Internship - People & Operations and Recruitment Support
The Ocean Cleanup
People & HR, Customer Service, Operations
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Posted on May 28, 2025
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
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
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
- Supporting 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
- 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
- You are a fast learner who can come up with creative solutions
- Analytic and tech-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
- Start date: ASAP - Please indicate your possible start date, duration, and hours per week.
- Duration: 6 months
- 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.
