, independently with appropriate time management, flexibility and attention to detail.
- You must be reliable, enthusiastic, have a proactive attitude and be self-motivated with good written and verbal communication skills.
- You will be computer literate in MS Word, MS PowerPoint and Excel.
- It is important you are able to build strong relationships and have the ability to influence others.
- The ideal candidate will thrive working across multiple projects and be able to prioritise effectively.
Please note: this role is office-based
What do we offer you?
- A salary of £21,000, plus a bonus
- Access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare and well-being programs and pension plan membership
- On-the-job experience and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring, and training programs
- A GSK placement which gives you the opportunity to take on a real role with genuine impact
- You will join a GSK Industrial Placement community of over 250 students across the UK and business areas
- Access to LinkedIn groups to enable the new Industrial Placement community to network and connect before start date
- For R&D placements you will also be enrolled in several GSK internal courses as part of company policy such as data integrity, use of internal electronic lab book, laboratory safety rules
- Within R&D you will have the opportunity to attend seminars by GSK scientists, which run throughout the year and comprise of a wide range of areas within drug discovery
Let's do this!
This opportunity has the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2023:
1. Eligibility Form
2. World of GSK Online Assessment
3. Application Form
4. Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview
You'll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website -
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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.
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