HR INTERN

Department: Human Resources, People & Culture
Internship Duration: 3 Months
Review Period: 1 Month
Work Mode: On-site
Location: M.G Road, Camp, Pune – 411001

About PopPop Labs

PopPop Labs is a technology and product company building a portfolio of creative products across social technology, robotics, civic technology, and AI.

Our current product ecosystem includes:

- PopPop — a social collaboration and experiences platform connecting people, communities, events, learning, and work.
- Poppy — an intelligent robotics initiative focused on physical AI, robotics, and human–robot interaction.
- Oneevolution — a civic-action platform designed around citizen participation, petitions, community mobilisation, and government action.
- PopBud — an AI-powered voice interaction, recording, and knowledge-capture platform for education and workplace environments.

We are looking for an HR Intern who wants hands-on exposure to building people systems inside an early-stage technology company.

Role Overview

As an HR Intern, you will work across talent acquisition, employee engagement, onboarding, HR operations, performance management, documentation, culture, and people analytics.

This is a highly execution-oriented role where you will participate in building HR processes rather than simply performing administrative tasks.

Key Responsibilities1. Talent Acquisition

- Assist with end-to-end recruitment and internship hiring.
- Draft and optimise job descriptions.
- Source candidates through LinkedIn, Indeed, college networks, communities, referrals, and other channels.
- Screen resumes and applications.
- Conduct preliminary candidate interactions.
- Coordinate interviews and maintain candidate pipelines.
- Build structured candidate databases.
- Track recruitment metrics such as applications, screening rates, interview conversion, and joining rates.

2. HR Operations

- Maintain employee and intern records.
- Manage HR documentation and organisational databases.
- Assist with offer letters, internship agreements, NDAs, onboarding documentation, and related records.
- Maintain attendance and leave records.
- Support internal HR processes and workflow documentation.
- Help establish scalable HR systems suitable for a growing startup.

3. Onboarding & Offboarding





- Coordinate onboarding of new interns and employees.
- Prepare onboarding checklists and documentation.
- Help new team members understand company processes, responsibilities, communication channels, and working systems.
- Coordinate exit formalities and maintain appropriate records.

4. Performance Management

- Assist in designing performance-review systems.
- Track goals, deliverables, attendance, participation, and performance indicators.
- Coordinate periodic reviews and feedback cycles.
- Help managers structure performance feedback.
- Identify recurring performance and process issues for HR review.

5. Employee Engagement & Culture

- Develop initiatives for employee engagement and team building.
- Assist in creating a productive and collaborative workplace culture.
- Organise internal activities, meetings, workshops, and team events.
- Collect employee feedback and identify recurring workplace themes.
- Support initiatives related to employee experience and organisational culture.

6. People Analytics

Work with HR data to identify patterns involving:

- Hiring funnel performance
- Employee retention
- Attendance
- Productivity
- Engagement
- Recruitment sources
- Team composition
- Internship conversion
- Performance trends

Use spreadsheets and analytical frameworks to turn HR data into actionable insights.

7. HR Policy & Process Development

Assist in developing and documenting:

- Recruitment SOPs
- Onboarding SOPs
- Attendance policies
- Leave processes
- Performance-review systems
- Internship policies
- Employee communication protocols
- Workplace guidelines
- HR escalation procedures

8. Employer Branding

- Support development of PopPop Labs' employer brand.
- Create recruitment campaigns and hiring content.
- Improve candidate communication and recruitment experience.
- Coordinate university and student outreach.




- Help position PopPop Labs as an attractive environment for ambitious technology and business talent.

HR Frameworks & Concepts

The internship may involve exposure to:

- Talent Acquisition
- Employee Lifecycle Management
- Competency Mapping
- Performance Management
- Employee Engagement
- Employer Branding
- People Analytics
- Organisational Behaviour
- Workforce Planning
- Human Capital Management
- Recruitment Funnel Analytics
- Structured Interviewing
- Competency-Based Hiring
- Employee Experience
- Organisational Culture
- HR Operations
- Learning & Development

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for someone who is:

- Highly organised and detail-oriented
- Comfortable communicating with people
- Interested in startups and organisational development
- Proactive and execution-oriented
- Comfortable handling confidential information responsibly
- Good at documentation and follow-ups
- Analytical and process-oriented
- Able to work independently while coordinating with multiple teams

Preferred Background

Students pursuing or having completed:

- BBA / BMS
- MBA / PGDM – HR
- BA / BSc Psychology
- Human Resources
- Organisational Behaviour
- Business Administration
- Management
- Industrial / Organisational Psychology

Candidates from other backgrounds with strong communication, organisational, and people-management abilities may also apply.

Tools & Skills

Familiarity with:

- Google Workspace
- Microsoft Office
- Excel / Google Sheets
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- LinkedIn / Indeed
- HR databases
- Forms and documentation systems
- Basic data analysis

is beneficial.

What You Will Learn

During the internship, you will gain practical exposure to how an early-stage technology company builds its people, hiring, culture, and organisational infrastructure while working alongside teams across product, technology, robotics, marketing, business, finance, and design.

Application

Please submit:

- Resume
- LinkedIn profile
- Any relevant HR/recruitment/project experience

Optional HR Challenge:
Identify one HR problem commonly faced by a rapidly growing startup and propose a practical solution in 300 words or less.

Pay: ₹5,000.00 - ₹8,000.00 per month

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Pune, Maharashtra

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