HR Operations Intern

Environmental permitting and compliance consulting is the newest practice area. Our consultants implement and support ERP systems, mostly SAP, Oracle NetSuite and Microsoft Dynamics.

The internship:

Remote HR internship for MBA HR, BBA or psychology students. You will handle real HR operations work, mostly in Google Workspace and our HRMS. Remote position. Most of the team is in Worcester, but nobody is required to come in. We do not have many meetings. Most updates happen in writing. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.
• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.
• Support the payroll team with input sheets and document checks.
• Send pulse surveys through Google Forms or Typeform and analyse the responses.

Who can apply:

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program, graduating 2028.
• 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.
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work.

What you'll learn:

• You will draft at least one policy that goes to the leadership team.
• How onboarding, attendance and payroll inputs connect to each other.
• Exposure to employee engagement in a fully remote company.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Jan 2027

Stipend: $19.00 - $27.00 an hour

What we offer:

• Home office setup stipend.
• Flexible hours.
• Return offer opportunities.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Mentorship from a dedicated buddy and manager.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Jan 2027.

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