Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with nearly 1,300 properties in some 100 countries and approximately 188,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences under the renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Tribute Portfolio™, Four Points® by Sheraton, Aloft®, Element®, along with an expanded partnership with Design Hotels™. The Company also boasts one of the industry’s leading loyalty programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG®).
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
The Learning and Development (L&D) team oversees all learning and development programs, systems and practices and drives the company’s award-winning career development program in Starwood Asia Pacific.
The intern will work closely with Starwood Asia Pacific Headquarters’ Learning and Development (L&D) team. The nature of work will entail supporting the team in both project management and program innovation aspects of L&D. Key responsibilities include:
- Coordinating and facilitating activities between the Director of L&D, AD and Managers of L&D including meetings, schedules, etc.
- Managing L&D programs as well as talent management activities including registration, administration and logistic/venue arrangements
- Liaising with new build and transitions hotels to ensure contracts are created, distributed and followed up on accurately and timely
- Maintaining divisional training calendar, team productivity reports, updated L&D curriculum versions as well as inventory management of L&D and talent management materials
- Processing L&D related payment and keeping track of L&D expenses
- Having full oversight and responsibility for maintaining our talent management online system/database
- Utilizing our analytics value chain and tools to report, analyze, and distill actionable insights from L&D data and metrics that help inform company-wide decisions
- Supporting associate engagement projects such as maintenance of our associate communication web portal
REQUIREMENTS
You should be a high-potential intern who is passionate, committed and keen to establish a career in the hospitality industry and/or Human Resources discipline with the following attributes:
- Able to commit for a 6-month full time internship from May/ June to end 2016
- Ability to excel in a fast-paced and action-biased environment
- Detailed-oriented, structured, and organized
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent command of spoken and written English
- Excellent analytical and numeracy skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office (especially MS Excel and MS PowerPoint)
- Currently pursuing a degree in Human Resources, Social Sciences, Business Management, Marketing, or Hospitality
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