Are you looking to spend your summer learning from seasoned professionals focused on developing future leaders?
Berkadia’s internship program offers you the opportunity to explore the commercial real estate industry while honing your skills and making an impact. During your internship, you’ll receive the real-world work experience, personal development, training, and mentorship you need to thrive as you begin your professional journey. Be the Next Big Thing. Be Berkadia.
Berkadia is looking for a Spring intern to start with us on a part time basis immediately. The HR Intern – Talent Operations & Data will support key initiatives that strengthen Berkadia’s HR infrastructure, data integrity, and employee experience. This role is ideal for a student interested in how modern HR teams use data, systems, and policies to enable a skills-based talent strategy. You will partner closely with members of the People Organization and cross-functional partners in Risk and Legal, gaining hands-on experience with HR systems, data management, and policy development.
We are committed to growing your career, so in this role you will:
HR Systems & Data Management
- Update and maintain skills data within Mercer and/or Workday, supporting the company’s shift toward skills-based talent management.
- Assist with moving job descriptions into Workday and audit job profiles for completeness and accuracy.
- Support Workday-related HR projects as opportunities arise during the internship.
Job Documentation & Compliance
- Aggregate agreements and hiring documentation to ensure compliance with data retention requirements.
- Audit personnel files to confirm required documentation is present, accurate, and properly stored.
- Help standardize file organization by consolidating HR documents from multiple sources (SharePoint, K drive, OneDrive, Teams) into a uniform location, reducing duplication and improving team efficiency.
Policies, Handbooks & Governance
- Partner with HR, Risk, and Legal to inventory existing policies and handbook content.
- Assist in moving, updating, and versioning policies and handbook materials within a new hosting/issuing methodology.
- Help ensure policy documentation is current, consistent, and easy for employees to access.
Employee Experience & Surveys
- Contribute to the redesign of the New Hire Survey for a 2026 launch, including idea generation, content updates, and presentation of recommendations.
- Potentially assist with Exit Survey data analysis, including pulling and aggregating data (e.g., from Glint and exit surveys) to identify trends and themes.
- Support the development of creative, data-informed solutions to enhance the employee lifecycle.
We are passionate about your growth, so to achieve success in this role you should have:
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s or master’s degree in human resources or a related field.
- Ability to commute to Ambler, PA to work on a hybrid basis as needed.
- Strong attention to detail and comfort working with data and documentation.
- Interest in HR operations, HR technology, and/or employee experience.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint); familiarity with SharePoint or other collaboration tools is a plus.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize effectively, and follow through on commitments.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write clearly and professionally.
- Curiosity, willingness to learn, and a collaborative mindset.
Be Backed by the Best. Be Berkadia.
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Berkadia, as an equal opportunity employer, celebrates our employees’ unique differences, which we believe drives personal and company-wide innovation and creates a people-first culture where your career can take the long view. To achieve these goals, we are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals, without regard to race, religion, age, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, domestic partner status, military and veteran status, disability, pregnancy, parental status, genetic information, political affiliation, or any other status protected by federal, state and local laws.
In keeping with our commitment, Berkadia takes the necessary steps to provide a workplace free from harassment and discrimination, as well as access and reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation to take part in the interview process, please contact [email protected].
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What We Do
Berkadia, a joint venture of Berkshire Hathaway and Jefferies Financial Group, is a leader in the commercial real estate industry, offering a robust suite of services to our multifamily and commercial property clients. Powered by deep relationships and industry-changing technology, our people sell, finance, and service commercial real estate, providing support for the entire life cycle of our clients’ assets. Our unique ownership structure allows us to put our clients’ interests first and create a marketplace that delivers a superior experience.
