HRIS Intern

Background

Greenpeace Africa (GPAF) is a diverse organisation that cares about the environment, justice and the wellbeing of people and the planet through working together to make a collective impact.

Greenpeace Africa has offices in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Kenya, Senegal and South Africa.

People and Culture (P&C) unit within the Operations department is centered around improving efficiency and ensuring the smooth day-to-day operations by leveraging technology. The HRIS Intern will provide administrative support to the P&C team across the full range of HR processes and systems. The HRIS Intern will have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience within the HR Technology space over a 3-6 Month period.

Internship responsibilities and expectations:

• Triage incoming requests in liaison with payspace support service
• Resolve tasks based on difficulty and priority
• Assisting in data audit, updates, maintenance, and validation within the HRIS system.
• Supporting the P & C  team in troubleshooting issues and testing solutions.
• Participating in small-scale projects to enhance system functionality (e.g., improvements in performance Mgt system, taking up and suggesting other modules within the HRIS system ).
• Support in data analysis and provide insights for HR metrics.
• Extracting reports and analysing HR data for specific use cases.
• Helping to create user guides and training materials for internal teams.
• Assist in data audits and cleanup to ensure accuracy and completeness
• Create or update user guides and process documentation for HRIS procedures

Qualification and Experience

• Pursuing or recent University Graduate in Systems Engineering or its equivalent
• Languages: Fluent in English both written and verbal, French language proficiency is a great added advantage
• Experience with Google Business Suite (Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Forms) preferred
• Office software: PowerPoint, experience with Microsoft Excel and the use of formulas highly preferred
• Proven experience in development of an HRIS system or related as a school project or previous internship or work experience in supporting rolling out of an HRIS system

Soft skills & Competencies 

• Integrity on handling confidential data
• Very passionate and comfortable working with technology
• Open communication, comfortable in conducting presentations and demos
• Open to multi-cultural/multi-location company and environment
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail