Graduate Programme Coordinator - maternity cover

Are you an experienced Coordinator who is ready to be challenged and would like to learn about the Global Graduate Programme in Novo Nordisk? Are you looking for an exciting career opportunity to support the team responsible for ensuring the talent pipeline for the future key people in Novo Nordisk?

Then you might be our new Graduate Programme Coordinator. Apply today and join us for a life-changing career!

The position

As a Graduate Programme Coordinator, you will support the Novo Nordisk Graduate Programme, which is a 2-year fast-track talent programme for potential future leaders and specialists where our Graduates take on challenging tasks from day one, rotate between different parts of the global organisation and go through a steep personal- and professional learning curve.

Your main tasks will be:

• Ensure a seamless onboarding experience for the new Graduates, addressing their needs and ensuring a smooth transition.
• Take part in coordinating a large-scale onboarding event in Bagsværd in September.
• Support in the planning of our recruitment processes for the hiring of the next batch of Graduates.
• Manage the Graduate Recruitment Centre for next year's candidates.
• Assist with administrative tasks related to the annual cycle of the graduate programme activities including budget tasks

Furthermore, you will collaborate closely with a team of dedicated Programme Managers and other colleagues, and actively participate in a wide range of tasks ensuring a dynamic work life. This position is a maternity cover expected to be of 12 months’ duration.

Qualifications

We're seeking candidates who fulfil the following prerequisites:

• Minimum 3 years’ experience working in an administrative and coordinating role in an international environment
• Experience with creating and executing onboarding programmes and recruitment processes
• Flair for IT and knowledge of Microsoft 365 and SAP budget systems is considered an advantage
• Fluency in both spoken and written English is a requirement, knowledge of Danish is an advantage

You are a great coordinator able to navigate a variety of tasks simultaneously, who can work independently and enjoys being part of a dynamic team. You are highly structured and able to prioritise a busy workload, with the ability to interact and converse with stakeholders at all levels across the organisation. You are open-minded, solution-oriented, you have an international outlook and a can-do attitude which means you help the team succeed together and contribute to a strong and positive team spirit.

About the department

You will join the Graduate Management team, which is part of the wider Global Early Talent with a total of 20 dedicated employees. We are anchored in Global Talent Acquisition (Global People & Organisation).

The team is passionate, ambitious, informal and, most importantly, great team-workers focused on succeeding together. You will be covering for our Graduate Programme Coordinator, who is going on maternity leave.

In our team we look out for each other, we value the interpersonal relations within our team and our stakeholders, we embrace an environment where we feel comfortable being open and having a diverse opinion and we are respectful towards each other. So, if these values resonate with you, then this could be the right team for you to join.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact

For further information, please contact Amanda Birkkjær Lindegaard (Graduate Programme Coordinator) at [email protected].

Deadline

6th of February 2025

You do not need to attach a cover letter to your application, but please include a few sentences about why you are applying in your CV. To ensure an efficient and fair recruitment process, please refrain from adding a photo in your CV.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.