• Job Description

  Req#: 379450

  Roles Available in Location: Stevenage, Ware and GSK House (London)

  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”).

  Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be:

  Currently studying an Undergraduate Degree in either statistics, biostatistics, mathematics, engineering or other subject with a substantial quantitative component.

  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 and Ware) or a salary of £23,400 plus a bonus (GSK House)

  Application Closing: Wednesday 11th 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 ?

  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.

  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

  Please read below about the 3 different positions we are recruiting for across our various Biological sciences Industrial Placements. Please note, these are distinct placements and so when you apply you will be able to select preferences of where you would like to be placed if successful . We will accommodate your preference where possible.

  Role 1. Statistician (SPC, Oncology, EDS) – Stevenage and GSK House

  Role 2: Statistician (supporting Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls) – Ware

  Role 3: Translational Statistics – Stevenage

  Role 1 – Statistician (Specialty and Primary Care (SPC), Oncology, Early Development Statistics (EDS)) – Stevenage and GSK House

  GSK are looking for students with strong mathematical/statistical skills, keen to experience the role of a statistician in the pharmaceutical industry. Statisticians working in our Biostatistics department are invaluable contributors throughout drug development and supply, supporting scientists and clinicians in the areas of medicine discovery, design and analysis of clinical trials, as well as non-clinical activities ensuring the quality and safety of products delivered to patients. We offer industrial placement opportunities in both clinical and non-clinical statistics groups. During your year at GSK you will have clear responsibilities and receive training to improve both your technical and personal skills.

  Key responsibilities:

  • Advise clients on the experimental design of studies or clinical trial design ( e.g. sample size, randomisation scheme etc.)

  • Provide statistical analysis, reporting and interpretation of study results

  • Perform peer reviews for output appearing in regulatory files

  • Understand the background and statistical methods important for drug development

  • Use appropriate statistical methodology and software to carry out the above duties

  • Work in close consultation with professional statisticians

  Learning opportunities:

  • Become proficient in SAS programming, R, Statistica or Design Expert software

  • Learn the theory of new statistical methodology and how to apply it by collaborating with highly skilled statisticians and attending training courses

  • Experience the role of a statistical consultant, working closely with cross-functional teams to translate scientific or clinical problems into statistical ones

  • Gain industry knowledge in potentially a wide range of therapeutic areas, overseeing short-term or long-term projects that cover multiple GSK drugs

  Role 2 – Statistician (supporting Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) in R&D or Global Supply Chain) – Ware

  Within this role, you will provide statistical expertise either to:

  • support the Chemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC) of GSK R&D and product transition to Global Supply Chain (GSC).

  • support the Global Supply Chain (GSC) to upscale, improve and maintain current products and manufacturing processes

  This exciting placement offers the opportunity to:

  • Learn the theory of new statistical methodology and how to apply it by attending training courses and collaborating with highly skilled statisticians. Some of these non-clinical methodologies are generally not taught in modern statistics courses (Design of Experiments /Statistical Process Control )

  • Become proficient in statistical programming ( SA S/ R ) and standard software packages ( Statistica / Design Expert )

  • Experience the role of a statistical consultant, working closely with cross-functional teams to translate scientific problems into statistical ones

  • Gain industry knowledge in potentially a wide range of therapeutic areas, overseeing short-term or long-term projects that cover multiple GSK drugs

  • Work in close consultation with professional statisticians

  • Present and report statistical results to clients

  Role 3 – Translational Statistics – Stevenage

  Translational Statistics ( TStat ) is a functional line within Biostatistics providing quantitative support to translational medicine practice, which plays a strategic role in making sure discovery and clinical development activities align with the same ultimate goal in drug development.

  The main tasks of TStat are :

  • Building predictive translational models to quantify the relationship between endpoints, which we call “golden threads”

  • Provide statistical support for clinical biomarkers

  Key responsibilities and opportunities:

  • Get exposure to drug discovery and development process and matrix working environment

  • Partner with senior statisticians in preparing the analysis plan, building the models, QCing the output, compiling and presenting the results to scientists

  • Get hands on experiences in doing statistical analyses and modelling in R with advanced methodologies including nonlinear models, statistical learning methods and Bayesian methods

  • Access to various internal trainings on advanced statistical topics including Quantitative Decision Making, Bayesian Dynamic Borrowing, Dose Response Modelling, etc

  What do we offer you?

  • A salary of £21,400 plus a bonus ( Stevenage and Ware ) or a 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 15 th October 2023 (this is the anticipated date you will need to complete stages 1 to 3 below ) .

  Proposed Assessment / Interview Dates: from 15 th 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 .

  Apply now!

  We’re 100% open to ALL people

  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 .

  Need help with your application?

  Please email us at UK.InternRecruitment@gsk.com or call us on 01582 692870 and let us know how we can help you.

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  Why Us?

  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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

  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.

  As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

  We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

  Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on Ukdiversity.recruitment@gsk.com or 0808 234 4391. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels

  As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

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