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Title: Administrative Assistant - Legal
Job Type: Contract
Contract Length: 6 months
Pay Range: $35-37/hr
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Hybrid - San Jose, CA
About The Opportunity
Our client, a leader in Technology/Cloud Solutions, is looking for a skilled Administrative Assistant - Legal to join their team for a 6 month engagement. This project involves providing complex, highly confidential administrative support to several Vice Presidents within the Legal organization, requiring the highest level of discretion, independent judgment, and a proactive approach. This is a high-impact role that requires a self-motivated professional who can hit the ground running and deliver results quickly.
Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
This role is focused on the successful completion of specific tasks and deliverables. Your responsibilities will include:
We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful contract engagements. The ideal candidate will have:
Job Type: Contract
Contract Length: 6 months
Pay Range: $35-37/hr
Start Date: ASAP
Location: Hybrid - San Jose, CA
About The Opportunity
Our client, a leader in Technology/Cloud Solutions, is looking for a skilled Administrative Assistant - Legal to join their team for a 6 month engagement. This project involves providing complex, highly confidential administrative support to several Vice Presidents within the Legal organization, requiring the highest level of discretion, independent judgment, and a proactive approach. This is a high-impact role that requires a self-motivated professional who can hit the ground running and deliver results quickly.
Key Responsibilities & Deliverables
This role is focused on the successful completion of specific tasks and deliverables. Your responsibilities will include:
- Calendar Management: Managing several highly visible VP’s calendars, intuitively scheduling internal/external meetings, and proactively resolving conflicts.
- Travel and Expenses: Arranging both domestic and international travel logistics (including visa/passport requirements) and creating expense reports within the required timeframe.
- Procurement & Follow-Up: Creating purchase order requests, tracking, and following up on procurement processes to ensure timely completion of purchase orders and vendor invoices.
- Team Meetings: Organizing monthly/quarterly all-hands and team meetings, coordinating presentation materials, guest speaker logistics, and managing A/V needs for hybrid and in-person attendance.
- Internal Resource Management: Maintaining shared drives, folders, and internal documentation to ensure easy access to templates, policies, and reference materials for the global Legal team.
We are looking for someone with a proven track record of successful contract engagements. The ideal candidate will have:
- Minimum 5 years of progressively responsible administrative support within a highly demanding, fast-paced environment.
- Deep expertise in: Experience working in a law firm or corporate legal organization is required, and strong calendar management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously and manage your own time effectively to meet project goals, with exceptional professionalism, flexibility, and discretion when handling highly confidential and legally privileged information.
- Experience with event planning and coordination, managing special projects, and utilizing an advanced level of MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Google Drive.
- Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) and ability to confidently engage with executives and internal/external customers to provide clear and concise status updates to the project team.
Salary : $35 - $37