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Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer healthcare company. Shaped by all of us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for millions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re building together. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.
Future Talent roles at Haleon offer the chance to change the way people see and manage their everyday health. That’s an incredible opportunity. An exciting challenge. And a huge responsibility. We’re always looking for ambitious individuals who are inspired by our purpose to deliver better everyday health, with humanity. And want to help us achieve this goal. Right now we’re looking for industrial placement students in Product Development Scientist to join us to do career defining work.
A career in Oral Health R&D where none of us stand still
This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.
As a development scientist in GSK Consumer Healthcare you are responsible for supporting the creation of Oral Care products by developing formulations and/or providing analysis and evaluation of materials and products at all stages of the development process from laboratory to launch.
What will your individual contribution at Haleon be?
- Support multiple project teams to develop new products and formulations. Apply scientific knowledge, consumer understanding and awareness of regulatory restrictions to the product development process up to and including product launch.
- Design and carry out experiments to characterise and understand products and raw materials.
- Be responsible for the development and implementation of methods or processes.
- Interpret and understand data to draw conclusions and identify next steps.
Benefits
To recognise your dedication, energy and effort, benefits include:
- A salary of £22,500
- An annual bonus linked to performance
- Employee recognition through our global scheme which rewards exceptional achievements
- On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programmes
- Health and wellbeing programmes to take care of your physical and mental health
Who you are
We’re the people changing the future of everyday health. So you will be someone who has:
- Creative and problem-solving thinking
- Strategic/big-picture thinking
- Entrepreneurial and agile mindset
- Strong prioritisation and analytical skills
- Personal accountability
- Business and consumer/customer knowledge and understanding
- Adaptability and resilience in ambiguity
- A desire to learn and have meaningful impact
To enable you to perform in this future talent opportunity:
Education required
You must be on track for a 2:2 or above in a Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Foods, Cosmetics or related science undergraduate degree, but will not have graduated at the start of your placement.
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 will be expected to provide evidence from your university to show you will be an undergraduate student for the duration of the placement year.
Other requirements
- Demonstrates ability to take initiative, think and work independently, problem-solve, multitask and work effectively in a team.
- Ability to apply scientific learnings, principles and techniques to assigned projects.
- Clear communicator in both oral and written form with both internal departments and external organisations.
- Basic understanding of experimental design and statistics with regards to its application to experimental work.
- Ability to collate, organise and report scientific data from internal and external sources.
- Flair for creativity and innovation
- Basic knowledge or awareness of a variety of analytical techniques e.g. HPLC, GC and Mass spectroscopy
- Basic knowledge or awareness of a variety of pre-formulation techniques e.g. DSC, TGA, TAM, DVS, particle size determination, microscopy, Rheology etc.
- Computer literate.
Diversity, equity and inclusion
At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.
We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.
We flex the way we work so we can be at our best, where possible, and with agreement between line manager, team and individuals. We acknowledge not all colleagues can flex locations depending on their roles and that we don’t have all the answers. Yet.
We invite you to apply as soon as possible. The way we see it, every day is an opportunity. And we are joined by new talent, every day. We accept ongoing applications and will close this vacancy once we have enough applications.
Assessment centre dates: assessment centres/interviews will commence from November onwards
Role start date: June 2023