HR Assistant Placement

Our academic medical centre trains residents and fellows in over 40 specialties. We operate a Level I trauma centre, a children's hospital and a complete stroke centre. We started in 1933 and have grown to about 1,900 people.

Internship overview:

Houston Memorial Hospital is hiring an HR Assistant Placement for Jan 2027. Remote HR internship for MBA HR, BBA or psychology students. You will handle real HR operations work, mostly in Google Workspace and our HRMS. Our headquarters is in Houston, and about a third of the team works remotely from other countries. You will intern remotely with our team in Houston. We have hosted remote interns from several countries before. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT. Communication happens mostly in Slack and short video calls.

Responsibilities:

• 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
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack

Who you are:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028
• Available for the full internship period
• Ability to keep employee information confidential
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours

Nice to have:

• Interest in HR analytics
• Familiarity with Canva for internal posters and announcements

What you get out of it:

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion
• How onboarding, attendance and payroll inputs connect to each other

Program dates: Jan 2027, 6 months.

Pay: $1,100 - $1,350 per month

Benefits for interns:

• Flexible hours
• Mentorship
• Online learning budget
• Certificate of completion
• Letter of recommendation
• Internet allowance

Duration: 6 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Houston Memorial Hospital.