Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Intern, Summer 2023

Company: Syneos Health - USA
Location: Morrisville
Posted on: March 12, 2023

Job Description:

Description Syneos Health is the only fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization purpose-built to accelerate customer success. We lead with a product development mindset, seamlessly connecting our capabilities to add high-value insights to speed therapies to patients and provide practical value to help our customers achieve their objectives. Our Clinical Development model brings the customer and the patient to the center of everything that we do. We are continuously looking for ways to simplify and streamline our work to not only make Syneos Health easier to work with, but to make us easier to work for. Whether you join us in a Functional Service Provider partnership or a Full-Service environment, you'll collaborate with passionate problem solvers, innovating as a team to help our customers achieve their goals. We are agile and driven to accelerate the delivery of therapies, because we are passionate to change lives. Discover what our 29,000 employees, across 110 countries already know: WORK HERE MATTERS EVERYWHERE Why Syneos Health We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program. We are committed to our Total Self culture - where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture is what unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because when we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives - we're able to create a place where everyone feels like they belong. Our Summer Internship Program An internship with us gives you the opportunity to work side by side with passionate problem solvers on powerful and fulfilling work. Our collaborative culture inspires you to learn from the expertise surrounding you and to share your own knowledge and experience with colleagues. You'll be asked to speak up and challenge the status quo - you have a voice and will be encouraged to use it. Additionally, over the summer, there will be opportunities to participate in events just for our interns: social events with other interns, career development workshops, community service projects, and networking with senior leaders - just to name a few! This Opportunity The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) team is seeking a summer intern to join us to collaborate on efforts to improve, as well as create, DE&I programs at Syneos Health. Our journey is based on our company's values including: challenging the status quo, collaborating to deliver solutions while being passionate to change lives. Our DE&I strategy, goals, and purposeful actions are based on three pillars designed as a global effort to support the intentional and thoughtful way we make a difference at Syneos Health and beyond. We focus on People, Customers, and Community and, as an organization, we strive to impact health worldwide. What You'll Do Participate in research and development of diversity strategies Research best practices to recommend new approaches as well as continuous improvement ideas Assist with data analysis and presentation of diversity related data; use data to report progress and inform decision-making Support employee resource groups (ERGs) community as applicable; provide feedback and solutions for continued success Assess impact and measure progress of DE&I programs and; provide updates to various stakeholders Lead preparation for DE&I focused events, in person and virtually (e.g., DE&I Council Fireside Chats) Create and update PowerPoint presentations and other materials as needed Support registration, tracking, surveys and other program needs Your Skills & Expertise Current pursuit of a bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, or similar discipline Passion for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to learn quickly and apply learning to problems or activities Proactive, self-motivated, and team-oriented Curious, creative mindset with comfort and ability to ask questions and seek answers as needed Get to know Syneos Health Get to know Syneos Health Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 Studies across 73,000 Sites and 675,000+ Trial patients. No matter what your role is, you'll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health . Qualifications Disclaimer Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Job Description. The Company, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms. Any language contained herein is intended to fully comply with all obligations imposed by the legislation of each country in which it operates, including the implementation of the EU Equality Directive, in relation to the recruitment and employment of its employees.

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