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HR Intern (Operations) (Dec 2023)

Location details

On-site

  • Australia

    Australia

    • New South Wales

      Sydney

Location

Sydney

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Opportunity details

  • Opportunity typeInternship, Clerkship or Placement
  • SalaryAUD 56,000 - 57,000 / Year
  • Additional benefitsPro-rata for 3 months
  • Number of vacancies1 vacancy
  • Application open dateApply by 10 Oct 2023
  • Start dateStart date 3 Dec 2023

Job summary

Are you adventurous, innovative, able to move at the speed of light, and interested in using your HR skills to help evolve the way we serve our customers? Are you interested in being part of an HR organisation that operates as a business, starts with our customers and works backward to deliver meaningful products to our business? Are you passionate about changing customerโ€™s lives for the better? Are you passionate about working with a team of HR professionals? 

If this sounds exciting to you, then consider joining us as a HR Intern in our Customer Fulfilment HR team!

Key job responsibilities 
In this role you will partner with business leaders to develop and execute HR strategies focused on talent management, organisational effectiveness, workforce planning, and employee engagement. In addition, you will have the opportunity to own programs that run across the broader HR team. 

Key responsibilities will include:

  • Support employees across a broad range of human resources, benefits, and payroll topics.
  • Manage cases, projects, and key people initiatives.
  • Support with the implementation of engagement and cultural activities.
  • Ensure that employee documentation is complete and accurate.
  • Provide guidance on policies, processes, and systems to customers and team members.
  • Create and distribute standard communications.
  • Audit and analyse key findings.
  • Lead process improvement initiatives.
  • Develop suggestions for improvements to maximise value of resources.
  • Adhere to strict confidentiality standards.

This role is based on site in a Fulfilment Centres either in Sydney or Melbourne which requires working at site to ensure best impact for your customers. 

About the team

You will work with one of our experienced and high performing HR teams onsite who will support your development and growth and embed you as part of their team.  

We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and leveraging our unique perspectives to scale our impact and grow. Amazon has 13 affinity groups (https://www.aboutamazon.com/affinity-groups), sometimes known as employee resource groups, which bring employees together across businesses and locations around the world. With executive and company sponsorship, these groups play an important role in building internal networks for creating a community, advising Amazon business units, leading in service projects, and reaching out to communities where Amazonians live and work.

The Internship Program

We want to you to feel welcomed, included and valued right from the start. We know that your experiences will help us build a better world. So, if you are insatiably curious and always want to learn more, then youโ€™ve come to the right place. You can expect to:

  • Define your goals, exceed them, and set new ones.
  • Think ahead and put long-term value over short-term wins. We believe in investing in your future.
  • To be the best version of yourself โ€“ to continuously evolve and improve
  • Become excellent at making fast decisions, taking calculated risks and fearlessly chasing excellence.
  • Make the impossible, possible.

As an intern you can also expect; 

  • Competitive pay
  • Impactful project and internship/role deliverables
  • Networking opportunities with fellow interns
  • Internships events such as speaker series, intern panels, Leadership Principles sessions, Amazon writing skills sessions.
  • Mentorship and career development
  • If youโ€™re successful during your internship, you could be considered for a graduate role after finishing your university studies

Basic Qualifications

  • Currently in the penultimate year of a university degree in Business, Commerce, Human Resources, Psychology or a related discipline.
  • An enthusiastic team player
  • The ability to prioritise and comfortable working with a fast-paced environment
  • A strong solution focus, with the ability to identify problems and pursue appropriate solutions
  • Excellent internal and external customer service focus
  • The ability to recommend new approaches, policies and procedures to effect continual improvements
  • A hands-on approach
  • Ability to work and support a complex and rapid 24/7 environment that has multiple shifts and a significant staffing ramp during our seasonal peak in the fourth quarter.

