Employee Engagement Intern

About us

Most engagements run three to nine months, with a small team on site part of the week. From Durham, our consultants travel to client sites across North Carolina and beyond.

Overview

The People Team is small and growing. You will help onboard new joiners, update policies, run surveys and keep records clean. The company is based in Durham, the US. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. Remote internship with a team based in Durham. The stipend is paid at the end of each month. Expect to work a schedule that overlaps with US Eastern business hours until about noon ET. Most communication happens in Slack, with short video calls when needed.

Day to day

• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls.
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving.
• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current.
• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets.
• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager.
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.

Requirements

• Can start immediately or within two weeks.
• Students currently pursuing B.Tech, BE, BCA, MCA, B.Sc or a related degree, or fresh graduates (2027 or 2028 batch)
• Pursuing an MBA or PGDM in HR, or a BBA, BCom, BA Psychology or similar, graduating in 2027 or 2028.
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts.
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots.

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $300 - $350/month

What we offer

• Certificate.
• Mentorship from senior team members.
• Letter of recommendation.

Please submit your CV in English.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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