Communications & Training Intern Full Time Internship

Are you looking for a challenge with a lot of responsibility and learning opportunities? Be part of a fun international team? Work on an innovative solution for learning & development?

📚 About Lepaya

Our mission is to enable professionals across the globe to be more effective in their work and enjoy more happiness in life. Did you know that 85% of your effectiveness at work is determined by soft skills? To deliver on our mission, we deliver high impact soft skill training. Our training platform provides professionals with the more modern tools to develop themselves: online where possible, offline or face-to-face where that has more impact.

We launched early 2018 and, the success of our approach is demonstrated by our rapidly expanding client-base – ranging from the most innovative and fast-growing scale-ups such as Bynder and Picnic, to global corporates such as ING, and L’Oreal .

We are now fully committed to rapid growth and international expansion, supported by a Q2’20 €5 mln Series A investment. This makes it the perfect time to step in. The new Communications & Training Intern has the opportunity to work in a dynamic and entrepreneurial environment, where he/she plays a central role in achieving ambitious growth.

A word on diversity: at Lepaya, all we’re askin’ is a little respect! To us, it doesn’t matter where you were born, what you believe in, how old you are, what you look like, or who you love. We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds will actually lift Lepaya to new heights and increase our power of thinking. Our passion is to build a strong culture with respect for each other’s unique experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and skills. Join us, as there is a place for you here!

👇 Why do we need you?

Together with your operations team you will make sure that our training programs and our external communications are running smoothly. Your responsibility will be the perfect execution of our training courses and helping to engage our trainer community. We need you to communicate in a crystal-clear and fun manner with our learners and trainers; and we need your organizational talent for our (online) learning programs. Do you keep calm in the eye of a storm and completing urgent tasks brings out the best in you? We welcome you with open arms!

Specifically, what would we expect you to deliver over the course of your internship? 

• Ensuring spot on communications towards our learners;
• Preparing our lovely trainers for their training sessions;
• Preparing and hosting our monthly trainer community events;
• Creating fun and engaging content for our trainer community on LinkedIn;
• Supporting the trainer recruitment process by running the process, sending information and preparing & hosting assessment rounds;
• Taking on responsibility for your projects;
• Proactive problem-solving;
• Co-facilitation of our hard & soft skill training sessions;

🎯 In an ideal world, who would you be?

• You have excellent communication skills;
• You are proactive, flexible and result-oriented;
• You have an eye for detail and perfectionism is what you strive for;
• You love juggling multiple tasks and do not easily get bored;
• You take initiative and speak up when you see room for process improvements;
• You are fluent in English, Dutch is a great plus;
• You are currently enrolled in HBO or WO studies;
• You are available for a period of 5 months;

We value capabilities over formal experience, yet what would we love to see on your resume? 

• You have experience with communication, during your studies or secondary activities;
• You have an affinity with and/or experience in working in fast-paced environments and young companies;

🎁 And of course, next to the challenge we offer, why is it amazing to work for Lepaya?

• You will join an inspiring and dynamic environment;
• You will participate in Lepaya’s own training curriculum;
• We offer excellent guidance during your internship;
• We offer compensation of 500 Euro/month;
• And the best: participation in the Lepaya Work-To-Live schedule consisting of unlimited holidays & a free Friday every second week.

Are you looking for a challenge with a lot of responsibility and learning opportunities? Be part of a fun international team? Work on an innovative solution for learning & development? Get in touch with us now! As soon as possible after we have received your application, we will contact you. If we like your profile, we will invite you for a first chat via video call with our People Manager to explain to you more about us, the role, as well as the specifics of the interview process for the role.