HR Operations 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.

Overview

Lakeside Water is looking for an HR intern to support onboarding, employee records and internal engagement activities. Fully remote, working with the Employee Experience. Remote within the US. The team meets in Reno once a quarter, travel covered. Normal working hours, Monday to Friday. We use Slack, Notion and Google Meet. Cameras on for team calls.

What you'll do

• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.
• Send pulse surveys through Google Forms or Typeform and analyse the responses.
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving.
• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones.
• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls.

What we're looking for

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2027 or 2028.
• Based in the US for the duration of the internship.
• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work.
• 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.

What you get out of it

• Exposure to employee engagement in a fully remote company.
• Using an HRMS and building HR reports in Excel.
• Certificate and letter of recommendation on completion.

Duration: 10-12 weeks

Start date: May 2027

Stipend: $18.50 to $22.00 per hour

What we offer

• Flexible hours.
• Paid company holidays.
• Paid sick time.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Duration: 10-12 weeks. Start: May 2027.

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