HR Intern

Role Purpose

• Provide operational and administrative support to the Engineering & Product HR team. This role is designed as a learning opportunity within our Graduate Programme, where the intern will assist with the employee lifecycle, data maintenance, and HR documentation, gaining hands-on exposure to human resources practices in a fast-paced, tech-driven retail environment.

Requirements

Qualifications & Experience

• N6 Certificate in Human Resource Management

The skills we need

• Computer Literacy
• Strong Attention to Detail: Ability to handle data and documentation with high accuracy.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Time management and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Google Suite Docs, Sheets, Slides is essential.
• Data interpretation and presentation.

Attributes required

• CollaborativeWorks well in a team environment.
• Creative Energy
• Proactive & Hands-on: Willing to roll up sleeves and get involved.
• Have an opinion and voice it
• Strong communication skills
• Strong problem solving skills
• Agile: Comfortable adapting to changing priorities and fast-paced environments.

Key responsibilities

• Administrative Support: Assist with end-to-end employee lifecycle administration, including onboarding preparation, offboarding documentation, and maintaining accurate personnel records.
• Data & Reporting Support: Help with the collection and verification of HR data, ensuring spreadsheets and systems like Greenhouse are up to date. Assist in preparing basic reports and presentations.
• Process Maintenance: Support the team in maintaining Standard Operating Procedures SOPs and filing systems, ensuring all documentation is compliant and easy to retrieve.
• Communication Liaison: Act as a helpful point of contact for routine employee HR queries, escalating complex issues to the People Practitioner.
• Project Support: Participate in and support ad-hoc engineering and HR projects by performing research, taking minutes, or coordinating meeting logistics.
• This is an 18-month contract

High Level

• At the Takealot Group, our Internship Programme will help you build both technical and soft-skills to launch your career, learning from the best in the business. The Internship program will prepare you for a career in a large-scale and fast-paced environment.
• Every selected Intern gains unique insights into the e-commerce environment with vast amounts of practical experience from daily exposure to a broad range of skills. The program consists of various technical and soft skill courses where you will receive training on a variety of areas.
• You'll be working with some of the strongest professionals South Africa has to offer who bring experience from a multitude of Great Industries.

The Environment

• takealot.com employees are entrepreneurial and dynamic, smart, customer-centric, fun and have the shared ambition of takealot.com being the leading e-commerce company in Africa.
• We have fun, work hard, take ownership, work in teams to create solutions, and are always open to direct feedback/new ideas on where we can improve.
• We are short on ego and high on output.
• We are doers and not only thinkers, it's all in the execution after all.
• We love what we do and what we are creating.