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# HR Admin Internship - Part Time at Rival Technologies

- **Company:** Rival Technologies
- **Location:** Vancouver, Canada
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rivaltechnologies/jobs/5409704008

## Job description

Location: Vancouver, Canada    |    Employment Type: Part-time Internship    |    Reports to: People & Culture Team

Reporting to the People & Culture Team, we’re looking for a collaborative HR Administrative Intern to join Rival Group. In this role, you’ll help support HR administration, recruitment coordination, and employee data and documentation, working with smart, kind people who care about great work, real collaboration, and having fun while building something meaningful.

This role is open to candidates based in Vancouver, Canada, with a hybrid working model designed to support flexibility, connection, and focused work.

## About Rival Group

Rival Group brings together Rival Technologies, Reach3 Insights, and Angus Reid Group to help brands get closer to their customers through AI-accelerated, mobile-first conversational insights. Our teams blend technology, research, consulting, and data storytelling to help organizations make better, faster, and smarter decisions.

We're transforming the insights industry — moving quickly, staying curious, and building work that feels fresh, human, and genuinely useful. We celebrate people who bring courage, energy, results, and kinship to everything they do.

## What you’ll own

- Provide day-to-day People & Culture administration, including data entry, employee file maintenance, updating trackers and spreadsheets, organizing documents, and keeping HR records accurate.
- Provide recruitment support, including posting jobs, coordinating interviews, updating candidate records in the ATS, preparing interview materials, tracking candidate progress, and supporting recruitment-related follow-ups.
- Support onboarding and offboarding administration, including system updates, document preparation, reminders, checklists, and coordination with internal stakeholders.
- Help with recurring HR tasks such as data audits, basic reporting, routine requests, and maintaining templates, guides, and process documentation.

## What you bring

- Currently pursuing or recently completed a diploma or degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field; previous HR experience is preferred but not required.
- Comfort with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and Outlook, and the ability to learn new HR systems quickly.
- Strong communication skills, good judgment, and discretion when handling confidential employee and candidate information.
- A practical, curious mindset and willingness to take ownership of repetitive, detail-oriented tasks while looking for ways to improve processes.
- Excellent organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage recurring tasks, meet deadlines, and produce accurate work.
- A collaborative, dependable approach and a desire to contribute to a positive and inclusive team culture.

## Nice to have

- Previous internship, administrative, customer service, office, or coordination experience is an asset.
- An interest in building a career in Human Resources, Talent Acquisition, People Operations, or a related field.
- Exposure to an HRIS, applicant tracking system, SharePoint, project management tools, or similar workplace technology is an asset.

Why Rival for your next career adventure?

At Rival, how we work matters just as much as what we deliver. We’re building a place where people can do meaningful work, grow their careers, and enjoy the humans they work with along the way.

The hourly rate for this role is CAD $20 with a maximum 15 hour work week.

## Our values

Our values guide how we work together, make decisions, and show up for customers and each other:

- Courage
- Results
- Energy
- Kinship

The not-so-fine print

You must be eligible to work in Canada to be considered for this role. At Rival, we value the unique qualities and experiences each candidate brings. We personally review every application and do not use AI or automated systems to screen or filter resumes.

If you don’t see yourself fully reflected in every requirement above, we still encourage you to apply. Research shows that people from underrepresented groups often apply only when they feel 100% qualified. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

Rival provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religion, age, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

We’re also committed to an accessible work environment and inclusive employment practices. Please contact our People & Culture team if you require accommodation at any point in the selection process.

Please note that, given our security and compliance certifications, final applicants will be required to undergo a background check. No recruiters and no phone calls, please.

## About Rival Technologies

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Rival Technologies provides a conversational, AI-powered market research platform that replaces traditional surveys with mobile-first chat experiences to capture authentic consumer insights.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Venture-backed)
- **Headquarters**: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Andrew Reid

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Market Research & Insights Technology (SaaS); Software Development
- **Target customers**: B2B; Enterprise brands across CPG, retail, media, technology, healthcare, and finance
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To re-imagine customer engagement for the modern age" — starting with the $100 billion research and insights industry [rivaltech.com](https://www.rivaltech.com/about-us)

