Human Resources (HR) Intern

About us:

More than 9,000 organisations use our HR and payroll suite, from regional hospitals to school districts. Our engineering group is split into roughly 60 product teams, each owning its services end to end, with on-call shared across time zones. We started in 1996 and have grown to about 270 people.

The internship:

Chandrasekara Apps is looking for an HR intern to support onboarding, employee records and internal engagement activities. Fully remote, working with the Employee Experience. Remote within Sri Lanka. The team meets in Colombo once a quarter, travel covered. Few meetings, lots of written updates. You will need a stable internet connection and a backup power source (UPS or inverter).

Day to day:

• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off
• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current
• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving
• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls
• Support the payroll team with input sheets and document checks

What we're looking for:

• Own laptop and a reliable internet connection
• Available for the full internship period
• Based in Sri Lanka
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours
• Pursuing an MBA or PGDM in HR, or a BBA, BCom, BA Psychology or similar, graduating in 2027
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work
• Ability to keep employee information confidential

Preferred:

• Exposure to an HRMS like Keka, Zoho People, greytHR or BambooHR
• Interest in HR analytics
• Previous internship or volunteer role in a college placement cell

What you'll learn:

• Day-to-day HR generalist work at a real company, not case studies
• How onboarding, attendance and payroll inputs connect to each other

Duration: 6 months

Start date: Within 2 weeks

Stipend: LKR 26,000 - LKR 29,000 per month

Perks:

• Job offer on successful completion
• 5 days a week
• Free access to paid learning courses

Duration: 6 months. Start: Within 2 weeks.

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