Early Career Talent Management Associate

Early Career Associate

Job Description Summary

About the role:

The purpose of this role is to support the Early Career (EC) Talent Management CoE team in ensuring that Novartis has the talent, leadership, and skills to deliver on the aim of reimagining medicine. The role maximizes the impact of the talent management across Novartis by supporting the execution of the global early career framework and practices to create a sustainable pipeline of early in career talent who fuel Novartis HQ long-term growth.

Critical for success is to stay highly connected to the central Early Career CoE team and partner with other team members within P&O, Recruitment Marketing, EVP Team, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition - including Learning and other CoEs to ensure critical success. The incumbent will additionally have responsibility for employee branding activities to support our global Early Career efforts.

Job Description

• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with key stakeholders. High degree of professionalism and integrity

Key Requirements:

• Responsible for the managing of selected Early Career HQ programs, ensuring full Early Career Lifecycle Experience is applied consistently
• Full accountability for managing end-to-end hiring process of short-term internships in HQ, ensuring alignment to Early Career strategy
• Supporting the planning of Careers Fairs in Switzerland and other virtual recruitment activities
• Provide support and specific advice for operational tasks to stakeholders, talent acquisition, people managers and interns on Employee Life Cycle Management
• Support external and internal branding activities for global Early Career interventions in close collaboration with Recruitment Marketing
• Contribute to various initiatives within the Global Early Career team and provide support and assistance in various Talent Management projects
•  Support with global reporting and tracking of Early Career KPIs

Essential Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Marketing, Communications, or a related field is pre­ferred.
• 2-4 years of proven experience in end-to-end recruitment activities and Campus recruitment experience preferred

Desirable Requirements:

• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive relationships with key stakeholders. High degree of professionalism and integrity
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization, comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Workday system knowledge required
• Strong project management skills and track record in executing global projects
• Can-do attitude and high flexibility and agility to follow-through on commitments
• Fluency in English required, excellent verbal and written communication skills

Skills Desired

Business Mindset, Collaboration, Customer Service, Human Resources (HR), Operational Excellence, Organizational Savvy, Proactivity, Resilience