HR Assistant Placement

Many clients have been coming in since the firm opened in 2008. Local business owners call with questions year-round, not just at tax time. Founded in 2008, we now have 26 employees.

About the role:

Remote HR internship for MBA HR, BBA or psychology students. You will handle real HR operations work, mostly in Google Workspace and our HRMS. Remote position. Most of the team is in Brisbane, but nobody is required to come in.

Day to day:

• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager.
• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones.
• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets.
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Prepare offer letters, appointment letters and experience letters from templates.
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.

What we're looking for:

• Available for the full internship period.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Eligible to work in Australia.
• Based in Australia for the duration of the internship.
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law.
• Ability to keep employee information confidential.
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.

What you get out of it:

• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion.
• Using an HRMS and building HR reports in Excel.
• You will draft at least one policy that goes to the leadership team.
• Day-to-day HR generalist work at a real company, not case studies.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $28.00 to $39.50 an hour

What we offer:

• Flexible working hours.
• Access to online training.
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview.
• Reference on completion.
• Laptop provided.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Hunter & Company.