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We are a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer.
In recent years we have developed innovative medicines in areas including respiratory disease, skin cancer and HIV, as well as new vaccines against diseases like Malaria. We are headquartered in the UK and have a global presence across more than 150 countries which allows us to make a real contribution to the health and well-being of people all around the world.
At GSK, we focus on creating an inclusive environment where all employees feel engaged and know their work makes an important contribution. An inclusive environment welcomes different knowledge, perspectives, experiences and working styles from across our global population. This not only enhances individual creativity and innovation, but makes good business sense.
We are committed to ensuring that people with disabilities have career opportunities at GSK, bringing valuable talent and expertise to the business. Disability is a global focus for GSK. The Global Disability Council (GDC) was established in 2014 striving to enable GSK to become a disability confident employer. The objectives of the Council are to agree priority areas for action within GSK to help achieve the aspiration of disability confidence. We make every effort to retain and support employees who become disabled while working at GSK.
In addition to the GDC, our Disability Confidence Network is a trusted internal resource that partners with the different GSK businesses to focus on the ability in disability and enable all GSK employees to reach their true potential at work. Hear from Tracy who has worked for GSK for 15 years and who launched the Disability Confidence Network as a GSK Employee Resource Group:
https://uk.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/meet-our-people/tracy/
GSK aims to create a working environment that inspires and supports people to grow and perform in a safe, healthy, resilient way. Our Energy For Performance and personal resilience training programme provides employees with support to reduce stress at work and at home, and to improve energy levels and productivity.
Visual impairment
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Invisible Disability
Apprenticeships
If you’re looking for an alternative route to college or university, our apprenticeship programmes have been designed for you! We developed our apprenticeship programme to create an alternative career route and ensure that we provide opportunities for as many people as possible. Roles range from Business & Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing and Finance to name just a few.
For more information on all our Early careers opportunities visit our careers section.
Summer Internship
Our Summer Programmes are available in many disciplines including science, engineering, business, IT, and more. Applicants should expect an exciting and challenging experience. Typically lasting between 8-12 weeks.
For more information on all our Early careers opportunities visit our careers section.
Industrial placements
We offer a whole range of industrial placements as part of a recognised sandwich degree – these cover Engineering, IT, R&D Science, Sales, Marketing, Communications, HR, Procurement (Purchasing), Supply Chain and Finance.
For more information on all our Early careers opportunities visit our careers section.
Graduates
Graduates can join us in a variety of exciting roles across different business areas. If you’re looking for a structured graduate scheme we offer the Future Leaders Programme. As a Future Leader, you’ll get an unparalleled insight into the enormous depth, breadth and influence of our business through challenging rotations.
For more information on all our Early careers opportunities visit our careers section.
Esprit
We have a wide range of programmes for post graduates. Our Esprit commercial, finance and research and development (R&D) programmes are open to exceptional postgraduates from a strong commercial, financial or data background.
For more information on all our Early careers opportunities visit our careers section.
Making GSK accessible to people with disabilities is extremely important to us and we are committed to ensuring our early talent recruitment processes reflect this.
Be upfront:
Your disability is a part of who you are, not something to hide. Give us the opportunity to provide the help and support you need to be able to perform at your best in the recruitment process by letting us know as early as possible about what adjustments you may need. We won’t ask questions about your disability, we’ll focus on what support you need.
Value your experiences:
We’re looking for people with a variety of skills developed through all sorts of experiences. Don’t be afraid to highlight how your disability has helped you develop certain skills and overcome challenges.
Research GSK:
Do you value our values? We like a challenge – do you? Are you inspired by our mission? If yes do your research on GSK, think about the questions you’re going to be asked – even arrange to have a couple of mock interviews. If you know what to expect, you’ll feel more confident and you’re more likely to do yourself justice
Be yourself:
Lastly try and relax and show us your strengths. Our recruitment process is two way and it’s an opportunity for you to understand whether GSK is the right company for you just as much as whether you are right for us.
For all our Early talent roles you need to have real ambition, a genuine interest in your chosen career path and a self-motivated, proactive approach. We look for:
Hear from Darcy, who talks about her experience on the GSK internship and Future Leaders Programme.
We want people with disabilities to be able to access our full range of recruitment and career opportunities. We continue to strive to make our processes accessible to all and have a long-standing commitment to a number of disability organisations such as the Business Disability Forum in the UK. If you share with us that you have a disability we will seek to understand what support you need. We can share with you the exact format of the recruitment process depending on which role you have applied for and then explore with you what level of adjustment you would feel comfortable with.
Some examples of the adjustments we can make are:
Increased time available
We can increase the completion time for the online tests and the preparation time at Assessment centre.
Hard copy
We can arrange for a hard copy version of your tests to be completed within the office.
Contact point
You have the opportunity throughout our recruitment process to speak directly to a member of our recruitment team about your needs and requirements. For any queries please contact Lucy Hegarty lucy.x.hegarty@gsk.com, UK/US/EMEA Early Talent Recruitment Team Lead.
We want our people to do their best work in a way that not only meets the needs of the business but also their individual needs. That’s why we take workplace adjustments so seriously.
GSK has a dedicated team of in-house occupational health experts who have a presence at all UK sites. The team work closely with Environment Health and Safety and Human Resources to proactively ensure they provide the best service in protecting the health of all employees. All new starters at GSK get the opportunity to liaise with our Occupational Health experts who will work with you to assess your requirements and ensure you are able to perform to the best of your ability.
We believe flexible working empowers staff to successfully address the personal and professional requirements and demands that they face at the different stages of their lives. Our approach is to support flexible working arrangements when they can make life better for our employees without negatively impacting on the business. Flexible hours, part-time working, job shares and working from different locations are all examples of thinking flexibly about the way you work.
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