Human Resources Intern (on-site, year-round, part-time) (f/m/d)

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments.

Freudenberg Home and Cleaning Solutions is a Business Group of Freudenberg and a leading global supplier of branded cleaning systems as well as household and laundry care products. The portfolio includes brands such as O-Cedar®, and Vileda®. The company employs more than 3,800 people and hosts a global distribution network.

Some of your Benefits

Flexible Work Models: We allow for flexible work models to ensure both professional and personal success.

Sustainability & Social Commitment: We support social and sustainable projects and encourage employee involvement.

Safe Environment: We strive to ensure safety remains a top priority, and provide a stable environment for our employees.

Personal Development: We offer a variety of trainings to ensure you can develop in your career.

Diversity & Inclusion: We focus on providing an inclusive environment and recognize our diversity contributes to our success.

Aurora, IL

On-Site

Freudenberg Household Products LP (USA)

payments $20/hour

The Human Resources Internship is a part-time, year-long internship based on-site at our Aurora, IL facility which includes office, production, and warehouse operations. The role pays $20 per hour and offers an average of 15–25 hours per week during the school year, with the potential to increase to up to 30 hours per week during the summer. The internship will begin around May 2026 and is designed to run year round (ending approximately May 2027). We are seeking students pursuing a degree in Human Resources with an expected graduation date between December 2026 and Summer 2027.

Human Resources Intern (on-site, year-round, part-time) (f/m/d)

Responsibilities

• Employee Relations: Complete new hire documents, including following up on missing documents; take questions from employees and work with the team to solve; assist with employee feedback surveys.
• Communication: Update announcements on physical boards and develop additional content to post to boards and monitors; announcement of annual wellness event.
• Administrative: HR filing, including organizing terminated files and preparing for shipment to storage; invoices; mail distribution; badges; stock lunchroom supplies; order lunches and coordinate delivery and set-up as needed; I-9 audit – review the files and see if any updates/changes are needed; upload completed trainings in QT9.
• Computer: Assist with social media as needed in regard to employer branding; assist with entering new hire data in ADP; general research on a variety of topics (for example, new competitive non-traditional benefits, event ideas, etc.).
• Benefits: Assist with new hire manual benefit enrollments in ADP; send reminders to supervisors of new hire enrollment deadlines; assist in benefits related projects assigned as needed.
• Employee Engagement: Member of the event planning committee.
• Recruiting: Review resumes and conduct basic phone screens as needed; attend job fairs.
• Coordinate the other interns and their onboarding.
  
  

Qualifications

• Expected graduation date December 2026-Summer 2027, pursuing a degree in HR (or related field with an interest in HR).
• Local with ability to work on-site in Aurora year-round (part-time). There is flexibility in regard to work hours; however, Wednesdays are required.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred.
• Prior internship/job experience strongly preferred.
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint), Canva, and PDF.
• Strong time management, organization, and prioritization skills.
  
  

The Freudenberg Group is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion. Employment opportunities are available to all applicants and associates without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, national origin, ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.