HR and Talent Operations Intern (Unpaid)

About the role

An entry-level, completely unpaid internship for students, fresh graduates and early-career applicants, based fully on site in Dubai. It supports evidence-based recruitment and talent operations through documented evidence, practical checks and structured processes, with exceptions escalated to the appropriate human decision-makers.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain accurate, evidence-backed candidate records throughout the recruitment process.
• Verify recruitment events, activities and candidate information against available evidence.
• Reconcile candidate records and recruitment activity so information is complete and reliable.
• Track candidate status, actions, ownership and relevant deadlines.
• Identify discrepancies, missing information or exceptions and escalate them to the named human owner.
• Support reliable handovers between recruitment and talent operations.
• Maintain documentation supporting recruitment decisions and follow-up actions, and assist with structured recruitment processes and practical checks.

What you will learn

• Recruitment and talent operations, candidate record management and evidence-based recruitment processes.
• Event verification, ownership, follow-up and escalation, and structured HR workflows.
• How AI may support screening and interviews, while final decisions remain with a named authorised human.

The programme runs eight calendar weeks after an initial supervised stage, Monday to Friday, 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM with a one-hour lunch break, at Office 2008, Jumeirah Business Centre 1, Cluster G, JLT, Dubai. Candidates complete a short, role-specific practical assessment; successful completion, a score of at least 7.5 and written sign-off are needed for a certificate. An internship place, paid trial or future employment is not guaranteed.