2026 Summer HR Operations Internship

Your Role 

The People & Engagement team oversees our organizational development & learning, total rewards and people operations, employee relations, talent acquisition, talent mobility, internal communications, and diversity, equity & inclusion functions, and responsibilities at Blue Shield of California. The People & Engagement intern will report to a people & engagement manager. In this role you will deliver and collaborate on all aspects of process improvement and gain exposure to Blue Shield of California’s leadership development programs, talent mobility programs, and strategic learning initiatives.

Our leadership model is about developing great leaders at all levels and creating opportunities for our people to grow – personally, professionally, and financially. We are looking for leaders that are energized by creative and critical thinking, building and sustaining high-performing teams, getting results the right way, and fostering continuous learning.

Your Knowledge and Experience 

• Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Human Resources, Learning & Development, Communications, Business, or a related field from an accredited college/university
• Must reside in the state of California
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; excellent business writing skills
• Requires strong project planning, detail oriented and analytical skills
• Requires experience leading and working on cross-functional, cross-disciplinary projects
• Requires strong proficiency with Microsoft products and other standard office productivity applications

Pay:

$25.00 per hour for Undergraduate

$30.00 per hour for Graduate

About Our Internships

Our paid internship program is thoughtfully curated to provide students experience and exposure to the health professional industry. Interns will be given the opportunity to get hands-on experience with real work projects, build meaningful relationship and connections within the organization, and experience our mission and enterprise goals through our program curriculum centered on our leadership model (Personal, People, Thought, and Results Leadership). To see more about our internship program, check out this video. 

Our Summer 2026 Internship is June 8th or June 15th through August 14th, 2026. 

Application Process and Timeline:

• Now: Actively accepting applications
• November: If you meet the requirements, you will receive an invitation to complete Pre-Recorded Video Interview
• November - January: 2nd round interviews & offers extended

As an intern at Blue Shield of California, you will:

• Participate in impactful projects during a 10-week internship program
• Undertake a 10-week curriculum designed to familiarize interns with BSC, leadership development, exposure to the healthcare industry, and more
• Be invited to participate in BSC employee events and networking opportunities such as Employee Resource Groups, employee volunteer activities, and more

Your Work 

In this role, you will: 

• Support Blue Shield’s Great Place to Work enterprise activities including developing employee and leader communications, designing and maintaining Shield Central (Intranet) site, planning internal events and analyzing employee engagement survey data 
• Tracking and implementing activities as part of the Leadership and Organizational Development team’s Great Place to Work action plan.
• Working with Talent Operations to facilitate workshops, meetings, training, and definition/documentation of processes and procedures within the Talent Organization
• Provide program development and support for our talent pipeline programs. 
• Support Blue Shield’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team through DEI related projects.