HR Intern

We employ 1,300 people in operations, engineering, customer service and corporate roles. Call centers in Reno and two other locations handle customer service. Pension plan for most employees.

About the internship:

Lakeside Water is hiring an HR Intern for Spring 2027. The Employee Experience is small and growing. You will help onboard new joiners, update policies, run surveys and keep records clean. This role is fully remote within the US. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning. Good written English matters here, since most updates are written.

Responsibilities:

• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off
• Send pulse surveys through Google Forms or Typeform and analyse the responses
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends
• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones
• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager
• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current

Who you are:

• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work
• Ability to keep employee information confidential
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts

Preferred qualifications:

• Interest in HR analytics
• Exposure to an HRMS like Keka, Zoho People, greytHR or BambooHR

What you'll learn:

• Using an HRMS and building HR reports in Excel
• You will draft at least one policy that goes to the leadership team

Program dates: Spring 2027, 4 months.

Compensation: $20.00 - $24.50 per hour

What we offer:

• Home office setup stipend
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager
• Paid sick time
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)
• Return offer opportunities
• Paid company holidays

Lakeside Water provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

Applications are reviewed as they come in.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Spring 2027.

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