Internship People Operations and Recruitment Support

Mission to Metrics

The mission of The Ocean Cleanup is to develop advanced technology to rid the world’s oceans of plastic. Therefore, our People & Organization team’s goal is to enable our People in a way that they can thrive in doing the best work to accomplish the mission successfully.

We are looking for a new intern who will get first-hand experience of the day-to-day activities within our People Operations and Recruitment domain, by closely collaborating with our P&O team. You will help strengthen and create a great employee experience for our international crew members by providing administrative support.

Responsibilities

• Deliver general admin support to the P&O team
• Support recruitment with creating a great candidate experience throughout the hiring journey
• Support the hiring process through job creation and organizing interviews for internal stakeholders
• Help the people team with notes and preparing agenda for weekly meetings
• Support with updating administration by drafting agreements, overviews, letters etc., arranging PO’s and systems and take necessary action when needed
• Support in ad-hoc projects

Professional qualifications

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree with a business administration/HR focus
• Excellent knowledge of Excel and other Office 365 applications
• Work experience in a similar position in the People department is nice to have
• Experience with AI and possible applications in P&O would be highly desirable
• Fluent in English, Dutch is a pre

Personal qualifications

• You are a fast learner who can come up with creative solutions
• Analytic and tech-sav-savvy
• You are flexible and willing to jump in to help where needed
• Team player with high cultural awareness and sensitivity
• Strong communication and organizational skills
• Energetic and outside the box thinker
• People and service-oriented
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task

Additional information

• Start date: ASAP
• Candidates are expected to work from our HQ in Rotterdam at least 3 days a week.
• Candidates are required to be enrolled at a University (Bachelor’s/Master's etc program) throughout the duration of the internship.