Public Policy Associate (Intern) – 12 month contract

Job description

Nombre del sítio: Mississauga Milverton Drive
Fecha de publicación: Feb 13 2024

***hybrid office /home based role ***

Are you energized by the challenge of an ever-evolving environment, rich with complexity and diversity? Are you a proactive, resilient team player with ambition and courage? If so, this Internship role on the Government Affairs team could be an exciting opportunity to launch your career in government affairs.

Job Purpose:

As the Public Policy Associate (Intern),  you will work collaboratively with the Government Affairs team and the cross functional team to help generate innovative thinking and strategic solutions to accelerate performance, build trust and mobilize partnerships to shape policy and support health care solutions.

Details ( Your Responsibilities ) :  

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following :

Successful candidate must have a sense of urgency, leadership and self-starting initiative to:

·  Support the Director and team in developing and implementing GSK’s Policy and External Environment-shaping payer plans
·  Lead a research project to demonstrate the value (ROI) of investing in NACI-recommended vaccines
·  Proactively identify opportunities to centralize processes within the team and create workstreams to improve efficiency
·  Organize and lead weekly team meetings, including managing agenda and tracking
·  Maintain and ensure governance around engagement with government officials

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

·  Candidates should have graduate-level education in the field of law or political science or public health
·  Outstanding interpersonal, communication, negotiation and influencing skills
·  Exceptional project management and leadership skills in a cross-functional matrix team environment
·  Outstanding technical written and verbal communication skills, as well as presentation skills
·  Broad knowledge of healthcare issues and the pharmaceutical / life science industry is an asset
·  Knowledge of Provincial & National drug policy framework
·  Strong track record of delivering results in a quick-changing and high-energy environment
·  Demonstrated ability to develop and execute comprehensive, innovative strategic action plans
·  Proven ability to multi-task across a wide range of complex issues, and to lead complex projects to completion
·  This position is open to applicants legally authorized to work in Canada

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

·  Bilingual (French and English)
·  Proficiency with Excel and analytics tools

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