Events, Office & People Operations Internship

Welcome to SkillLab

At SkillLab, we envision a world where everyone has a pathway to employment. We enable and lead a radical change - a transition towards skill-based labor and education markets. Our AI-driven technology creates more inclusive and efficient markets by connecting people with jobs and education through the universal language of skills. SkillLab is working with employment and career services in 35+ countries and seeks to transform labor and education markets globally.

SkillLab’s innovative use of AI was recognised with awards like Google AI for Impact, UNESCO Top 10 uses of AI and the European Social Innovation Competition 2021, among other awards.

Your opportunity

• You will experience the culture of a technology start-up and work in an international environment with SkillLabers from 30+ countries.

• You will create an impact on SkillLab by supporting various people operations initiatives and projects

• You will work closely with the Internal Operations team, as well as other functions when needed.

• You will gain hands-on experience in event organization and people ops workflows in a tech company of 65+ people.

Your team

You will directly work with Felix, one of Skilllab co-founders who leads the internal operations team. Furthermore, you will cooperate with:

• Tais (People Operations Coordinator and Office Manager) to support the organization of our events and office management tasks.

• Rwitu (HR Business Partner) to support our Q3 performance management cycle

• Elsa (Recruitment & People Operations Specialist) in various recruitment tasks.

As the internal ops team we ensure the smooth running of SkillLab as an organization and support our beloved SkillLabers.

Learn more about the team here.

We are proud of the people we work with and excited to work at a company with a strong social mission. We hope you will be too!

Your Responsibilities

Once you've settled in through the onboarding process, you'll dive into diverse projects. Your assignments will evolve to meet the most pressing needs of the organization:

• Office Management & Operations – Maintain office logistics, supplies, and vendor coordination, and support the overall office experience.

• Retreats & Events – Help plan and organize company retreats, team days, and internal engagement initiatives.

• Performance Management – Support the performance management cycles through data management and communication preparation.

• Hiring & People projects – Assist with recruitment processes and contribute to various people-focused projects, such as wellbeing, retrospectives, and leadership development.

Your impact

• You will support Felix, Tais, Elsa and Rwitu in their work. Through supporting smaller tasks, you will get an insight into event organization, hiring, performance management and other HR topics etc.

• You will manage your own projects (e.g. supporting our team leadership development, or doing desk research to find external suppliers

Your skills

• You are a generalist with a strong interest in learning about how to run people operations for a technology company.

• No prior work experience or relevant study are needed.

• You value attention to detail and have a passion for creating exceptional experiences.

• You are a team player but at the same time you can work independently and prioritize your work.

• Research and organizational skills

• Interest in event planning and internal communications

Languages

• Professional fluency in English (required)

• Other languages are a plus!

Extra awesome

• You have prior internship / work experience or university / volunteering projects related to people operations / HR.

• You are currently enrolled as a student or graduated within the last 12 months.

• You are eligible to work in the Netherlands. We don’t support visa applications for applicants from outside the EU.

• You are able to commit to a six-month full-time (40 hour/week) internship.

• You live in Amsterdam and can commit to office attendance 3-4 days per week.

Compensation, start-date & location

• This is a paid internship. The monthly reimbursement will be 1.000 EUR.

• We accept applications on rolling basis and we envision a start date in February 2026.

Benefits

• You will have a personal learning budget to invest in your professional development.

• You will have access to mentors & coaches (SkillLab is part of the Google for Startups SDG accelerator).

• You will have access to a monthly flexible budget of benefits via Alleo. You can spend this budget on a large selection of providers, ranging from gym memberships to bike subscriptions and online stores.

• You will join our bi-annual company offsite retreat in September in the Netherlands

 Our selection procedure

1. You apply for the role and we review your profile.

2. We will invite you for a short screening call.

3. We will invite you for a 60-min interview if we find that you are a good fit. The interview will involve you preparing a short assignment.

4. We will offer you the internship and discuss logistics, if we think that you are the ideal candidate for the role.

What else to know?

• This job description is intended to provide a general overview of the internship position and may be subject to change based on the organization's requirements and priorities.

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• Learn what it’s like to be an intern at SkillLab: https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/whats-it-like-coffee-with-the-interns

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• SkillLab is committed to diversity, equality and inclusion at the workplace. We welcome applications of candidates from all backgrounds. Read more about DEI at SkillLab https://skilllab.io/en-us/news/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-skilllab