Are you looking to expand your knowledge of HR? Do you have an interest in contributing to the exponential growth of a fast past start up? Here at Motivate International, global leader of bike share, we are looking to hire a summer HR intern to help us across functions in HR to tackle our ambitious 2018 goals.
What’s Motivate?
Motivate is North America’s leading bike share firm, operating systems in 8 cities including New York, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Since being acquired in 2014 by a group of investors, including the CEOs of The Related Companies and Equinox, it has successfully undertaken multi-year, major expansions in both New York and Chicago, and launched Nike’s BIKETOWN in Portland and Ford GoBike in the Bay Area. After integrating with 8D Technologies in early 2017, Motivate has also been building its in-house product portfolio, beginning with the Motivate bike. We have been working closely with vendors--themselves some of the leading names in bike share--to co-develop products including new docking mechanisms, eBikes and Smart Bikes.
Led by a group of seasoned urban visionaries, creative leaders and technology innovators, our mission is to revolutionize the landscape of our cities. In an effort to completely transform the urban experience, Motivate is leading the way in making cities more accessible, healthier and sustainable. We create safe and dependable systems that help make cities great by connecting individuals to the people and places they love.
What’s the Role?
As an HR intern you will learn an overview of Motivate operations through the employees that work in our business from day to day. With the large and diverse employee population, you will get exposed to all aspects of HR including: union/labor relations, recruitment, talent development, employee engagement, data analysis and more.
Throughout the summer you will:
- Perform general research and analysis on special Human Resources projects
- Help initiate staff morale programs, activities, and events along with handling logistics
- Collect and aggregate data through employee surveys
- Assist in the planning and creation of a performance management process
- Assist in crafting new initiatives and plans pertaining employee engagement
- Maintain Motivate intranet site with department and company updates
What's Required?
- Pursuing a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution
- Interest and excitement for human resources/people/bikes
- Ability to exercise discretion and work independently
- Not afraid to challenge the status quo or laugh at yourself
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office