People Operations Intern (Remote)

About Reading Associates

Bookkeeping clients still drop off receipts in a shoebox now and then. Busy season means 55-hour weeks from February through April 15, and summers are lighter.

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. Remote within the UK. The team meets in Reading once a quarter, travel covered. Monday to Friday, regular working hours, flexible start and finish.

Day to day

• 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.
• Support the payroll team with input sheets and document checks.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.
• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones.
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving.
• Draft and update HR policies such as leave, remote work and reimbursement, for review by the HR manager.

Who can apply

• Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
• Available for the full internship period.
• Based in the UK for the duration of the internship.
• Eligible to work in the UK.
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work.
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts.
• Good command of MS Excel or Google Sheets: VLOOKUP, filters, basic pivots.
• Ability to keep employee information confidential.

Nice to have

• Interest in HR analytics.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: £9,800 - £12,500 per annum

Perks

• Reference on completion.
• Flexible working hours.
• Paid holiday accrued during the placement.
• Graduate scheme fast-track interview.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

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