• UK careers
• Students and graduates
• Graduate programmes
• Human resources

Human resources

Key facts

• Two-year development programme
• Open to all degree disciplines
• Minimum 2.1 honours degree required
• Location mobility is a requirement
• Start date is September each year
• Applicants must hold a full UK work permit to cover the duration of the programme

The Programme

Human Resources (HR) is all about equipping our business with the right people and the right skills to help our customers and patients do more, feel better and live longer. Our teams ensure that GSK recognises creativity, collaboration and responsibility, offering our people rewarding careers in terms of development and excellent benefits.

Our new HR graduate programme will provide you with a solid foundation to develop a successful career in HR. We will give you a breadth of experience in the core areas of our HR model, these areas are HR Services, Business-aligned, and Centre of Excellence.

Your experience will be across different areas such as Research, Commercial, Manufacturing, or other relevant business areas. One role will have a special focus on Environment, Health & Safety. The aim is to accelerate your early career development through diverse experiences and put you on the path for a future leadership role at GSK in HR.

Over the two years you will undertake three eight-month rotations. In each challenging placement you will develop a range of business competencies and world class leadership skills. On top of this you will develop an understanding of HR through breadth and knowledge of our different business areas.

In order to be successful on the programme you will need to have a passion for people and their development, along with business understanding. Additionally, we value organisational skills, enthusiasm, taking responsibility and working to deadlines. We are also looking for people who are customer driven, can build strong relationships and are able to adopt a flexible thinking approach.

Training and development

People play a vital role in our success and we are committed to supporting our graduates in developing themselves and their development of others.

Whilst on the programme you will be supported by a sponsors group, a programme manager, your current line manager, a mentor and a buddy. Personal development is achieved through tailored training and development plans highlighting specific individual needs. On top of that we also provide formal training opportunities and coaching to ensure your continued development is on track and you are successfully achieving your goals.

When nearing the end of each placement successful trainees work with the programme manager to identify their next placement opportunity which will be appropriate for individual skills development and the business needs.