Human Resources (HR) Intern

Founded as a farmers' mutual in 1968, the company is now one of the larger mutual insurers in Australia. Regional offices in Sydney and five other cities support agents and policyholders.

About the role

Part-time or full-time remote role supporting the people team at Sumacward Insurance Agency. Handling confidential data is part of the job, so discretion matters. Our team is spread across 8 countries. Headquarters is in Sydney. This is a remote internship. You will work with our team in Sydney, and the stipend is paid monthly in Pakistani rupees. You will need some overlap with Australian Eastern time in the mornings.

Day to day

• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack
• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager
• 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
• Prepare offer letters, appointment letters and experience letters from templates

What we're looking for

• Based anywhere in Pakistan
• Available for at least 30 hours a week, work from home
• Have a working laptop and a stable internet connection, ideally with a UPS backup
• 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
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots

Duration: 3 months

Start date: Immediately

Stipend: PKR 38,000 to PKR 43,000 per month

What we offer

• Flexible work hours
• Job offer on successful completion
• Pre-placement offer (PPO) for strong performers
• Laptop provided for the internship
• Performance bonus

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 3 months. Start: Immediately.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Sumacward Insurance Agency.