Human Resources Intern

Summary

Join Upstream USA as a Human Resources Intern and gain hands-on experience in various aspects of human resources. You will support employee engagement, total rewards, onboarding, learning & development, and recruitment. This internship provides valuable learning opportunities and exposure to key HR functional areas. The internship is a 10-week, 40-hour-per-week commitment, with a hybrid work model based in the Boston, MA area. The hourly rate is $20/hour. Upstream USA is a national nonprofit dedicated to improving access to contraceptive care.

Requirements

• Pursuing a degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information with discretion
• Understanding of employee file maintenance and
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Enthusiastic about learning and contributing to the HR function

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to the People & Culture team, including maintaining employee records, updating databases, and preparing related documents
• Assist in creating and maintaining employee folders, ensuring all required paperwork is complete and up to date
• Organize and file documents in employee folders, including offer letters, contracts, and performance evaluations
• Support with compliance-related tasks, such as ensuring proper documentation and adherence to policies and procedures with guidance
• Provide support to our HRIS system implementation, including running reports in our current system
• Support the coordination of career ladder development for employees
• Updating job description summaries
• Tracking in 15Five (our talent development software)
• Assist with LinkedIn Learning employee compliance
• High-value activity: facilitate a presentation for a larger audience that is the culmination of the intern's experience working on our People team or present on a special topic of interest. Gain practical experience with facilitation, communication and critical thinking skills
• Assist with the talent acquisition and recruitment process, including posting job openings, reviewing resumes, database updates and maintenance in Greenhouse (our applicant tracking system) and scheduling interviews
• Job description storage assistance in our HRIS
• Contribute to employee engagement initiatives, such as organizing team-building activities, recognition programs, and wellness initiatives
• Assist with survey administration, data analysis, and action planning based on employee feedback; help analyze data to assist in developing an organization wide goals
• Support the onboarding process for new hires which may include welcome packages, facilitating orientation sessions, and ensuring a smooth transition into the organization
• Assist with offboarding activities, such as shadowing exit interviews and processing employee departures
• Additional duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with file management or creating and organizing documents is a plus

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, long and short term disability, 401K with a match, generous vacation, personal, sick and holiday time off, parental leave, professional development, a fitness and cell phone allowance for all full time employees and part time employees who work a minimum of 24 hours per week