About us
Hanover is an award-winning communications consultancy that advises enterprises, institutions, and individuals on building recognition and enhancing reputation.
From our offices across Europe and the Middle East, we adopt an integrated approach that connects the dots across channels, audiences and issues.
Our collective of smart, curious people think differently and live by a shared mission, purpose, vision, and values. These shape how we work, not just with our colleagues, but with clients and partners too.
Our mission is to ‘rewire communications for impact’ and harness its transformative power to advocate, trailblaze and make a difference.
We do this by igniting and empowering the potential of every individual within our company, recognising that each person is a unique spark, capable of creating extraordinary impact. We believe that by nurturing and harnessing the collective brilliance of our people, we can drive innovation, foster an uncommon work culture, and make a positive difference to society.
Embracing the complete range of skills and services across the communications spectrum without constraint, we create the best outcomes for our clients and deliver world-class work.
We are seeking one Intern who is passionate about healthcare/chemicals to join our Life Science Advocacy team at Hanover.
Our healthcare team consists of a 3 full-time experts advising international life science companies and trade association.
You'll have the opportunity to work with a diverse range of clients on a EU and Global level, from the world's top healthcare companies to exciting new start-ups, ultimately helping patients and life science professionals across numerous disciplines.
This is an ideal opportunity for bright and driven individuals who are looking to break into the world of life science/chemicals public affairs. There will be on-the-job training, networking opportunities, as well as invitations to attend training courses related to the industry.
About You
We highly encourage people with a diversity of backgrounds to apply. The successful candidate's responsibilities will include helping drafting policy materials, policy monitoring, evaluation and research services, events support (organization and attendance) as well as administrative support with clients and for new business activity.
Skills and experience:
- A keen interest in healthcare and life science as well as in chemicals
- Strong understanding of the EU institutions and the EU decision-making process.
- Previous relevant internship experience in one of the EU institutions or healthcare/chemicals-relevant advocacy organisations.
- Experience at other agencies is an advantage.
- Knowledge of EU healthcare/chemicals policies and general functioning of the EU institutions.
- Strong research and analytical skills.
- Excellence in written and spoken English is essential.
- Fluency in other European languages is an advantage.
- Strong personal time management and organisation skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines.
- Accuracy and close attention to detail.
- Strong writing and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to operate effectively and collaboratively as part of a team.
- Comfortable with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
The Internship will be paid. Brussels-based, our hybrid working requires you attend our Square de Meeus office three days a week.
Start Date: ASAP
Hanover is an equal opportunities employer, committed to encouraging a balanced workforce within our company and the wider industry.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Statement +
Hanover Communications is an equal opportunities employer, committed to creating and ensuring a fair, inclusive, and diverse work environment where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We believe that equality and diversity are essential to high performance and a thriving culture.
We maintain a strict no-tolerance stance against any form of discrimination and harassment, ensuring all individuals are treated equitably, irrespective of their race, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, marital or pregnancy status, genetic background, or any other attribute safeguarded under our company policies or federal, state or local laws and legislation.
We want to ensure that our hiring process is accessible. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, please send an email to recruitment@hanovercomms.com with the nature of your request.
We are committed to transparency about how we collect and use your data, including ensuring we comply with legal obligations relating to data protection. You can view our data privacy policy here.
Hanover is part of AVENIR GLOBAL’s powerhouse of specialist communications consultancies across EMEA and North America. Collectively we rank among the top 15 largest communication firms in the world.
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