People Team Intern

Vail, CO 81657

Ready to launch your career in Human Resources? Join the People Operations Team at Eagle River Water & Sanitation District as a People Team Intern and gain hands-on experience supporting impactful initiatives. From talent acquisition and recruiting to process optimization, automation, and broader People operations, you’ll play a meaningful role in shaping how we support our workforce.

If you’re passionate about improving workplaces through data, continuous learning, and collaboration, this is a great opportunity to build real-world experience while contributing to a team that values innovation and connection. A key focus of this role is leading an end-to-end review of our hiring lifecycle by analyzing each stage to uncover opportunities for greater efficiency and impact while helping elevate both the candidate and hiring manager experience.

If you enjoy managing projects, streamlining processes, and leveraging tools and technologies to reduce redundancies, we want to hear from you!

The Day-to-Day:

  • Explore All Things HR: Gain exposure to key People functions, including onboarding, training, workforce planning, employee engagement, and benefits administration.
  • Collaborate Across Teams: Partner with leaders and employees to understand what drives success across the organization and how HR can continue to elevate that experience.
  • Support Continuous Improvement: Bring a problem-solving mindset and fresh perspective to help streamline processes and improve how we serve our people.
  • HRIS (Human Resources Information Systems): Assist with maintaining and improving data integrity by cleaning and aligning employee records, job classifications, and position data. Gain hands-on experience navigating and optimizing HR systems.
  • Talent Acquisition: Coordinate interviews and phone screens, occasionally conduct initial candidate screenings, and support recruitment efforts through scheduling, research, and event coordination.
  • People Operations Exposure: In this internship, you’ll support broader team initiatives and gain insight into multiple areas of the organization through project work and job shadowing.

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Currently pursuing a degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, I/O Psychology, Business Administration, Data Analytics, or a related field is preferred.
  • Strong communication, organization, and attention to detail.
  • Experience with Microsoft Excel, including spreadsheet creation, formulas, and data cleaning. Data visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) are a plus.
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office and HRIS platforms (such as Paycom) is helpful.
  • Strong problem-solving and time management skills; ability to work independently and manage multiple projects.

Schedule

This position will work for a maximum of 1,000 hours or six months. We prefer a candidate who is available to work 30 or more hours a week for a six-month time period but will consider alternative schedules. The ideal start date is April or May of 2026, with accommodations made for the right candidate.

Pay Range & Benefits
This role is a paid internship with the pay range of $23.96 - $33.55/hour. We value life-work balance and are leaders in the industry with our seasonal employee benefits package, which includes but is not limited to:

  • $522/month employee housing stipend
  • Wellness program
  • 457 retirement savings plans
  • Paid holidays and PTO
  • $800 annual recreation benefit

All District employees must submit to a pre-employment drug screen and extensive background check.

For a full classification specification, email erwsdjobs@erwsd.org.

All applicants must apply online by March 15 in order to be considered.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

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