HR internship September 2023 - Waterloo
You want to work in a company that appreciates HR and allows HR the freedom to innovate? Then this role is for you!
You're passionate about people and interested into the World Data and Life Science? You are eager to learn about the different aspects in HR and Talent Acquisition and you want to help shape a strong employee branding and experience for our Keyrusians? You are available as from September for at least 3 months?
Then we are looking for you as our next HR intern!
As a key player in Consulting and Technologies, Keyrus Life Science believes that it is only by making sense of data that mankind can solve the major health challenges it faces.
Job Description
During your internship, you will work alongside the Human Resources and Recruitment team and assist in implementing the defined HR strategy and goals. Our mission is to be a strategically-driven team that plays a vital role in Keyrus’ sustainable growth through attracting, developing and retaining the right people. We want to create a culture of agility and high performance where innovation in the latest HR & recruitment concepts helps us assist in change and unlocks the full potential of Keyrus and every person during their successful employee journey.
You will create a close relationship with the managers and team coaches to help them with HR related issues, like training. You use your intellectual curiosity to gain knowledge in competencies, career tracks, HR policies and processes as well as recruitment. You also love to get your creative mind working to create strong and clear messages towards our candidates and employees and come with new ideas for our ongoing projects or current HR processes.
The impact you will make:
- Help to build a learning culture: gather the training needs, book training courses (internal + external), promote learning, manage cefora subsidies
- Assist in the On-boarding new employees, preparing to welcome newcomers and keeping all information accurate and relevant
- Support the HR & TA team in creating HR news and sharing it on our social media (including job adverts, newcomers, projects, birthdays, office news, certifications etc.)
- Attend and help in the organization of HR & TA events (Knowledge information sessions, team buildings, job fairs, university days, networking events,…)
- Assist in the implementation of strategic HR & TA projects and, depending on your personal interest, carry out other TA/HR related projects
- Learn and become autonomous in sourcing people within the industry of Technology and Consulting, coached by our experienced Talent Acquisition team. Use our Tracking System and various job boards as well as more creative techniques to find candidates who fit in at Keyrus
- Create attractive job descriptions representing the heart and essence of Keyrus, advertising and then managing the responses. You will take ownership of one vacancy, handling all advertising and responses autonomously
The volume of the tasks can be adapted to your interest in one of the HR domains (recruitment, learning & development, performance management, projects).
Profile
- Bachelor or Master preferably in Psychology, HR or any related field, studying at a Belgian school
- Fluency in French or Dutch and English is essential, with excellent verbal and written communication capabilities
- You are seeking for an internship of at least 3 months beginning as from September
- You have a positive energy, dynamism and enthusiasm when it comes to talking to people
- You are able to work autonomously in a structured and organized way
- You are able to absorb a lot of information and structure it in a clear way
- You are willing to learn and stay up-to-date with the latest HR and recruitment trends
- You find pleasure in creating strong and clear messages on social media
- You are willing to learn and take feedback as an opportunity to grow
- You have an affinity with technology and an intellectual curiosity to understand the importance of technology
- You believe the right people doing the right thing at the right time is a critical success factor in a company
What we offer
Keyrus Life Science offers a great working environment, which means you will be surrounded by a group of growing talent as well as experts, all sharing their ideas to help you evolve in your career. This internship can create a pathway to recruitment, HR, sales or consultancy.
You will be given support and advice by your experienced Human Resources colleagues as well as managers whilst also working with a team of like-minded professionals with expertise in diverse HR areas who are eager to share their experience with you. You will receive personalized coaching and guidance in gaining knowledge in many aspects of Human Resources and Talent Acquisition.
You will be part of a team that is always looking for new innovative ways in HR and Talent Acquisition to help improve our internal services. Through our many fun activities you will get the opportunity to meet many colleagues.
A mileage allowance can be agreed upon as a compensation for your work-home commute.
Who we are
Keyrus Life Science is an international Consulting, Contract Research Organisation and Functional Services provider with a reputation for transparency and integrity, highly focused on being able to deliver with excellence. Our ‘human’ approach to service provision is what differentiates us from our competitors. Combined with our high caliber staff, this approach has allowed us to become a key player in clinical research.
At Keyrus Life Science we’re proud of our commitment to delivering services of the highest quality, not only skillfully, efficiently and reliably, but also with sincerity and genuine care for our clients’ projects, priorities and reputation. Thus we maintain and advance our vision and our standards, all the while ensuring that we serve your interests better
From early- to late-stage drug development, our range of services includes: Project Management, Clinical Operations, Pharmacovigilance, Quality Assurance (GxP), Regulatory Affairs Strategy & Support, Data Management, Medical Review & Coding, Biostatistics, Medical Writing & Medical Information, Real World evidence services.
- Department
- Practice HR
- Role
- Talent Acquisition Specialist
- Locations
- Waterloo, Belgium

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Workplace & Culture
Our offices are the place where you are always welcome when you are not working on client's site or from home. Every single person that joins us is met in a personal and unique way.
What is really common to all of us, is the envy to contribute to the improvement of people’s health. Every employee being part of Keyrus Life Science is therefore fully committed to making the world a better place to live.
With us, you will be part of our family and feel our human approach culture as of Day 1!
HR internship September 2023 - Waterloo
You want to work in a company that appreciates HR and allows HR the freedom to innovate? Then this role is for you!
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