Job Description

HR Student Intern
People & Organisation

Cairo, Egypt

Are you ready to kick-start your HR career in a company where your work helps reach 35 million patients every day? Step into a hands-on internship where you'll experience the full employee lifecycle and build a strong foundation in HR operations within one of the world's leading healthcare companies.

Your new role
As an HR Student Intern, you'll be at the heart of our People & Organisation team, supporting recruitment, onboarding, employee administration and internal communications. This is a practical, fast-paced role where you'll learn by doing – gaining exposure to the full HR value chain while contributing to a team that puts people first.

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

• Monitoring and following up on all recruitment positions according to deadlines, and updating recruitment tracking sheets with new hire numbers and initials creation
• Ensuring proper implementation of hiring and exit processes, including filing of personnel documentation for all employees
• Handling HR letter requests and managing timely pension payments for resigned employees
• Coordinating the preparation of all internal assessments
• Updating monthly HR allowances and resignation sheets to support accurate payroll preparation
• Managing Coupa (PO) requests and contract updates
• Preparing communication announcements for new hires and internal events

Your new department
As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

Within our local People & Organisation team, you'll work alongside experienced HR professionals dedicated to attracting top talent, supporting employees throughout their journey and fostering an inclusive workplace culture. Your contribution will directly enable a smooth employee experience and help the business deliver on its ambitious goals.

Your skills & qualifications
We're looking for a curious, organized and proactive HR Student who is eager to learn and build a career in HR. To succeed in this role, you'll bring:

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, for tracking and reporting
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
• A collaborative mindset, professional discretion when handling confidential information, and a genuine interest in people and HR processes

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with determination, constant curiosity and a commitment to finding better ways forward. For over 100 years, this dedication has driven us to build a company focused on lasting change for long-term health. One where diverse thinking, shared purpose and mutual respect come together to create extraordinary results. When you join us, you're not just starting a job – you're becoming part of a story that spans generations.

What we offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

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

At Novo Nordisk, we're not chasing quick fixes – we're creating lasting change for long-term health. For over 100 years, we've been driven by a single purpose: to defeat serious chronic diseases and help millions of people live healthier lives. This dedication fuels our constant curiosity and inspires us to push the boundaries of what's possible in healthcare. We embrace diverse perspectives, seek out bold ideas, and build partnerships rooted in shared purpose. Together, we're making healthcare more accessible, treating and preventing diseases, and pioneering solutions that create change spanning generations. When you join us, you become part of something bigger – a legacy of impact that reaches far beyond today.