HR Intern

About us:

Since 1956, the agency has placed crop and farm coverage across New York. We started in 1956 and have grown to about 120 people. January renewals keep everyone busy for a few weeks.

About the role:

Get hands-on HR generalist exposure: documentation, attendance tracking, engagement activities and HR analytics in Excel. Remote within the US. The team meets in New York City once a quarter, travel covered. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish. You will write a lot of updates, so clear written English is important.

Day to day:

• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones.
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving.
• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current.
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.
• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager.

Requirements:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work.
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law.
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots.
• Ability to keep employee information confidential.

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with Canva for internal posters and announcements.
• Interest in HR analytics.
• Previous internship or volunteer role in a college placement cell.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $19.50 - $26.50 an hour

What we offer:

• Paid company holidays.
• Company laptop.
• Intern events and speaker sessions (virtual)

Duration: 5 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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