About the Role
The HR & Administration Intern will support the HR and Administration team in daily operations, recruitment activities, employee engagement initiatives, office administration, and event coordination. This internship provides practical experience in HR processes, administrative functions, and corporate event planning while offering valuable exposure to an international working environment.
Responsibilities
- Assist with recruitment by posting job vacancies and scheduling interviews
- Support employee onboarding and orientation
- Maintain and update employee records and HR databases
- Assist with attendance, leave, and training records
- Support with reporting and sending letters
- Support employee engagement and wellbeing initiatives
- Manage office correspondence, filing systems, and documentation
- Schedule meetings and maintain calendars
- Support on preparing presentations, reports, and meeting minutes
- Coordinate office supplies and inventory
- Provide general administrative support to different departments
- Welcome visitors and respond to general inquiries
- Assist in planning and coordinating internal events, workshops, training sessions, networking events, and team-building activities
- Support event logistics, including venue arrangements, catering, materials, and equipment
- Coordinate invitations, registrations, and attendance lists
- Liaise with vendors and external service providers when required
- Assist with event setup, on-site coordination, and post-event evaluations
- Help prepare promotional materials and internal communications for events
Requirements
- Currently pursuing degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Event Management, Social Sciences, Psychology, Philosophy or a related field
- Strong organisational and communication skills
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and work independently
- High level of professionalism, discretion, and confidentiality
- Interest in human resources, administration, and event coordination
- Excellent written and spoken English; additional languages are considered an asset
- Internship is a mandatory requirement of their university curriculum or part of a funded academic mobility programme
Skills
- Human Resources
- Business Administration
- Event Management
- Social Sciences
- Psychology
- Philosophy
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint)
- Ability to manage multiple tasks
- Ability to work independently
- Professionalism
- Discretion
- Confidentiality
- English language proficiency
- Additional languages
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- Part-time
Experience Level
- Internship
Education Level
- Currently pursuing degree
Salary/Compensations
- Unpaid internship
Benefits
- Flexible working hours
- Hybrid work model
- Comprehensive onboarding
- Regular team events
- Opportunity to work in a diverse team
- Opportunity to work in the heart of Berlin
- Opportunity to work in an environment where everybody is on first-name terms
About the Company
- Organisation responsible for this vacancy: Democracy Reporting International gGmbH
- Elbestr. 28 / 29 12045 Berlin, Germany
- Data processing of personal data in third countries will not take place
- We process your data in accordance with the provisions of § 26 German Federal Data Protection Act
- Democracy Reporting International (DRI) is an international, not-for-profit, non-governmental organization committed to political participation and democratic governance around the world
- DRI headquarters (HQ) is located in Berlin
- DRI has country offices in Tunisia, Lebanon, Democratic Republic of Congo and Ukraine, and works with local partners in a number of other countries
- The working language is English
Equal Opportunity
- DRI is committed to diversity and treats everybody equally, independent of gender identity, sex, pregnancy, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexual orientation, age, ability, socio-economic status, political opinion (as long as respectful of democratic principles), or any other status protected by the laws in the locations where we operate.
