Human Resources Intern

Company Description

OUR NATIONAL CONVERSATION (ONC) seeks to reduce partisanship and promote effective solutions to America’s challenges. Powered by America’s youth, we host a media outlet, produce educational materials and facilitate dialogue intended to make America a better country.

Job Description

Job Description: The Human Resources Intern contributes to ONC’s mission of providing nonpartisan news, opinions, and policy solutions by completing essential tasks on the Human Resources team. The HR intern is responsible for gathering information to craft role descriptions, screening applicants, scheduling interviews, onboarding new interns, maintaining internal paperwork, and assisting with offboarding. The HR intern will also have opportunities to participate in other HR-related tasks and projects within the HR department based on their interests. This intern will work closely with the HR Team Lead and Director of Human Resources while also working independently. 

This position is remote, with work primarily conducted over Zoom and Slack, so applicants must be comfortable coordinating in a remote environment and are expected to maintain a high level of communication. This internship would last until the end of the Fall semester at ONC (December 30, 2025).

Benefits: Flexible schedule, college credit, professional networking, and resume-building experience.

Compensation: This is not a paid position.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with various tasks throughout the full recruitment life cycle.

• Contribute to research to create and maintain accurate and detailed role descriptions.

• Screen and evaluate applicants to identify good-fit candidates.

• Schedule and coordinate interviews.

• Facilitate the onboarding process for newly onboarded interns and volunteers.

• Maintain internal paperwork and documentation.

• Assist with offboarding procedures.

• Collaborate closely with the HR Team Lead and Director of Human Resources.

Qualifications

• Current student working towards a degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial/Organizational Psychology, and/or related fields.

• Responsive, consistent, and effective communicator in a remote environment. 

• Ability to work remotely and on their own schedule in order to make deadlines.

• Google Workspace experience required.

• Experience with data-keeping preferred.

• Satisfactory organization skills.

• Ability to keep information confidential.

• Knowledge of Canva and SignNow a plus.

• Ability to attend weekly All-hands meetings.

• Ability to attend weekly HR team meeting.

• Must be authorized to intern in the U.S.