Professional Intern - Total Rewards

Overview

As the HR Intern in our Total Rewards team, you will have the opportunity to play a key role in assisting the Total Rewards team with day‑to‑day operational support for benefits, compensation and recognition, total rewards planning activities, and policy support.

This role is ideal for a new or recent university graduate who is interested in developing foundational HR skills and gaining exposure to strategic and operational HR work in the specialized area of Total Rewards.

The intern will collaborate with Total Rewards Partners to support employee lifecycle activities, HR programs, and data-driven decision-making. As an HR Intern with Manitoba Public Insurance, you will gain meaningful, real-world experience and bridge the gap between post-secondary and your career.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Total Rewards Partners to identify processes requiring formal documentation and collaborate with cross functional HR team members to develop clear, accurate process materials.
• Support the Total Rewards team with updates to systems and tools for consistent and accurate application of our programs.
• Assist with workforce data, reporting, and basic research (e.g. recognition utilization, compensation benchmarking, retention).
• Help interpret and maintain HR policies, procedures, and compliance documentation.
• Support onboarding, offboarding, and engagement activities.

• Partner with leadership to develop programs, content and/or support program changes.

Qualifications

Education

• Recent or upcoming graduate from a post-secondary program in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Industrial Relations, or a related field.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills.
• Excellent communication skills—both written and verbal.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment.
• Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Outlook, and Teams.

Attributes

• Demonstrates curiosity and a desire to learn Total Rewards fundamentals.
• Comfortable working with data and making connections between numbers and people trends.
• Empathetic, professional, and respectful in sensitive situations.
• Proactive, adaptable, and eager to contribute to a team environment.

Employee Benefits

Health benefits

We offer a comprehensive health benefits program that includes:

• flexible health, dental and vision plans
• health spending account
• travel health coverage
• other extended health benefits such as ambulance, massage and physiotherapy

Financial security

In an effort to support financial security, we offer:

• registered pension plan
• group, dependent, and optional life insurance coverage
• critical illness insurance
• sick leave to cover short-term disability
• long-term disability

Wellness

We offer programs that focus on how to better achieve a balance between work and personal commitments, as well as maintain a healthy workplace culture. This includes:

• vacation entitlement
• flexible work arrangement for eligible positions
• maternity, parental and adoptive leaves
• bereavement and family responsibility leaves
• employee and family assistance program
• mental-health programming
• lunch-and-learn offerings
• discounted gym memberships and wellness account

Diversity and inclusion

Manitoba Public Insurance believes that diversity and inclusion strengthens us. We consider ourselves to be a barrier-free organization where individual values, beliefs and practices are respected and appreciated for the diversity they bring to our work life.

Employee recognition

It’s important to recognize our employees for their contributions. Not only do we recognize employees as they achieve milestone years in their careers, we also have several outlets for leaders and peers to reward each other for work well done.

Professional development

We want our employees to grow, which is why we offer support in keeping their skills up-to-date. We offer in-house training, professional development and an educational assistance program.

Safety and health

In an effort to encourage a safe and healthy work environment, we offer various safety, health and workplace policies and programs along with technical expertise and assistance to support employee activities in safety and health.