Administrative Assistant
Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Country: United States
Category: Administrative
Workplace Location: Onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Posted Date: May 6, 2026
Job ID: 647130
Job Description
Administrative Assistant
Location: Boston, MA
Contract length: 6 months
Schedule: Hybrid in Boston, MA (WFH Fridays)
Pay: $31-35.92/hr, DOE
The Planet Group is looking for an Administrative Assistant to join our well-known retail brand on a roughly 6-month contract! This role is 40 hours per week and will be hybrid in Boston, MA, working remotely on Fridays. The nature of the work is focused on providing services which help ensure a safe, healthy, and effective or efficient work environment or providing personal amenities to employees.
Administrative Assistant Qualifications:
- Typically requires a Bachelors Degree and minimum of 5 years directly relevant work experience
- Note: One of the following alternatives may be accepted: PhD or Law + 3 yrs; Masters + 4 yrs; Associates degree + 6 yrs; High School + 7 yrs.
- Strong communication skills
- Experience with Outlook email and calendar management
- Strong Presentation skills
- Ability to schedule travel for senior leadership
- High level of professionalism expected
Administrative Assistant Description:
- Set up and maintain files
- Interview callers and make proper referrals
- Arrange meetings and conferences
- Receive, refer, or answer mail
- Review drafts and finished documents for appropriate grammatical usage
- Answer questions relating to office operations and established policies and procedures
- Gather, compile and report on information relevant to supervisor's assignment
- Prepare expense reports and purchase orders and maintain office supplies
- Update organizational charts
- Coordinate department or equipment moves
- Respond tactfully and promptly to inquiries and problems within scope of established authority
- Handle confidential information
- May serve as the central contact for general department information
- Coordinate a full range of meeting, event, and travel arrangements
- Manage calendars
- Work with internal/external contacts
- Coordinate a full range of meeting, event, and travel arrangements
- Work with internal/external contacts for venue requirements and selection, room set-up, catering, and materials delivery
- Utilize the client's on-line reservation system to ensure that travel policy is followed in order to provide cost-effective and convenient travel arrangements
- Work with travel agents, airlines, and others regarding planning and customer service issues
- Utilize computer skills to create high quality graphic and text presentations often under tight timeframes
- Interpret needs, determine and produce effective presentation layout, and organize final documents
- Prepare special reports requiring the selection of relevant information from a variety of sources
EEO Statement
The staffing industry has seen an increase in people falsely representing themselves as recruiters to gather personal information from job seekers. For your safety, do not provide sensitive data to anyone you have not spoken with thoroughly, never provide banking information during the application process, and always double check the email address of the Recruiter to ensure it’s from an official Planet domain (@theplanetgroup.com or @launchcg.com) - and not a domain with an alternative extension like .net, .org, or .jobs.
The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.
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About The Planet Group
The Planet Group is a global professional services firm delivering strategic staffing and advisory solutions. We operate at the intersection of talent and transformation – connecting the right people with the right opportunities in the areas of technology, engineering, accounting & finance, digital marketing, and manufacturing.
As one of the largest staffing companies in the US, we operate with a global reach and a performance-first mindset. We partner with clients to move fast, stay agile, and drive measurable results – building high-impact teams that fuel transformation and growth.
