HR Assistant Placement

Since 2011, the company has distributed building materials across KwaZulu-Natal. The industrial division stocks bearings, belts and power transmission parts. Founded in 2011, we now have 130 employees. Saturday mornings rotate across branch staff.

The internship

EA Supply is looking for an HR intern to support onboarding, employee records and internal engagement activities. Fully remote, working with the People Team. This role is fully remote within South Africa. We ship you a laptop and accessories before your first day.

Day to day

• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule
• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls
• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off

Requirements

• Eligible to work in South Africa
• Based in South Africa for the duration of the internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Available for the full internship period
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work

What you get out of it

• Exposure to employee engagement in a fully remote company
• How onboarding, attendance and payroll inputs connect to each other
• Using an HRMS and building HR reports in Excel

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: R9,000 - R11,500 a month

Perks

• Mentorship
• Company laptop
• Possibility of a full-time offer

Duration: 3 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at EA Supply.