## Products & Services
- **Rival Platform**: An AI-powered conversational research platform that blends quantitative and qualitative research with unlimited video feedback. Designed for mobile-first, chat-like experiences. Encompasses the following solutions:
- **Community 2.0**: Insight community platform re-imagined for mobile, designed to capture ongoing, deeper insights from today’s mobile-first consumers with industry-leading response rates and faster time to insights [rivaltech.com](https://www.rivaltech.com/).
- **Brand Experience Predictor**: Solution for tracking and measuring brand experience over time.
- **Agile Research**: Friction-free, agile research programs for unique business needs.
- **Voice of Market**: One-stop shop for measuring the impact of experiential marketing campaigns before, during, and after they happen.
- **Strategic Support (white-glove services)**: Full-spectrum strategic support and partnership from Reach3 Insights (sister company), including planning, programming, and executing research.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric (Total Funding)**: USD $6,495,169 in known venture funding (latest round: $6.5M in July 2019) [LinkedIn](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/rival-technologies)
- **Annual Revenue**: USD $5.7 million [LinkedIn](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/rival-technologies)
- **Key Metric (Growth)**: 40%+ year-over-year growth in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) subscription [rivaltech.com](https://www.rivaltech.com/about-us)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Part of **Rival Group**, which also includes sister companies **Reach3 Insights** (full-service research consultancy) and **Angus Reid Group** (Canada’s most trusted market research and public polling firm).
- **Growth Signals**: 
- 40%+ YoY ARR growth
- 4,912 LinkedIn followers (+1.3% monthly, +13.5% yearly)
- 40 employees (+2.0% YoY)
- Awards: Recipient of Next Gen Market Research Disruptive Innovation Award; recognized as a Top 3 Most Innovative Technology Supplier in research [rivaltech.com](https://www.rivaltech.com/about-us).

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in conversational research**: Pioneered mobile-first, chat-based research and insight communities as an alternative to traditional, clunky online surveys.
- **AI-powered platform**: Leverages AI agents and machine learning to automate repetitive tasks, apply research best practices, and generate deeper insights faster.
- **High engagement rates**: Delivers industry-leading response rates (up to 60%) and significantly richer data (700% increase in words used in video responses vs. open-end text).
- **Integrated enterprise ecosystem**: Unique "Rival Group" structure combines a cutting-edge SaaS platform (Rival Tech) with a top-tier research consultancy (Reach3 Insights) and a trusted public polling name (Angus Reid Group), offering clients both technology and strategic expertise.

## Strategic Focus
- **Modernizing market research**: Continuing to replace outdated survey methodologies with conversational, mobile-first experiences.
- **Scaling AI capabilities**: Deepening the integration of AI agents and machine learning to automate workflows and accelerate insights delivery.
- **Growing ARR**: Maintaining the strong 40%+ YoY subscription growth trajectory.
- **Serving enterprise clients**: Expanding footprint across CPG, retail, media, tech, healthcare, and finance sectors.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a "playful and friendly environment" with a strong sense of "kinship" and "energy." Core values include Courage (embracing disruption), Kinship (trust, inclusivity, fun), and Results (results-driven DNA). The company prides itself on "No a\*\*holes" policy [rivaltech.com](https://www.rivaltech.com/careers).
- **Employee Satisfaction**: 
- 4.3-star Glassdoor rating, with 87% recommending to a friend.
- Great Place to Work certified in British Columbia; certified Best Workplace for new start-ups.
- 91% of employees say teammates are friendly, supportive, and welcoming; 90% feel passionate about their work [rivaltech.com](https://www.rivaltech.com/careers).
- **Diversity & Pay Equity**: 50% of senior leadership are women. The company is committed to closing the gender pay gap and maintaining equitable pay across all roles regardless of gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, age, or neurodiversity.
- **Work Arrangement**: Headquarters in Vancouver, BC. Offers a "work-from-home package and stipend" and a self-managed approach to mental health, personal, and sick days. Hybrid/flexible policy likely.
- **Benefits**: 
- 100% employer-paid health/dental plan
- Comprehensive paid time off
- Parental leave top-up
- $1,000 annual enhanced mental health benefits
- Work-from-home stipend
- **Current Openings (examples)**: Senior DevOps Engineer, Senior Software Engineer, Intermediate UX Designer, Customer Success Coordinator [Greenhouse](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rivaltechnologies).
- **Meaningful Work**: Employees feel they are "helping change the way brands engage with their most important audiences."

## Sources
1. [rivaltech.com - Homepage & Product Solutions](https://www.rivaltech.com/)
2. [rivaltech.com - About Us (Mission, History, Values, Leadership)](https://www.rivaltech.com/about-us)
3. [rivaltech.com - Careers Page (Culture, Benefits, Stats)](https://www.rivaltech.com/careers)
4. [Greenhouse - Job Board at Rival Technologies](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/rivaltechnologies)
5. [LinkedIn - Rival Technologies Company Profile](https://ca.linkedin.com/company/rival-technologies)

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