Please note: Our internship dates are from early December through to Mid/end February 2023, you will need to be available for those dates to be eligible.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Demonstrated ability to work under pressure to deliver within deadlines
  • Demonstrated ability to work in ambiguous situations, show a bias for action to come up with solutions to a range of problems.

Note: Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. For an update on your status, or to confirm your application was submitted successfully, please login to your candidate portal. 

Please also note, the team are reviewing a high volume of applications and appreciate your patience. 

Applications and Assessment Process

All candidates will be invited to complete an online assessment which we encourage you to complete within 5 business days. Your application will then be reviewed for suitability for the role. If successful, you will be invited to attend a phone interview follow by two virtual interviews, focusing on our Leadership Principles. 

If you have a disability and need an adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please email us (anzcampus@amazon.com.au) and put Applicant-Candidate Accommodation Request in the subject line for expedited processing. 

Applications and Assessment Process: Selected candidates will be invited to an online assessment, if successful youโ€™ll attend a virtual interview focusing on our Leadership Principles. 

Have any questions? Please contact us at (anzcampus@amazon.com.au)

Acknowledgement of country

In the spirit of reconciliation Amazon acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of country throughout Australia and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today. 

IDE statement: 

Amazon is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Amazon is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected attributes.

Work rights

The opportunity is available to applicants in any of the following categories.

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Australia
Australian Citizen โ€ข Australian Permanent Resident

Qualifications & other requirements

You should have or be completing the following to apply for this opportunity.

Degree or Certificate
Qualification level
Qualification level
Bachelor or higher
Study field
Study field (any)

Hiring criteria

  • Experience requirementNo experience required
  • Working rights
    Australian Citizen
  • Study fields
    Business & Management
  • Degree typesBachelor or higher
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Trainee
Sydney
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5 months ago

Decommission severs around different data centres

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Intern
Sydney
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a year ago

As a Brand Specialist Intern, there are two components to the intern program: your designated intern project and the Amazon Vendor Services (AVS) task list. The intern program is designed for you to have ownership by working on a specific problem project whilst giving you a taste of what it's like to be a working Brand Specialist (ie. vendor management, instock management, etc.).

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Graduate
Sydney
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a year ago

Engaging customers, trying to identify their problems and connect them with the village of Amazonians that have the expertise to solve those problems. This means calling customers, hosting meetings, preparing experts with customer information for those meetings and collating compelling narratives around a problem or solution from our 1000's of customer references. It also means connecting with the Amazon Partner Network - learning about our partners, their offerings and other opportunities or relationships with our customers.

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About the employer

Amazon logo

Amazon AU

Rating

4.3

Number of employees

> 100,000 employees

Industries

Technology

Amazon's mission is to be Earth's most customer-centric company. Our actions, goals, and inventions begin and end with the customer's top of mind.

Pros and cons of working at Amazon AU

Pros

  • I enjoy the ownership of my intern project the most at Amazon... There's a large component of fulfilment I receive whenever I find pain points and strategise ways to solve them.

  • Everyone is super friendly and genuinely interested in the work I was doing. Everyone is happy to help and provide valuable feedback, insight, or advice.

  • The decom team is a very supportive and easy-going environment. We have laughs and talk about anything, but when work needs to be done, we collectively lock in and get the work done.

  • The work hours are really flexible. There is no formal logging of hours, and working from home is also an option.

  • The office is located in Town Hall, so it's super convenient... The working spaces are close to huge windows and have lots of plants. There are games rooms with virtual reality headsets, Nintendo Switches, and more.

Cons

    • Since Amazon is a big global company, it does take some time for requested data to be received, especially when dealing with different international time zones.

    • AVS is incredibly results-oriented, which has resulted in some churn over recent periods as people have been unable to deliver results in a way that would allow them to pass their probation period.

    • The interview process was very intense with three rounds, making it difficult but rewarding.

    • Like most jobs, I'd like higher pay but cannot complain.

    • Due to the size of the company and global time zones, responses to urgent queries may be delayed.