People Operations Internship - Amsterdam

Welcome to SkillLab

SkillLab is working with employment and career services in 30+ countries and seeks to transform labor and education markets globally.

• You will experience the culture of a technology start-up and work in an international environment with SkillLabers from 30+ countries.
• You will create an impact on SkillLab by supporting various people operations initiatives and projects
• You will work closely with the Internal Operations team, as well as other functions when needed.
• You will gain hands-on experience in event organization and people ops workflows in a tech company of 65+ people.

Your team

You will directly work with Felix, one of Skilllab co-founders leads the internal operations team. Furthermore, you will cooperate with:

• Tais (People Operations Coordinator and Office Manager) to support the organization of our autumn company-offsite and winter company day
• Rwitu (HR Business Partner) to support our Q3 performance management cycle
• Elsa (Recruitment & People Operations Specialist) in various ad-hoc recruitment tasks.

Other people that make up the internal operations team include Tanya (Finance Generalist) and Halvor (Information Security & Data Privacy). As the internal ops team we ensure the smooth running of SkillLab as an organization and support our beloved SkillLabers.

Learn more about the team here: https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/building-the-foundation-inside-skilllabs-internal-operations

We are proud of the people we work with and excited to work at a company with a strong social mission. We hope you will be too!

• You will support Felix, Tais, Elsa and Rwitu in their work. Through supporting smaller tasks, you will get an insight into event organization, hiring, performance management and other HR topics etc.
• You will manage your own projects (e.g. supporting our team leadership development, or doing desk research to find external suppliers

• You are a generalist with a strong interest in learning about how to run people operations for a technology company.
• No prior work experience or relevant study are needed.
• You value attention to detail and have a passion for creating exceptional experiences.
• You are a team player but at the same time you can work independently and prioritize your work.

• You have prior internship / work experience or university / volunteering projects related to people operations / HR.

• You are currently enrolled as a student or graduated within the last 12 months.
• You are eligible to work in the Netherlands. We don’t support visa applications for applicants from outside the EU.
• You are able to commit to a six-month full-time (40 hour/week) internship.
• You live in Amsterdam and can commit to office attendance at least three days per week.
• You are eligible to work in the Netherlands. We don’t support visa applications for applicants outside the EU.
• You are currently enrolled as a student or graduated within the last 12 months.
• You are able to commit to a six-month full-time (40 hour/week) internship.

• This is a paid internship. The monthly reimbursement will be 1.000 EUR.
• You can do the internship by living in another city in the Netherlands and commuting to the office 1-2 days per week. SkillLab covers your train commuting expenses to Amsterdam.
• We accept applications on rolling basis and we envision a start date in September 2025.

• You will have a personal learning budget to invest in your professional development.
• You will have access to mentors & coaches (SkillLab is part of the Google for Startups SDG accelerator).
• You will have access to a monthly flexible budget of benefits via Alleo app. You can spend this budget on a large selection of providers, ranging from gym memberships to bike subscriptions and online stores.
• You will join our bi-annual company offsite retreats in different locations like Belgium, Germany etc.

1. You apply for the role and we review your profile.
2. We will invite you for a short screening call.
3. We will invite you for a 60min interview if we find that you are a good fit. The interview will involve you preparing a short assignment.
4. We will offer you the internship and discuss logistics, if we think that you are the ideal candidate for the role.

• This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the internship position and may be subject to change based on the organization's requirements and priorities.
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• SkillLab is committed to diversity, equality and inclusion at the workplace. We welcome applications of candidates from all backgrounds. Read more about DEI at SkillLab: https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-skilllab