HR & Talent Acquisition Intern

The Opportunity

We are looking for a driven and highly organized intern to join our HR & Talent Acquisition team at Rostudios HQ in Amsterdam. This is a full-time internship (40 hours per week) built for someone who thrives behind the scenes, someone who finds satisfaction in keeping systems clean, processes running smoothly, and ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

In this role, you will play a key part in supporting our HR (aprox. 30 hours) and recruitment (aprox.10 hours) administration. From maintaining employee data and managing profiles to supporting our HRIS and training platforms, you’ll also assist across the full recruitment cycle, from inbox management to candidate communication and feedback. Your work will directly contribute to the experience of every person who joins or applies to Rostudios.

You will work closely with the HR Manager and Talent Acquisition team daily, gaining hands-on experience with industry tools and real-world processes as Rostudios continues to grow across new brands and markets. If you are structured, detail-oriented, and take pride in the behind-the-scenes work that makes everything else possible, this role is for you.

As a fast-growing scale-up operating across multiple brands and markets, we give our interns meaningful responsibility from day one. This is your opportunity to kick-start your career in HR and recruitment in a dynamic, fast-moving environment; where your work has real impact, your contributions support real decisions, and your experience goes far beyond theory.

Key Responsibilities

The goal of your internship is to learn how to take ownership of the following processes:

• Onboarding and Offboarding Management: Manage the end-to-end onboarding and offboarding of employees in HRIS.
• Employee Onboarding Completion Tracking: Monitor and report on training completion across all teams, proactively chasing outstanding items and giving leadership clear visibility into compliance and progress.
• Personio Profile Data Management: Own the ongoing upkeep of all employee profiles in HRIS, keeping contract details, role changes, and personal data accurate and up to date at all times.
• Regular Profile Audits & Quality Checks: Conduct recurring audits across employee profiles to identify and resolve missing or outdated information, ensuring our HR data remains a reliable source of truth.
• Training Plan Maintenance: Keep our training platform current by uploading new content, updating existing materials, and assigning training plans to new team members during onboarding.
• Recruitment Inbox Support: Support the Talent Acquisition team by triaging applications, and responding to candidate queries.
• Candidate Feedback & Communication: Ensure every candidate receives timely, professional, and on-brand feedback.
• Recruitment Template Management: Maintain and improve our library of recruitment templates.
• HRIS Automation Improvements: Identify and implement opportunities to improve automations, reducing manual work and making our HR workflows more efficient as the team scales.
• General HR Administrative Support: Support the HR Manager with day-to-day administrative tasks including drafting communications, preparing documents, and jumping in wherever needed as Rostudios continues to grow.

We are looking for someone who is genuinely passionate about HR and Talent Acquisition, and who thrives in a dynamic, growing company. The ideal candidate brings the following:

Education & Background

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master’s programme in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• A genuine interest in HR and talent acquisition, and building great workplace experiences
• Affinity with or curiosity about the fitness, wellness, or lifestyle industry is a strong plus

Skills & Competencies

• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Highly detail-oriented and accurate, especially when working with data and employee records
• Flexible and adaptable: you can handle shifting priorities without losing your structured approach
• Curious and motivated to understand how HR processes and systems work
• Takes initiative in own learning and professional development
• Comfortable working independently while also being a strong team player
• Digitally confident
• Discreet and trustworthy when handling sensitive and confidential information

Languages & Location

• Fluent English is required: both written and spoken, as it is our working language
• Dutch and/or German is a strong plus, given our team and client base
• Based in Amsterdam or able to commute to our HQ in Amsterdam for in-person working

At Rostudios, we believe that how we treat our team is just as important as the experience we create for our community. Here’s what you can expect as part of the team:

• Real ownership and responsibility from day one
• Daily collaboration with the HR Manager and Talent Acquisition team, giving you direct mentorship and hands-on learning in a professional HR environment
• Being part of a fast-growing, multi-brand company expanding across new fitness concepts and markets
• A happy, healthy, and energetic work environment that reflects the community we build in our studios
• Fun team activities and an annual company party that brings the whole Ro’team together
• Working from Rostudios HQ in Amsterdam 
• A laptop and phone provided for work purposes
• Internship compensation
• Free access to Rocycle and Roform classes
• The chance to be part of a team that genuinely inspires people to be their strongest, healthiest selves, every day.