HR Operations Intern

Headquartered in Pittsburgh, the firm is employee-owned. Consultants are staffed across industries early on, then specialize after a few years. Utilization target for consultants is 75 percent.

About the role:

Briarwater Associates is looking for an HR intern to support onboarding, employee records and internal engagement activities. Fully remote, working with the Employee Experience. Remote, open to candidates across the US. Normal business hours, Monday to Friday, with some flexibility.

Day to day:

• Send pulse surveys through Google Forms or Typeform and analyse the responses
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off
• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager
• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls
• Prepare offer letters, appointment letters and experience letters from templates
• Support the payroll team with input sheets and document checks

Requirements:

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work

Nice to have:

• Interest in HR analytics
• Previous internship or volunteer role in a college placement cell

What you get out of it:

• How onboarding, attendance and payroll inputs connect to each other
• Exposure to employee engagement in a fully remote company
• Day-to-day HR generalist work at a real company, not case studies
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion

Duration: 10 weeks

Start date: Summer 2027

Stipend: $20.50 to $22.00 an hour

Perks:

• Company laptop
• Paid company holidays
• Paid sick time

Most hires start within two to three weeks of an offer.

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Briarwater Associates, LLC.