HR Intern

Who we are:

Since 1926, the organization has grown from one shelter into a network of sites across Pennsylvania. Development, finance, compliance and HR teams in Philadelphia support program staff in the field. Evening and weekend events come up a few times a year.

The internship:

Walker Outreach is looking for an HR intern to support onboarding, employee records and internal engagement activities. Fully remote, working with the People Team. You can work from home anywhere in the US. We have no office requirement. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday.

Day to day:

• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack
• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets
• Prepare offer letters, appointment letters and experience letters from templates
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving
• Send pulse surveys through Google Forms or Typeform and analyse the responses
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends
• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current

What we're looking for:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours
• Ability to keep employee information confidential
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet

Bonus points:

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

Duration: 16 weeks

Start date: Spring 2027

Stipend: $20.00 to $24.00 an hour

Perks:

• Home office setup stipend
• Paid sick time
• Company laptop
• Paid company holidays

Duration: 16 weeks. Start: Spring 2027.

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