People Operations Intern

About us

Volunteers deliver meals, tutor students, sort donations and staff the front desk. We provide emergency shelter, rapid rehousing and case management for families experiencing homelessness. Founded in 1978, we now have 60 employees. The office closes the week between Christmas and New Year's.

Overview

Remote HR internship for MBA HR, BBA or psychology students. You will handle real HR operations work, mostly in Google Workspace and our HRMS. You can work from home anywhere in Australia. We have no office requirement. Few meetings, lots of written updates. Clear written English is a must, as the team works across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets.
• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones.
• Organise virtual induction sessions and keep the induction deck current.
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off.
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.

What we're looking for

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2028.
• Based in Australia for the duration of the internship.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots.
• Ability to keep employee information confidential.
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law.
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts.

Bonus points

• Familiarity with Canva for internal posters and announcements.
• Interest in HR analytics.

Duration: 5 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: $28.50 - $39.50 p/h

Perks

• Reference on completion.
• Access to online training.
• Laptop provided.
• Mentoring from an experienced team member.

Duration: 5 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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