Intern (m/f) HR, Training & Development and Emergency Response

Job description

New York, NY (United States of America)

Lufthansa Airlines offers students the chance to experience a dynamic working environment during an internship at our Americas headquarters in East Meadow, NY starting August, 14 2017 for 6 months.

All our interns are fully integrated into the team while working on their own projects as well as supporting the daily business, because of the expected level of integration into the team working environment.

As part of the local team, your tasks may include the following:

·  Contribute to the role out of HRIS (HR IT System) for performance evaluation
·  Develop and support the HR cooperation across the different Lufthansa companies in the region
·  Serve as interface between Lufthansa Airlines in the region and the European headquarters
·  Support HR Manager in planning, scheduling and delivering  HR concepts and special projects
·  Support Emergency Response department in coordinating meetings, conferences and events (mainly workshops & trainings)
·  Assist with special events
·  Ad hoc administrative duties
·  Support parts of the recruitment processes

Lufthansa is one of the world`s leading airlines. As an internationally-operating aviation Group Deutsche Lufthansa is active in the following business fields: Passenger Transportation, Logistics, MRO and Catering. More than 540 subsidiaries and holding companies also belong to the Group. The airline offers more than 235 destinations in 78 countries using currently 615 aircraft, around 420 are used for Lufthansa German Airlines and Germanwings. Around 106 million passengers worldwide place their trust in us each year. The dedication, skills and excellent service of more than 119 000 employees from almost 150 nations everywhere in the world is one of our greatest strengths.

www.lufthansa.com

If this is you, please apply online.

Desired profile

Your profile

·  At the date of the internship you have completed the 2nd semester in psychology, business administration, social sciences or related studies
·  Enrolled during the entire period of the internship or internship between the Bachelor and Master program (Gap Year), more information you can find here:
·  https://www.be-lufthansa.com/de/faqs-be-lufthansa/lufthansa/praktikum-studienabschlussarbeit
·  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
·  Team-oriented, motivated, energetic personality, commitment to customer service
·  Willing and able to handle emotionally demanding Emergency Response topics
·  Ability to work independently and under pressure with a high degree of accuracy and self-organization
·  Very good administrative skills; ability to handle different projects simultaneously
·  Good knowledge of MS Office (especially MS PowerPoint)
·  Fluent in English, previous international experience preferred but not required  
·  International background preferred, but not required
·  Must fulfill all criteria to obtain a J-1 visa for the US