Sanofi Australia & New Zealand
Sustainability Intern
Sydney
Opportunity expired
About Sanofi Australia
Sanofi Australia is part of a global healthcare organisation that employs over 100,000 people across 170 countries. Their purpose is to bring hope, relief and cures to patients with the medicines and vaccines that they make. Established in Australia in 1980, their heritage spans 100 years, pioneering medicine across broad therapeutic areas including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, influenza, oncology, immunology, rare diseases and rare blood disorders.
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Your role
Sanofi's Health, Safety and Environment team is seeking a passionate and motivated intern to champion the sustainability initiatives for their Industrial Affairs site in Virginia. Working 2 days a week alongside a supportive team, they will collaborate with you during this time to develop your skills in preparation for your entry into the corporate world.
Your priorities in this role will include:
- Coordinating and implementing the Sustainability Project for the Virginia site.
- Conducting a full waste stream analysis of the site, including incoming materials such as ingredients and packaging.
- Establishing a baseline of current sustainability metrics, including waste, water, gas and electricity usage throughout the site.
- Highlighting and recommending improvements through existing knowledge or research conducted.
- Drafting a sustainability action plan for the site.
Training & development
The Sanofi Internship Program is a 2-month program that offers you the opportunity to gain real-world experience, develop your skills, and prepare for your entry into the corporate world. You will work alongside a supportive team and have a designated mentor to guide you. You will also have monthly catch-ups and workshops with fellow interns to develop your soft skills.
Their iLearn platform hosts the Sanofi University, a portal to upskill and learn from both external and internal trainers. It includes video and podcast formats, allowing employees to take time out and listen on the go. Topics range from everything across mental health tips, productivity and leadership to medical compliance, R&D and digital skills. Read more.
Benefits
Here are some of their benefits:
- Flexibility - Their flexible work programs help their people to balance their career and lifestyle
- Family Care - They recognise the challenges that working families face and offer support to employees who are parents and guardians
- Wellbeing - They invest in a number of programs that support physical, mental and financial wellness
- Read more.
Career progression
They support their people by offering best-in-class leadership and professional development programs, global career progression opportunities, stretch assignments and education assistance to support their people’s career goals. Read more.
Work life balance
They work hard to help people integrate the increasing modern-day demands of work, family and life. They encourage flexibility and help their employees adapt to their diverse lifestyles and locations. From work shares, remote working, flexible hours, and additional leave, to establishing virtual routines such as companywide video coffees, weekly video-led yoga and virtual meditation sessions. Read more.
Culture & vibe
At Sanofi, they recognise the important value of having an inclusive and diverse workforce. They are committed to building a culture where people from all backgrounds feel welcomed and included when they come to work. Having a diverse workforce that represents the wider Australian community is very important to them and they encourage applications from people with disabilities, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, LGBTQIA+ people, and all genders. Read more.
Here's a video of what it is like with Sanofi Australia:
About you
Requirements:
- You must be currently in your penultimate year of an undergraduate degree studying Environmental Science or similar
- You must be able to commit to working 2 days a week at their offices in Virginia
- Understanding of sustainability programmes and corporate social responsibility
- Passionate and enthusiastic about environmental initiatives
- Demonstrated experience or studies in conducting analysis
- Proactive and eager to learn
- Organised with the ability to manage your time efficiently
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Team player with a can-do approach
How to apply
This role is currently closed. If you are interested in this role, simply click "Pre-Register" and Prosple will inform you once this position from Sanofi Australia opens again.
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- Australian Citizen +more
- Property & Built Environment +more
- Bachelor or higher
Reviews
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About the employer
Sanofi Australia & New Zealand
4.2
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Pharmaceuticals
Sanofi is dedicated to supporting people through their health challenges. We are a global biopharmaceutical company focused on human health.
Pros and cons of working at Sanofi Australia & New Zealand
Pros
The exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to ideate and implement your ideas to improve business processes.
Really great and interesting people. Lot's of different cultures and languages spoken around the office. Highly flexible and accepting environment designed to promote work/life balance and support individuals in the ways most applicable to them.
I've found the best thing to be the meaningful challenges that my job has faced me with and in turn has provided me a platform to become a more resilient and capable version of myself. Working flexibly from home is also a great bonus.
Our purpose (improving everyday life for patients), flexible work arrangements and good work culture.
Flexible working hours Teamwork culture Training and development opportunities
Cons
Some of the internal processes can be a bit long.
Bureaucracy, Rewards and recognition, Silo business units, Older workforce.
Sometimes under resourced.
Because the industry is highly regulated and complex, it can be difficult to navigate and requires a lot of time and experience to learn.