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Development Intern

San Diego, CA · On-site

$16 - $21.25/hr

The intern will assist the American Lung Association San Diego staff to execute fundraising and special events activities to gain experience in the field of non-profit fundraising, event management ...

Finance & Accounting Intern

San Diego, CA

$17 - $21.50/hr

Intern, Finance and Accounting Reports to: Senior Director, Finance and Accounting About Tang ... Essential Duties and Responsibilities * Assist with the month-end close process, including ...

Finance & Accounting Intern

San Diego, CA · On-site

$17 - $21.50/hr

Intern, Finance and Accounting Reports to: Senior Director, Finance and Accounting About Tang ... Essential Duties and Responsibilities * Assist with the month-end close process, including ...

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What is an assistant intern?

Assistant Interns are entry-level professionals who support teams or individuals within an organization, often while gaining practical experience in their field of interest. Their tasks typically include administrative duties, scheduling, data entry, and assisting with projects or research. Assistant Interns work under supervision and are expected to learn on the job, develop workplace skills, and contribute to daily operations. This role is commonly filled by students or recent graduates seeking hands-on exposure in a professional environment.

What is the difference between Assistant Intern vs Intern?

AspectAssistant InternIntern
Required CredentialsTypically enrolled in or recent graduate of relevant educational programsUsually students or recent graduates seeking experience
Work EnvironmentSupports team members, performs assigned tasks, often in office settingsAssists with projects, learns industry practices, often in similar settings
Employer & Industry UsageCommon in corporate, nonprofit, and government sectorsWidely used across various industries for entry-level learning roles
Search & Comparison IntentPeople comparing entry-level support roles with internship positionsIndividuals exploring internship opportunities or entry-level support roles

In summary, an Assistant Intern typically supports teams with specific tasks and may have more defined responsibilities, while an Intern focuses on learning and gaining experience. Both roles are entry-level and often overlap in work environment and industry usage, but the Assistant Intern may be slightly more integrated into ongoing projects.

What skills and qualifications are needed to thrive as an assistant intern?

To thrive as an Assistant Intern, you need strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and basic proficiency in office applications, often supported by enrollment in or completion of a relevant academic program. Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite, email platforms, and collaboration tools like Google Workspace is typically expected. Proactivity, eagerness to learn, and effective communication help interns stand out in supporting teams and adapting to new tasks. These skills and qualities are crucial for efficiently contributing to projects and maximizing learning opportunities in a professional environment.

What does an assistant intern do?

As an Assistant Intern, you'll typically handle a mix of administrative and project-based tasks, such as scheduling meetings, preparing documents, conducting basic research, and supporting team members with day-to-day operations. These responsibilities are essential for keeping workflows organized and ensuring that projects move forward smoothly. Your contributions help free up time for other team members to focus on higher-priority tasks, making you an integral part of the team’s success. Interns often gain exposure to various departments, which is a valuable opportunity to learn about the organization and build professional skills.
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Lab Assistant (Intern), Analytical Development

Catalent Pharma Solutions

San Diego, CA

$20/hr

Part-time

Posted 5 days ago


Catalent rating

7.6

Company rating: 7.6 out of 10

Based on 55 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

60th of 86 rated pharmaceutical


Job description

Lab Assistant (Intern), Analytical Development

Position Summary:

  • Work Schedule: Part-time (15-20/hours per week) Monday-Friday between 8am-5pm

  • 100% on-site (San Diego)

Catalent, Inc. is a leading global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO), and Catalent's San Diego facility focuses on early-stage development of small molecule and peptide drug candidates from the bench to the clinic. This facility offers an array of services that support oral and injectable dosage forms that include preformulation testing, formulation and analytical development, cGMP manufacturing and clinical packaging, labeling, and worldwide distribution. Our San Diego location is the home of our Catalent Spray Drying technologies with downstream roller compaction capabilities to support the needs of our client's most challenging compounds.

Catalent Pharma Solutions is hiring a Lab Assistant (Intern) for multiple departments on our San Diego, CA team. Through guided mentorship, the Student Lab Intern program offers students a fun and stimulating environment to gain lab experience and exposure to pharmaceutical chemistry development. Lab Assistants will have the opportunity to learn analytical chemistry techniques such as: volumetric analysis, spectroscopy, and liquid chromatography.

