Learning & Development Intern

Griffith Foods is the caring, creative product development partner helping food companies meet the evolving needs of consumers while sustaining the planet. As a family business founded in 1919 and headquartered in Alsip, Illinois USA, Griffith Foods is known for true, collaborative innovation guided by their Purpose of “We Blend Care and Creativity to Nourish the World”. The company’s product capabilities range from seasonings and marinades to coating systems and sauces that are better for people and better for the planet. For more information, visit www.griffithfoods.com .

Purpose of the Role

The Learning & Development Intern will support the activation and coordination of FY27 learning priorities across Europe, ensuring approved internal, external, LinkedIn Learning and Workday Learning initiatives are organized, communicated, launched and tracked effectively. The role exists to help translate identified training needs into a practical FY27 training calendar, create engaging learning campaigns, maintain the Development WeBlend page and provide first-line support for L&D process and policy questions.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

Build and own the FY27 Europe Training Calendar: consolidate approved learning initiatives by function, audience, owner, timing, delivery format and expected outcome; maintain a clear calendar to support prioritization, visibility and execution discipline.

Support implementation of external L&D initiatives: coordinate logistics for approved FY27 trainings, including vendor follow-up, participant lists, invitations, scheduling, attendance tracking, materials, evaluation surveys and completion reporting.

Support implementation of internal L&D initiatives: help design and launch LinkedIn Learning and Workday Learning campaigns, including initial focus areas such as onboarding, Finance for non-Finance, AI/Copilot, project management, leadership and functional capability building.

Create and maintain the Development WeBlend page: ensure the page is up to date, user-friendly and aligned with the FY27 learning offer, including calendars, learning pathways, resources, campaign links and FAQs.

Act as an L&D coordination point of contact: respond to routine questions on L&D processes, learning platforms, training enrollment and policy guidance, escalating complex matters to the Europe Talent, OD and DIBE Manager.

Track progress and impact: maintain trackers for participation, completion, feedback, costs where relevant and key learning metrics to support regular updates to the People team and business stakeholders.

Requirements

Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, Labor Relations, Communications, or a related field.

To be eligible for the position, it is required that a formal internship agreement can be arranged with your university / school.

No professional experience required, but previous internship, part-time work, volunteer experience, or university projects are desirable.

Experience using Microsoft 365, Excel trackers, PowerPoint, SharePoint or similar collaboration tools.

Exposure to LinkedIn Learning, Workday Learning, LMS platforms, learning campaigns or internal communications is a plus.