Human Resources Intern

Company description 

Export Finance Australia is the government’s export credit agency.

We provide financial expertise and solutions to drive sustainable growth that benefits Australia and our partners. Through our loans, guarantees, bonds and insurance options we enable Small Medium Enterprises, corporates and governments to take on export-related opportunities, and support infrastructure development in the Pacific region and beyond. 

Your new role

Location: Sydney
Role Type: Full-time, Permanent

Position description 

The HR Intern role is focused on supporting a team of HR professionals on key administrative and co-ordination tasks that support the effective delivery of HR Services for Export Finance Australia (190 employees). The role will have exposure across various employee lifecycle stages including recruitment, onboarding & offboarding, learning & development, reporting, and wellbeing programs.

This role will also provide coverage for Reception duties during a portion of the internship.

Recruitment

• Assistance with candidate management – inbox queries, managing unsuccessful applications, interview bookings, filing, template updating etc
• Opportunity to screen candidate applications and conduct references

Employee Life Cycle

• Assist with the on-boarding process for new employees including issuing contracts and new starter packs, background checks, and co-ordinating the induction program
• Exposure to employee life cycle processes, with the opportunity to work on templates and procedures
  

HR Programs & Projects

• Support HR activities aligned to HR programs such as health & wellbeing, the performance management process, and employee assistance program (EAP)
• Assist in the administration of learning and development programs where required
• As part of a small HR team with a hands on approach, support ongoing HR projects and initiatives as allocated on an ad-hoc basis, in line with individual capacity and collaboration

HR Systems, Processes & Reporting

• Gain exposure to system and program providers such as performance management system, EAP, and background check service provider
• Assist with the administration of HR budgeting, processing HR invoices and liaising with the finance team

Reception

• Greeting external and internal guests and taking to meeting rooms.
• Management of meeting rooms
• Mail services
• Co-ordination of catering
• Co-ordination of office supplies

About you

• Be working towards a Bachelors qualification in Human Resources, or equivalent
• An interest in Financial Services/Banking
• A systematic approach to work – organised with the ability to own tasks and take full accountability for work, follow up on tasks
• Strong attention to detail
• Good communication (both verbal and written) and good interpersonal skills.
• Ability to learn new computer systems quickly
• Working knowledge of MS Office applications i.e. Word, Excel, Powerpoint

Even if you haven’t ticked every box but this role resonates with you, don't rule yourself out just yet, we'd love to hear from you!

Our benefits and culture

We are small enough to have an impact, BIG enough to make a world of difference and it starts with our people.

We support flexible working and pride ourselves in fostering a culturally diverse, honest, collaborative and supportive team environment. We are proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work for the fourth year (including 2024, 2023, 2022 and 2020), recognised on the 2023 AFR BOSS Best Places to Work list, as one of Australia’s Best Workplaces for Women 2022 and 2025, and the Australian HR Awards 2021 Employer of Choice (NFP & Public Sector).

In line with our commitment to our people, we have a comprehensive array of benefits available to our employees:

• Generous leave provisions (e.g. Annual Wellbeing day) and leave purchase opportunities
• 18 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• Thorough induction onboarding program
• Health and Wellbeing initiatives
• Gender affirmation leave
• Income Protection Insurance
• Community volunteering and donation matching programs
• and many more!

Our headquarters is based in Sydney CBD, and we have a national presence across Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide.

Eligibility

Australian Citizenship - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must hold Australian Citizenship at the time of application.

Security Clearance - To be eligible to apply for this position, applicants must be able to obtain and maintain a Baseline security clearance.

How to apply

Applications close: 21 July 2025.  

Interviews will occur in parallel, so please apply ASAP.
Enquiries: Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      
  
To apply, please email your CV to Careers@exportfinance.gov.au      

By choosing to apply, you agree to the recruitment privacy policy.

We invite and welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds, people with disability and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. 

If you are a candidate with a disability, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

About us

Export Finance Australia is Australia’s export credit agency.  

We provide finance to support Australian export trade and overseas infrastructure development across the Pacific and Indo-Pacific. Through our loans, bonds and guarantees, we support businesses – from small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to large corporates – foreign governments and infrastructure projects, to take on the world. 

Working with banks, other government agencies and our partners, together we are helping drive international success for Australian businesses.

The reason our people join us, stay with us and grow with us is because they wholeheartedly believe in our purpose. They can see the impact we create for our customers.

For more information about us, please refer to our website here. 

Applications from recruitment agencies will not be considered on this occasion.