If you are a UC San Diego student and are hired, you are likely eligible to enroll in the UC San Diego School of Biological SciencesCo-Op Program. In addition to paid work experience at Catalent, you'd gain professional development and science communication training through a UC San Diego course for academic credit. (This is the Co-Op Program link:https://biology.ucsd.edu/education/career/co-op/index.html)

**This is a PART TIME, PAID, YEAR-ROUND student internship, and all students are required to commit 15-20 hours per week (NOTE: bachelor's degree graduates will not be considered). To be considered for this San Diego-based internship, you must be able to work on-site weekly**

The Role:

  • Clean laboratory glassware

  • Perform maintenance on designated laboratory equipment and order supplies

  • Prepare buffers and laboratory reagents

  • Document experiments in a laboratory notebook

  • Assist in experiments under the supervision of a full-time Scientist

  • May also perform routine experiments without supervision

  • Learn and comply with all GMP practices in use at Catalent

  • Other duties as assigned

The Candidate:

  • Must have attained a high school diploma/GED and be currently enrolled in a Bachelor's degree program in good academic standing with a major in life sciences (Chemistry, Biochemistry, or Biology). Bachelors graduates are not eligible for this role and therefore will NOT be considered

  • Completion of Organic Chemistry coursework is required. Prior experience in chemistry and chemistry lab techniques are strongly preferred

  • Candidates should be highly self-motivated, organized, and able to work as part of a team

  • Availability to work 15-20 hours per week on-site during the hours of 8am-5pm, Monday-Friday (no exceptions)

  • Housing assistance and/or relocation are NOT available for this role

  • Physical Requirements: On an average day this position requires the ability to walk, sit and stand, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms at or above shoulder height and below waist height, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk and hear, smell and lift up to 25 pounds. Specific vision requirements including reading of written documents, visual inspection of materials and use of computer monitor screen frequently

Pay:

  • The starting hourly compensation for this position in San Diego, CA is $20/hour. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary, and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, business needs, etc. Catalent is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Why you should join Catalent:

  • Awesome employee activities: Movie Day, Monthly Birthday Celebrations, Friday Bagel Breakfast, On-site Fitness Center with machines, on-site yoga and HIIT classes, Sponsored Sports Teams, and several other company-sponsored events that encourages positive employee comradery, which contributes to effectively building positive employee relationships, overall creating a positive work environment.

  • Environmentally friendly green initiatives with on-site practices as well as regularly participating in Beach Clean-up activities for community engagement.

  • Several Employee Resource Groups focusing on Diversity and Inclusion.

  • Competitive salary/hourly rate offering students an amazing company to add to your resume before graduation with exciting hands-on lab experience.

  • Positive and fast-paced working environment focusing on continually improving processes to remain innovative and dynamic.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career! Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.

personal initiative. dynamic pace. meaningful work.

Visit Catalent Careers to explore career opportunities.

Catalent is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process due to a disability, you may submit your request by sending an email, and confirming your request for an accommodation and include the job number, title and location to DisabilityAccommodations@catalent.com. This option is reserved for individuals who require accommodation due to a disability. Information received will be processed by a U.S. Catalent employee and then routed to a local recruiter who will provide assistance to ensure appropriate consideration in the application or hiring process.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Catalent Pharma Solutions (Catalent) is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this job posting. Resumes submitted to any Catalent employee by a third party agency and/or search firm without a valid written & signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Catalent. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral. Thank you.

Important Security Notice to U.S. Job Seekers:

Catalent NEVER asks candidates to provide any type of payment, bank details, photocopies of identification, social security number or other highly sensitive personal information during the offer process, and we NEVER do so via email or social media. If you receive any such request, DO NOT respond- it is a fraudulent request. Please forward such requests to spam@catalent.com for us to investigate with local authorities.

California Job Seekers can find our California Job Applicant Notice HERE.


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Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference.Catalent is committed to the health and safety of its employees, visitors and the customers and patients we serve.

Industry

Pharmaceutical product wholesalers

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Somerset, NJ, US

Year founded

2007

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