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People Operations Specialist

Care New England
Providence, RI Full Time
POSTED ON 3/27/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 4/25/2026
Job Summary

The Care New England People Operations Specialist provide front line support to employees across all the CNE Operating Units.

Reporting to the Director of HRIS and Operations, the People Operations Specialist serves as the primary point of contact to assess, prioritize, and/or resolve employee, and manager issues. In addition, they manage defined workloads using a broad range of HR knowledge and competencies as part of the CNE HR service deliver model. People Operations Specialists have a wide array of learned regulatory, policy, process, system, and people knowledge to deliver meaningful and accurate solutions in a timely manner. Workload quantities, complexities, and urgencies may fluctuate based on organizational cycles and environments. To manage these changing demands, the People Operations Specialists must be agile and able to prioritize needs, while simultaneously managing customer expectations.

The Human Resources team, in collaboration with HR teams across individual operating units, supports approximately 8,000 CNE employees. The People Operations Specialist plays a central role in delivering a broad range of established HR services and may also take on special projects or undefined tasks. These opportunities are designed to expand their skills and experience, particularly in support of continuous learning and adapting to new technological advancements.

Duties And Responsibilities

  • Balances multiple HR team workloads utilizing various Systems, methodologies, and processes to deliver a broad range of HR services.
  • Acts as primary Point-of-Contact to resolve employee Inquiries/Issues/concerns through the ServiceNow Case Management System.
  • Serves as the main liaison between Talent Acquisition, Occupational Health and new hires throughout the Employee Onboarding Experience.
  • Assists with reporting requests for benefits, leave of absence, and time off support and time tracking.
  • Providing or Supporting Verifications of Employment
  • Maintains employee files in accordance with records management requirements and retention requirements. Provides requested file documents to other members of the HR team as needed.
  • Maintenance, interpretation, and application of HR Knowledge Guides & HR Policies as appropriate.
  • Support Maintenance and/or Creation of Internal HR Team Knowledge Base Content
  • Provide needs-based solutions to the broader HR Team where necessary to address a variety of identified issues, challenges, and/or workload demands.
  • Performs other job-related duties as requested.

Requirements

High School or GED Required; Associate degree Preferred. Minimum, 3 to 5 years experience.

Care New England Health System (CNE) and its member institutions, Butler Hospital, Women & Infants Hospital, Kent Hospital, VNA of Care New England, Integra, The Providence Center, and Care New England Medical Group, and our Wellness Center, are trusted organizations fueling the latest advances in medical research, attracting top specialty-trained doctors, and honing renowned services and innovative programs to engage in the important discussions people need to have about their health.

Americans with Disability Act Statement: External and internal applicants, as well as position incumbents who become disabled must be able to perform the essential job-specific functions either unaided or with the assistance of a reasonable accommodation, to be determined by the organization on a case-by-case basis.

EEOC Statement: Care New England is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.

Ethics Statement: Employee conducts himself/herself consistent with the ethical standards of the organization including, but not limited to hospital policy, mission, vision, and values.

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