People Team Intern
Our mission is to make biology easier to engineer. Ginkgo is constructing, editing, and redesigning the living world in order to answer the globe’s growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more. Our Bioworkers use an in-house automated foundry for designing and building new organisms. Today, our foundry is developing over 40 different organisms to make a multitude of products across a wide range of industries.
A key driver to our success is an exceptional emphasis on our people. Our competitive advantage lies in our talent and we believe we can build a sustainable advantage by enabling individuals and teams to contribute their full potential. As a People Team Intern, you will play a critical role in attracting and recruiting emerging talent
The People Intern will support the Talent Acquisition function through projects focused on diversity recruitment strategy and campus recruitment programs. You’ll also have opportunities for shadow days with other centers of excellence across the People Team, and will end your experience with a final presentation.
The internship is a guided 10-12 week summer experience that includes meaningful collaborative projects, mentorship and professional development designed to prepare you for a career in a people focused organization.
The Ginkgo Bioworks Early Talent program is open to students who will return to their degree programs upon completion of their employment at Ginkgo. Candidates must be enrolled in a United States based institution and/or have work authorization in the United States to be eligible to participate.
Responsibilities
- Support execution of the Cultivate Fellowship Program (insert link to webpage), providing professional development support of week-long onsite experience of a cohort of Black STEM scholars
- Manage social media outreach to attract candidates in search of early career opportunities at Ginkgo
- Conduct university research and recommend campus recruitment best practices to be implemented in a diversity first Early Talent strategy
- Collaboratively support various projects focused on full cycle recruitment
- Participate in shadow days with various departments within the People Team to gain exposure across the function. Areas may include HR systems, compensation and benefits, onboarding, operations, and employment branding.
- Attend team and company-wide meetings as appropriate
- Deliver end of term presentation to internal stakeholders on experience, learnings and feedback.
Minimum Requirements
- Current enrollment with junior standing in a Bachelor’s degree program with demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in human resources; must be returning to school upon completion of of internship
- Experience with Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office
- Strong verbal and written interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively
Preferred Capabilities and Experience
- Previous internship experience desired
We also feel that it’s important to point out the obvious here – there’s a serious lack of diversity in our industry, and that needs to change. Our goal is to help drive that change. Ginkgo is deeply committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its practices, especially when it comes to growing our team. Our culture promotes inclusion and embraces how rewarding it is to work with people from all walks of life.
We’re developing a powerful biological engineering platform, so we must remain mindful of the many ways our technology can – and will – impact people around the world. We care about how our platform is used, and having a diverse team to build it gives us the best chance that it’s something we’ll be proud of as it continues to grow. Therefore, it’s critical that we incorporate the diverse voices and visions of all those who play a role in the future of biology.
It is the policy of Ginkgo Bioworks to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants.