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Posted: 15-May-26
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Internal Number: 269763
At Duke Health, we're driven by a commitment to compassionate care that changes the lives of patients, their loved ones, and the greater community. No matter where your talents lie, join us and discover how we can advance health together.
Work Arrangement - Hybrid
General Description of the Job Class
The Human Resources Business Partner will provide HR support to the Duke Cancer Institute whose mission is to discover, develop and deliver the future of cancer care...now. Duke Cancer Institute is a collaborative powerhouse-audacious, evolving, unconventional-at the center of a world-renowned university and medical center
The role provides professional HR advisory services by creating a respectful and trusting relationship with managers, leaders, and employees in their supported unit(s).
Duties and Responsibilities of this Level
- Provide consultative and strategic direction to leaders (generally directors and below).
- Collaborate across stakeholder groups to ensure consistency in department function or specific initiatives regarding the talent force.
- Collaborate with the Center of Expertise on solutions to critical workforce planning trends and needs on behalf of the entity/service line. Consult, offer solutions, and escalate complex cases to Sr. HRBP as needed.
- Partner with stakeholder groups to align talent solutions with operational priorities, forecast future workforce needs to align with business goals, and provide analytics insights to aid informed decision making.
- Partner with stakeholder groups to develop effective strategies for leveraging talent, drive culture strategies that match business priorities, create retention strategies, and aid with succession planning and internal mobility.
- Provide consultative support to directors and below to execute total rewards strategy and identify operation risks related to compliance and mitigation strategies.
- Proactively partner to drive change initiatives, guide leaders through employee relations issues and create strategies to mitigate future issues. Offer support to employees and managers regarding performance concerns and improvement strategies. Escalate complex employee relations issues to Sr. HR business partners.
- Participate in and manage projects that cross multiple areas.
- Maintain working knowledge of all applicable policies and procedures. Provide HR policy guidance and interpretation. Ensure regulatory compliance pertaining to employment and HR matters.
- Partner with stakeholders to understand challenges during intake/scoping discussions. Identify possible solutions.
- Make HR operational level decisions impacting specific departments.
- Maintain a working knowledge of employee relations and handle cases of moderate complexity.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
Education
Work requires skills that are generally acquired through the completion of a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
Experience
3 years of strategic partnership experience in Human Resources or a combination of education and experience sufficient to meet the relevant experience and competencies provided below. Excellent leadership, strategic planning, and interpersonal skills. Proficiency in data analysis and program evaluation. Strong HR policy review and interpretation. Strong data analysis and reporting capability. Compensation acumen.
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