Communications and Government Affairs intern

Business Introduction
GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.
Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.
Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.


Position Summary
You will join the Communications and Government Affairs team in Taiwan. You will work closely with communications, policy, legal and business colleagues across the region. We value clear writing, thoughtful judgement and collaborative working. This role offers hands-on learning, meaningful impact on public and policy conversations, and a chance to grow while contributing to GSK’s mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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

• Draft clear, audience-focused briefings, messages and presentation materials for internal and external stakeholders.
• Support engagement with government, policy makers and external partners through meeting preparation and follow-up materials.
• Monitor and summarise policy, media and stakeholder developments relevant to our priorities in Taiwan.
• Help plan and deliver communications campaigns across digital and offline channels.
• Prepare concise briefing notes and Q&A documents for spokespeople and senior colleagues.
• Support cross-functional projects to ensure communications and policy considerations are included early.

Responsibilities

• Write and edit briefings, statements, presentations and social content that are accurate and easy to understand.
• Turn complex information into clear messages for different audiences.
• Support coordination with government affairs and policy colleagues to align external engagement.
• Track media and policy conversations and provide short, actionable summaries to the team.
• Assist in planning and running stakeholder meetings, events and internal briefings.
• Contribute to measurement, reporting and continual improvement of communications activity.

Why You?

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals

• University degree or current enrollment in communications, public policy, political science, journalism, international relations, or a related field.
• Strong written and spoken Chinese (Mandarin) and good English communication skills.
• Experience producing concise briefings, messages or presentation materials.
• Comfortable working with cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Good judgement, discretion, and ability to handle sensitive or confidential information.
• Right to work in Taiwan and willingness to work on-site as required.

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

• Previous experience in government affairs, public affairs or policy research.
• Experience with media monitoring, analysis or stakeholder mapping.
• Familiarity with digital and social media communications and basic content creation.
• Project management experience and ability to meet tight deadlines.
• Experience supporting senior leaders or preparing spokespeople.
• Understanding of Taiwan’s health policy, regulatory or political landscape.

Working arrangements
This role is on-site in Taiwan with some flexibility for hybrid working based on team needs and performance.

How to apply
If this role feels like the right step for you, we encourage you to apply. Tell us about your experience and what you would bring to the Communications and Government Affairs team in Taiwan. We welcome applications from people with different backgrounds and perspectives.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and providing equal opportunities for all applicants. We embrace an agile working culture across our roles, so if flexibility is important to you please discuss opportunities with our hiring team. If you need any adjustments to the recruitment process to help you demonstrate your strengths and capabilities, contact APACRecruitment.Adjustments@gsk.com. Please note this email is for adjustment requests only; for other enquiries please use our standard contact channels.

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