BE: HR Trainee

Company Information

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, we are developing advanced cell therapies across a diverse array of technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. 

Legend Biotech entered into a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel) in 2017. Our strategic partnership is designed to combine the strengths and expertise of both companies to advance the promise of an immunotherapy in the treatment of multiple myeloma.

HR Internship

Are you ready to jumpstart your career in Human Resources? Then join our dynamic team as an HR Intern and gain hands-on experience, backed by experienced professionals who are great and fun colleagues too. Perfect combo, right?

What can you expect?

 As an HR Intern, you will engage in a variety of tasks and projects that will stretch your skills and broaden your understanding of the HR field. Here is what you will be doing:

• Recruitment and Employer Branding: You support the talent acquisition team during the entire recruitment process (drafting and posting of job ads, screening of CVs, interviews, etc.). You also think about and create attractive employer branding material.
• HR Policies: You participate in the development and optimization of our HR policies, ensuring they align with both legal standards and our company values.
• Compensations and Benefits: You assist in reviewing and designing compensation structures and benefits packages that motivate and retain employees.
• Training and Development: You support the creation of annual development plans aimed at the professional growth of our employees.
• Communications: A crucial part of your internship is communication, both internally and externally. You get plenty of opportunities to use your creative skills and create engaging content that encourages employee engagement and contributes to a positive work environment.

Depending on your talents and interests, we can obviously focus more on certain HR domains.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for an enthusiastic intern, who is not only eager to learn but more important has a lot fo gusto to go for it with us because our HR ambitions are sky-high. We think our perfect intern has the following qualities but correct us if you think we are wrong 😉 We are very open-mineded.

• Education: You are pursuing a degree in Labor and Organizational Psychology, Business Psychology, Human Resources Management, or a related field of study. The duration of your internship is at least 12 weeks.
• Experience: Previous internship experiences are a nice plus, but not a must-have.
• Languages: You are proficient in English and Dutch, with strong written and oral communication skills.
• Strengths: You are known for your accuracy, your focus, and the positive energy you bring to the team. You are a teamplayer, but you can also work well independently.
• Expertise: You have a knack for planning, and you know know your way around in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel)

What do we offer?

We offer you an exciting learning environment where you can really develop your HR skills. You will receive guidance from experienced professionals and be introduced to different HR domains. We put your professional growth first so you can get the most out of your internship.

Convinced? Then apply today and help us shape the future of HR within Legend Biotech in Ghent.

About Legend Biotech
Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company developing, manufacturing, and commercializing innovative and life-saving cell therapies in the fight against diseases that are considered intractable and incurable, including cancer.

Since our establishment in 2014 in Somerset, New Jersey, we have grown into a company of more than 1,900 employees spread across six manufacturing units worldwide. Two of these are in Ghent: Obelisc (Technologie Park, Zwijnaarde) and Tech Lane (Eilandje Zwijnaarde)

In Ghent, Legend Biotech focuses on producing its advanced CAR-T therapy for the treatment of multiple myeloma, a common but difficult-to-treat blood cancer, and on bringing this live-saving therapy to patients in Europe and far beyond.

Creating hope and new opportunities for patients and contributing to a future where all cancers are curable is what everyone drives here at Legend Biotech, regardless of their role or function.

Apply now and join us in our mission to transform the world of oncology and medicine, one patient at a time.

Legend Biotech is a proud equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to attracting, retaining, and maximizing the performance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is Legend’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, national origin, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status, uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Legend Biotech maintains a drug-free workplace.