Overview:

As the HR Intern on our HR Business Partnerships team, you will have the opportunity to play a key role in assisting the HR Business Partner (HRBP) team with day‑to‑day people operations, employee relations coordination, workforce planning activities, and policy support.

This role is ideal for a new or recent university graduate who is interested in developing foundational HRBP skills and gaining exposure to strategic and operational HR work.

The intern will collaborate with HR Business Partners and leaders to support employee lifecycle activities, HR programs, and data-driven decision-making. This is a hands‑on learning opportunity designed to build confidence, judgment, and capability in core HRBP competencies.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with HRBPs to identify processes requiring formal documentation and collaborate with cross functional HR team members to develop clear, accurate process materials.
• Support the review of organizational structures and position descriptions, identifying required updates and preparing recommendations for HRBP review.
• Process position related transactions (creation, updates, inactivation) and act as the primary contact for all staff requisition processing on behalf of HRBPs.
• Assist with workforce data, reporting, and basic research (e.g., headcount, turnover, talent reviews).
• Help interpret and maintain HR policies, procedures, and compliance documentation.
• Support onboarding, offboarding, engagement, and change management activities.
• Manage confidential HR records and respond to routine employee inquiries.

Qualifications:

Education

• Recent or upcoming graduate from a post-secondary program in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Industrial Relations, or a related field.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Teams; HRIS/ATS experience is an asset.

Attributes

• Demonstrates curiosity and a desire to learn HRBP fundamentals.
• Comfortable working with data and making connections between numbers and people trends.
• Empathetic, professional, and respectful in sensitive situations.
• Proactive, adaptable, and eager to contribute to a team environment.

Employee Benefits:

Health benefits

We offer a comprehensive health benefits program that includes:

• flexible health, dental and vision plans
• health spending account
• travel health coverage
• other extended health benefits such as ambulance, massage and physiotherapy

Financial security

In an effort to support financial security, we offer:

• registered pension plan
• group, dependent, and optional life insurance coverage
• critical illness insurance
• sick leave to cover short-term disability
• long-term disability

Wellness

We offer programs that focus on how to better achieve a balance between work and personal commitments, as well as maintain a healthy workplace culture. This includes:

• vacation entitlement
• flexible work arrangement for eligible positions
• maternity, parental and adoptive leaves
• bereavement and family responsibility leaves
• employee and family assistance program
• mental-health programming
• lunch-and-learn offerings
• discounted gym memberships and wellness account

Diversity and inclusion

Manitoba Public Insurance believes that diversity and inclusion strengthens us. We consider ourselves to be a barrier-free organization where individual values, beliefs and practices are respected and appreciated for the diversity they bring to our work life.

Employee recognition

It’s important to recognize our employees for their contributions. Not only do we recognize employees as they achieve milestone years in their careers, we also have several outlets for leaders and peers to reward each other for work well done.

Professional development

We want our employees to grow, which is why we offer support in keeping their skills up-to-date. We offer in-house training, professional development and an educational assistance program.

Safety and health

In an effort to encourage a safe and healthy work environment, we offer various safety, health and workplace policies and programs along with technical expertise and assistance to support employee activities in safety and health.