Administrative Assistant – Contract

3-month+ Contract

Palo Alto, CA

$30 – $35/hour

Option 1 Staffing is currently recruiting for an Administrative Assistant for a nationally recognized University in Palo Alto, CA. In this role, our client is seeking candidates with prior administrative experience supporting Executives/Directors in calendaring, event coordinating, and financial reimbursement processing. Candidates should be proactive, professional, and tech-savvy.

Responsibilities:

• Perform complex calendaring with competing priorities, resolving calendar conflicts as needed
• Coordinating travel arrangements from flights, hotels, reservations, to transportation
• Process and monitor routine financial transactions, which may include researching and resolving discrepancies
• Coordinate events, conferences, and team meetings as needed
• Maintain office supplies and equipment; obtain vendor quotations, as needed
• Creating expense reports, complex reports, and spreadsheets
• Reviewing incoming documents

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of administrative experience providing direct support
• Bachelor’s degree
• Flexible and adaptable personality
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Academia experience is a plus!

For immediate consideration, please apply!

Option 1 Staffing is an award-winning, statewide, recognized leader in staffing and recruiting, specializing in placing the highest caliber of Non-Clinical Healthcare, Information Technology, Supply Chain, Administrative/Office, and Accounting/Finance professionals in contract and direct-hire opportunities. We work with top and emerging companies in the Technology and Healthcare industry.

We Offer:

• Excellent opportunity to work for an outstanding, large, and growing company!
• Awesome Benefits!
• Excellent salary!
• Medical Insurance
• 401K

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