HR Intern at Standard Investment Bank

Job Overview:

An exciting career opportunity is available for a HR Intern to support our Human Resources team. This role offers hands-on experience in recruitment, employee relations, training coordination, and administrative tasks. Ideal candidates should be detail-oriented, proactive, and eager to learn about HR processes in a dynamic financial environment.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Offer Administrative support in the recruitment and selection procedures including job advertising, shortlisting, interview scheduling, performing background checks and references.
• Assist in maintaining organized and up-to-date HR files.
• Assist in staff onboarding in liaison with the hiring department, including ensuring Day 1 readiness of workstation, creation of Induction plans and tracking probations.
• Assist in the orientation of new employees to the organization
• Support the administration of the various employee benefits including pension, medical, staff loans and welfare benefits vi. Assist with the payroll processes.
• Offer administrative support for all employee engagement initiatives.
• Offer day to day HR Administration support to the employees and handle any ad hoc queries from the employees e.g.HR queries, preparation of letters.
• Any other duties assigned by management from time to time.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Degree in Human Resource Management or Social Sciences from a recognized institution.
• IHRM Kenya will be an added advantage.
• 0-1 years’ proven experience in all functional human resource management areas and in progressively responsible roles, with sound cross-functional experience.
• Must possess a high level of integrity, honesty, maturity, diligence, good attitude, and commitment toward work. • Must be a team player with good interpersonal and communication skills.
• Good understanding and application of statutory and labour laws.

Key Competencies and Abilities

• Proficiency in computer applications; and
• Well-developed people skills, high level of emotional intelligence; excellent interpersonal skills, and ability to develop strong trusting relationships with employees at all levels.
• Effective written/verbal communication skills, active listening, counselling, interviewing, investigating, and report writing.
• Should possess good problem-solving skills
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Possess professional maturity, sensitivity to different cultures, and impeccable integrity.