People Operations Intern - Summer 2027

Founded as a farmers' mutual in 1933, the company is now one of the larger mutual insurers in the US. Founded in 1933, we now have 9,000 employees.

Internship overview

Stonebridge Assurance is hiring a People Operations Intern for Summer 2027. Get hands-on HR generalist exposure: documentation, attendance tracking, engagement activities and HR analytics in Excel. This role is fully remote within the US. Flexible schedule. We have one team call a day, usually in the morning.

Your projects

• Build simple HR dashboards in Excel: headcount, attrition, joining and exit trends.
• Run online engagement activities like virtual quizzes, birthday shoutouts and town hall polls.
• Assist with performance review cycles by sending forms and chasing pending ones.
• Collect exit interview responses and summarise common reasons for leaving.
• Maintain employee records in the HRMS (Keka, Zoho People or BambooHR) and Google Sheets.
• Answer routine employee questions on leave balance and holidays over Slack.
• Coordinate onboarding for new joiners: documents, laptop request, welcome email and first-week schedule.

Basic qualifications

• Available 40 hours a week for the full internship.
• Authorized to work in the US. CPT and OPT candidates are welcome to apply.
• Basic understanding of HR functions from coursework: recruitment, onboarding, payroll, labour law.
• Responsive on Slack or email during working hours.
• Ability to keep employee information confidential.
• Organised and comfortable with routine documentation work.
• Laptop with MS Office or Google Workspace and stable internet.
• Clear written English for letters, emails and policy drafts.

Preferred qualifications

• Familiarity with Canva for internal posters and announcements.
• Exposure to an HRMS like Keka, Zoho People, greytHR or BambooHR.

What you'll learn

• How onboarding, attendance and payroll inputs connect to each other.
• Using an HRMS and building HR reports in Excel.

Program dates: Summer 2027, 10 weeks.

Compensation: $21.50 - $25.50 per hour

Perks

• Learning and development stipend.
• Flexible hours.
• Paid company holidays.
• Paid sick time.
• Final presentation to leadership.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

This position requires a background check.

Duration: 10 weeks. Start: Summer 2027.

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