Communications Intern (m/f/d)

Roche fosters diversity, equity and inclusion, representing the communities we serve. When dealing with healthcare on a global scale, diversity is an essential ingredient to success. We believe that inclusion is key to understanding people’s varied healthcare needs. Together, we embrace individuality and share a passion for exceptional care. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

At Roche, we believe it’s urgent to deliver medical solutions right now – even as we develop innovations for the future. We are passionate about transforming patients’ lives, and we are fearless in both making decisions and taking action. And we believe that good business means a better world. That is why we come to work each day. We commit ourselves to scientific rigor, unassailable ethics, and access to medical innovations for all. We do this today to build a better tomorrow.

Roche Diagnostics is home to more than 37,000 people across 50+ countries working to develop solutions and services that advance human health. Each one of us within Roche Diagnostics Communications is responsible for our company’s success. With our communications expertise, we drive conversations and share our powerful story with employees, customers, patients, thought leaders, journalists and other key audiences. We help to build a culture that employees and customers are proud to be a part of, and in turn, have an impact on healthcare. We work with our colleagues to help shape and protect the company’s reputation through strategic, proactive communications that engage, inform and inspire our external audiences, colleagues and collaborators.

This internship position will support the global business working across key strategic areas including crisis and issues, media, policy and key disease areas such as Alzheimer’s and cardiovascular disease.

Reporting to a senior member of the Integrated Portfolio Communications team, this internship position will involve building a deeper understanding of the role of communications in supporting our business. You will have the opportunity to offer new ideas and contribute towards enhancing our reputation globally.

In this position, you will:

• Participate in communications planning and tactical implementation

• Develop engaging internal and external creative content for a variety of media, including social media and websites

• Support key product launches

• Support the media relations lead to deliver the global media relations strategy

• Manage fortnightly calls to track crisis and media alignment across the business

• Support the crisis and issues preparedness programme

• Help deliver the global spokesperson academy programme and managing updates to the spokesperson database

• Liaise with colleagues across the business on communication for priority business areas, such as Alzheimer's and CVD

• Work alongside the policy and advocacy lead and intern to deliver communications that support our key policy work

• Evaluate the success of communications activities and campaigns and make recommendations for future improvements

• Support the team with administration and logistics for meetings and events

Who you are:

We are looking for a flexible, proactive and highly motivated individual with an inquisitive mind, who is always asking questions and thinking ahead. We seek a team player, someone who is highly collaborative and with excellent attention to detail.

• Currently enrolled in or recently graduated (within the past 12 months) from a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Public Relations, Communications, or Journalism

• A strong interest in copywriting with a focus on writing for media and digital channels

• Aptitude for translating complicated topics into easy-to-understand stories

• Excellent attention to detail and a high level of organisational skills

• Good time management skills and the ability to work to deadlines

• A proactive and systematic team player who can demonstrate initiative and independence when required

• An enthusiastic learner with interest in global health and diagnostics

• Fluency in English (verbal and written); German a distinct advantage

The planned start date of the internship is a s soon as possible or upon availability. The duration of the internship is 6 months with a possibility to extend.

To be considered, please send us your complete application merged into one PDF including

• CV

• Motivation Letter (including desired start date & duration)

• A certificate of enrollment

• For non-EU/EFTA citizens: Certificate from the university stating that an internship is mandatory (required due to regulations). Please upload it together with your application documents.

Roche embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are dedicated to building a team that represents a range of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.

If you still have questions, then please check our FAQs and videos on https://careers.roche.com/global/en/faq

Who we are

At Roche, more than 100,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we’ve become one of the world’s leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Basel is the headquarters of the Roche Group and one of its most important centres of pharmaceutical research. Over 10,700 employees from over 100 countries come together at our Basel/Kaiseraugst site, which is one of Roche`s largest sites. Read more.

Besides extensive development and training opportunities, we offer flexible working options, 18 weeks of maternity leave and 10 weeks of gender independent partnership leave. Our employees also benefit from multiple services on site such as child-care facilities, medical services, restaurants and cafeterias, as well as various employee events.

We believe in the power of diversity and inclusion, and strive to identify and create opportunities that enable all people to bring their unique selves to Roche.