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.