Occupational Health and Wellbeing Intern

Help us get ahead of disease together with our SEA Regional Occupational Health (OH) and Employee Health and Wellbeing (EHW) team, 2024:

Education required: BS degree from an accredited college/university, preferably in Healthcare related discipline with a focus in e.g. medicine/public health/occupational safety and health/health promotion/health physiology/pharmacy/nursing/dentistry/psychology/nutrition,/dietetics, etc.

Other requirements: Must be enrolled at a university for the duration of your program

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Expected Start date: September 2024

Internship period: September to March

Application deadline: August 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 world work experience and help to positively impact the health of billions of people? Apply for a GSK Internship today!

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?

• Support EHW SEA Cluster Lead Physician in enhancing GSK reputation for OH and EHW in the SEA Cluster (countries in scope are Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Philippines, Thailand, Japan, Korea, Australia and New Zealand)
• Align to Global OH and EHW strategy, support an integrated approach to managing all workplace health, wellbeing, occupational health risks and opportunities
• Assist in developing and deploying country and site health plans
• Assist in coordinating and engaging Health & Wellbeing Champions
• Health data analytics: gathering health-related data and conducting analysis to identify trends and risks
• Prepare and send out health promotional material and communications e.g. posters, e-mails, social media posts (Workplace)
• Support in management of OH and EHW projects and initiatives for in person and online events
• Understand and apply GSK OH and EHW resources accordingly
• Support Independent Business Monitoring (IBM) gap analysis & governance process around health standards
• Work in accordance with local GSK Performance with Choice (flexible workplace arrangement) policy – minimum 2 days in the office (APAC Regional Hub, Petaling Jaya and Pharmaceutical Commercial Office, 1 Powerhouse)

What will you learn?

• Understand how to identify business health risks and opportunities for intervention
• Gain experience on project management by organising and supporting OH and EHW projects in the organisation
• Apply behavioural change theories in the design and implementation of health programs to promote healthy behaviour among employees
• Engage stakeholders to improve participation rate
• Monitor and review outcome indicators for Health and Wellbeing projects
• The following essential skills will be developed and mentored:
  • Projects and events management
  • Communication
  • Stakeholder management
  • Resource and time management

What are we looking for?

Business Skills and Competencies

• Strong passion for health and wellbeing
• Educational background – Healthcare related e.g. medicine, public health, occupational safety and health, health promotion, health physiology, pharmacy, nursing, dentistry, psychology, nutrition, dietetics, etc.
• Candidates with backgrounds in mass communications or MBA with a strong passion for health and wellbeing can also be considered
• Proficient in use of IT and software/systems, ideally document management and database systems
• Strong presentation, communication, and multimedia skills (Microsoft Office)
• Analytics driven, outcomes focused and impact oriented
• Prior experience with visual communications such as graphics design and video editing will be an added advantage

Behavioural Skills and Competencies

• Strong written and oral communications skills.
• Deadline-driven, flexible with self-reliance to work in an empowered environment.
• Proactive attitude to process improvement.
• Awareness and ability to work within culturally diverse teams.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, think and work independently, problem-solve, work in teams, and focus on delivering assigned work.

Let’s do this!

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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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