Human Resources Summer Internship 2023

Human Resources supports our employees to be fully engaged and enabled in BlackRock’s mission of helping more and more people experience financial well-being. We deliver a broad range of benefits, programs, and initiatives that invest in our employees, at all levels and across all regions. We partner with firm leaders on the strategy that underpins BlackRock’s principles and strong culture. We embed diversity, equity, and inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

Our team is known for

• Attracting and retaining the best talent to advance our business.
• Delivering initiatives to uphold the firm’s competitive edge with a strong culture, purpose, performance, and engagement. 
• Defining and driving the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion strategy.
• Developing and investing in talent to better the firm and best serve our clients.
• Providing services and programs at scale to support BlackRock employees through every stage of their careers.

Our business contains nine teams

Together we provide support across all stages of the employee lifecycle - from hiring to retiring - always focused on delivering best-in-class experiences for our people.

HR Business Partners

Partners with senior leaders to deliver tailored organizational talent agendas and forwardlooking people strategies. Trusted advisor to the business.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Charged with the critical mission of cultivating diverse teams with an inclusive culture to create a sense of belonging for every employee throughout the firm globally.

Total Rewards

Responsible for the strategy, governance, development, and execution of BlackRock’s global benefits and compensation programs, which help all employees thrive and experience financial, physical, and emotional well-being.

Employee Relations

Fosters a respectful and inclusive environment by providing fair and consistent treatment for employees, while also mitigating BlackRock’s legal, financial, and reputational risk. Serves as an escalation partner for complex issues.

HR Risk & Compliance

Responsible for managing programs designed to identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate human capital risks. Fosters a culture of risk awareness and prevention through reporting and education on enterprise controls, policies, and standards.

HR Platforms & Infrastructure

Delivery of core HR services across the employee lifecycle, providing operational scale, and supporting inquiries from employees and people managers. Leads the strategy and development of all HR technology platforms and systems.

Analytics, Insights & Research

Provides in-depth and impactful analyses, insights, and recommendations to help drive the firm’s talent, diversity, culture, and hiring agendas.

Talent Management

Drives firmwide strategies to grow great careers for our people. Responsible for learning, leader and manger development, succession plans, promotions, performance management, employee and culture engagement.

Talent Acquisition

Sets and executes our global strategy to attract top talent, sourcing capabilities to help grow and advance our firm, from early careers through to executive hires.

We partner with

• Internally: We partner across our diverse HR teams, with our clients (various BlackRock businesses), as well as other Corporate Functions (e.g., Finance, Communications, Legal, etc.), serving as a strategic partner to senior leadership and all business divisions across the firm.
• Externally: We identify and engage strategic vendors who help to provide key people services (e.g., payroll, benefits offerings, technology platforms, etc.).

What will you do as an analyst?

• Develop a broad understanding of HR and its diverse teams / functions
• Make an impact as a culture carrier focused on enhancing the employee experience and operating as a Student of BlackRock’s business and people
• Learn to manage multiple, competing priorities while supporting and meeting the expectations of various stakeholders and partners
• Produce analytics and learn to story-tell with data by providing stakeholders with meaningful insights to inform key people decisions
• Develop project management skills to support and lead multi-faceted initiatives • Build advisory skills to support and coach employees and people managers.

What capabilities are we looking for?

• Resourcefulness and proactive attitude; team player with demonstrated ability to partner effectively with and across different teams
• Flexibility, ‘no job is too small’ job attitude, and strong emotional ownership
• Critical thinking and creative problem solving, all while operating with a strong risk and control mindset
• Analytical mindset and approach, intellectual curiosity, and eagerness to learn
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and execute in a fast-paced environment
• Organized; detail- and results-oriented • Strong verbal and written communications and business acumen.

Eligibility and requirements

• Graduating 2024