People Operations Intern - Summer 2025
Company Overview
Kairos Power is a new nuclear energy technology and engineering company whose mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal to dramatically improve people’s quality of life while protecting the environment. This goal will be accomplished through the commercialization of the fluoride-salt-cooled, high-temperature reactor (FHR) that can be deployed with robust safety, affordable costs, and flexible operation to accommodate the expansion of variable renewables.
Job Summary
The People Operations Intern will assist in supporting various HR initiatives and programs aimed at enhancing employee experience, organizational effectiveness, and company culture. This is a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in HR operations while contributing to meaningful projects that impact our entire workforce.
Primary Responsibilities
- Support the maintenance and administration of HR systems and databases, ensuring accurate employee data management and confidentiality
- Assist in developing and implementing HR toolkits, including onboarding resources, employee engagement initiatives, and performance management tools
- Help create and maintain HR analytics dashboards to track key metrics related to workforce demographics, recruitment, and retention
- Support the recruitment process through candidate coordination, interview scheduling, and maintenance of applicant tracking systems
- Contribute to the development and updating of HR policies, procedures, and documentation
- Assist in organizing and coordinating employee events and recognition programs
- Participate in HR project teams and contribute to process improvement initiatives
- Help maintain and organize HR documentation and employee resources
- Support benefits administration and related employee communications
- Assist in coordinating with Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support diversity and inclusion initiatives and enhance employee engagement
- Support the development and maintenance of manager resources and training materials for the Management Hub
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, or related field
- Strong analytical and data interpretation skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive information professionally
Physical Conditions
- Adjusting, moving, transporting, installing, positioning, or removing objects up to 10 pounds in all directions
- Communicating with others to exchange information
Environmental Conditions
- General office environment
Safety and PPE
- Reading and interpreting hazardous warning signs
- Wearing proper PPE, to include face mask, face shields, gloves, safety shoes
Additional Requirements
- Requires overtime occasionally
- Requires schedule flexibility occasionally
- Requires extended hours to support launch and critical project timelines occasionally
To be completed by Recruiter:
The hourly range for this position is $26 for employees working onsite at our Alameda, CA headquarters. The range provided in this job posting represents the typical range or starting rate of candidates hired in California. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, the market data for your work location, and a comparison to other employees already in the role.
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About our Benefits
We know that we have some of the most talented and dedicated employees, and we believe in rewarding them accordingly. If you work here, full-time employees (excludes interns) expect to have access to the benefits below:
- Competitive compensation packages
- Medical, dental and vision benefits for employees and their dependents
- Paid Vacation
- 401(k) and pre-tax health insurance, dependent care, and commuter benefits (FSA)
Kairos Power is committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects the communities where we do business. Kairos Power is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We actively welcome people of different experiences, abilities, and perspectives.
Kairos Power participates in E-Verify.
Candidates only, no recruiters or agencies please.
Note: You are applying for a position that is located in a facility that handles information that is subject to export control restrictions by the Department of Energy under 10 CFR Part 810. To work in this facility, you need to be authorized by the Department of Energy to access Part 810-controlled information. Foreign nationals who are citizens of countries that are not on the Department of Energy’s general authorization list (link below) are not permitted to work in our facility unless the Department of Energy issues an export control license to the company to permit that individual to have access to Part 810-controlled information. The following questions are intended to determine the licensing requirements that may apply. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/10/appendix-A_to_part_810
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Our mission is to enable the world’s transition to clean energy, with the ultimate goal of dramatically improving people’s quality of life while protecting the environment.
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