Administrative Specialist
Duke Careers
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Durham • North Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Provide proactive, high-level administrative support to OCH executive and professional staff, including management of complex calendars, meetings, travel, and competing priorities.
- Provide administrative partnership support to the Duke University Office of Community Affairs.
- Support alignment between OCH and OCA by coordinating schedules, materials, and logistics for joint leadership meetings.
- Prepare advanced presentations, briefing materials, executive summaries, reports, and dashboards related to community health, equity, and social impact initiatives.
- Compile, analyze, and synthesize data from internal systems, community partners, and Duke University collaborators; summarize findings for leadership and stakeholders.
- Plan and coordinate logistics for community meetings, advisory councils, university-community convenings, conferences, and leadership-hosted events.
Requirements
- High school diploma or equivalent with five (5) years of progressively responsible administrative support experience demonstrating increasing complexity and autonomy OR Associate’s degree or two (2) years of postsecondary education with three (3) years of relevant administrative experience OR An equivalent combination of relevant education, training, and experience.
- Experience supporting community engagement, public health, health equity, or social impact initiatives.
- Experience working in both academic health systems and university settings.
- Familiarity with Duke Health and Duke University administrative and financial systems.
- Experience supporting cross-institutional partnerships and community advisory bodies.
- Demonstrated commitment to community-centered and equity-focused work.
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
administrative supportcalendar managementdata analysispresentation preparationreport writinglogistics coordinationevent planningcommunity engagementhealth equitysocial impact initiatives
Soft Skills
proactive supportorganizational skillscommunication skillscollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailstakeholder engagementadaptabilitytime managementcommitment to equity