Senior Administrative Assistant

1 month ago


Palo Alto, United States Option 1 Staffing Services, Inc. Full time

Senior Administrative Assistant - Contract

2-month+ Contract

Palo Alto, CA

$30 - $35/hour


Option 1 Staffing is recruiting a Senior Administrative Assistant for a nationally recognized university in Palo Alto, CA. The ideal candidate will have prior experience providing administrative support to Executives or Directors, with a focus on calendaring, event coordination, and financial reimbursement processing. We are looking for proactive, professional, adaptable, and tech-savvy individuals for this role.


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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