People Operations Intern - Remote

Since 1950, the firm has grown through acquisitions of independent advisory practices. Headquartered in Helsinki, the company runs operations centres in Uusimaa and two other locations.

The program:

Culvert Investment Partners is hiring a People Operations Intern for Dec 2026. Remote HR internship for MBA HR, BBA or psychology students. You will handle real HR operations work, mostly in Google Workspace and our HRMS. The company is based in Helsinki, Finland. Our team works from several countries. The internship is fully remote. Interns join our Helsinki team on daily calls and get a named mentor. Core hours are 10:00 to 15:00 CET. We talk mostly in Slack and hop on quick calls when something needs discussing.

What you'll do:

• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Send pulse surveys through Google Forms or Typeform and analyse the responses.
• Support the payroll team with input sheets and document checks.
• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets.
• Track attendance and leave data and flag gaps to managers before the payroll cut-off.
• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones.
• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager.

Who you are:

• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship.
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating 2026 or 2027.
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts.
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law.
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Ability to keep employee information confidential.

Preferred qualifications:

• Interest in HR analytics.
• Previous internship or volunteer role in a college placement cell.

What you'll learn:

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

Program dates: Dec 2026, 4 months.

Compensation: £14.50 - £16.00 p/h

What we offer:

• Home working allowance.
• Mentoring from an experienced team member.
• Flexible working hours.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from everyone.

We may close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Dec 2026.

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