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Location Boston, Massachusetts

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Job Description: p style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"The Sr. Administrative Assistant plays an important role in ensuring the effective and efficient maintenance of departmental processes, procedures, and programs inclusive of calendar management, scheduling, vendor meetings, travel arrangements and expenses. It is imperative this person can handle details of a confidential and critical nature. To be successful at this position it will be important to exercise independent judgment to optimize internal processes and procedures, as well as act as a team player. There will be a need to be flexible and perform other duties as assigned.  /pp style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"  /pp style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"strongKey Responsibilities:/strong /pul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Provide logistical planning and administrative support for the designated leaders, including calendar management /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Agenda and logistics management (room, catering, A/V, Zoom) for meetings and team outings, including: /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Leadership Team Meetings, Town Halls, Staff Meetings, Team Offsites, etc. /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Schedule and coordinate larger cross-functional meetings as requested by extended leadership team members, with direction from designated leader. /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Work across departments and with other administrative associates to facilitate interview schedules, meeting logistics, etc. /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Work closely with the other DTE admin for department meetings and events. /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Coordinate interactions with strategic vendors - onsite visits, conference calls, offsite meetings, and book travel arrangements /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Submit TE reports in Concur /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Manage leadership team and staff meeting agendas in Microsoft Teams/Sharepoint/OneNote etc. /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Assist in onboarding new DTE employees – add to email distribution lists, add to recurring DTE/team meetings, etc. /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Identify and implement opportunities to improve DTE processes and procedures /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Additional ad hoc projects and responsibilities as requested by the designated DTE Leaders. /li/ulp style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" /pp style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"strongMinimum Qualifications/strong:/pul style="margin-bottom: 0in; margin-top: 0px;"li style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Bachelor’s Degree preferred/lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"5+ years administrative experience/lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Experience with Outlook Calendar Management and Concur Expense reporting systems /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Demonstrates excellent communication, verbal and written, and interpersonal skills /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Able to work in a fast-paced environment and multi-task /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Able to independently interpret policies and solve non-routine, complex issues /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Possesses thorough understanding of departmental and company policies and procedures /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Ability to work with employees at all levels in the organization and across all functions /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Team player able to develop rapport and credibility with team members /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Detail orientated with ability to identify and communicate conflicts in scheduling/priorities /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Displays sound ethics and a fit for Vertex’s core values /lili style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt 0px; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;"Ability to clearly present project status and outline processes in oral and written formats /li/ulp style="margin: 0in 0in 8pt; line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;" /p Pay Range: p style="margin: 0px;"strong$45-$55/hr/strong/p Requisition Disclaimer: p style="margin: 9.95pt 5.35pt 0.0001pt 5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"span style="font-style: normal;"This job posting is for a temporary role with a third-party agency partner on assignment at Vertex Pharmaceuticals (“Vertex”). The individual selected for this role will be offered the role as an employee of a third- party agency partner; compensation, medical benefits, fringe benefits and other terms and conditions of employment shall be presented by the third-party agency partner upon offer. The pay rate range provided is a reasonable estimate of the anticipated compensation range for this job at the time of posting. The actual pay rate will be based on a number of factors, including skills, competencies, experience, location and/or being pursued and other job-related factors permitted by law. In addition, this role will be eligible for overtime pay, in accordance with federal and state requirements/span/pp style="margin: 0.45pt 0in 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"span style="font-style: normal;" /span/pp style="margin: 0in 5.35pt 0.0001pt 5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"span style="font-style: normal;"By applying for this position, you agree to the Atrium Terms and Conditions and you direct Atrium to share your application materials, which may include your CV/Resume, email address or phone number, with Vertex. For more information on how Vertex handles your personal data related to your job application, please see Vertex’s a href="https://www.vrtx.com/job-applicant-privacy-notice/?lang=en-us" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" rel="noopener"Careers Privacy Notice. /a/spanspan class="MsoCommentReference"span style="font-size: 8.0pt; font-style: normal;" /span/spanspan style="font-style: normal;" Agreeing to the Atrium Terms and Conditions, includes permission to use the email address and mobile phone number you provide during the application process or throughout the duration of your prospective or actual employment to notify you of job openings, profiles, articles, news, and other employment-related information, as well as to notify you of special promotions or additional products and services offered by us or our affiliates and partners/span/pp style="margin: 0.1pt 4.45pt 0.0001pt 5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"span style="font-style: normal;"(collectively, “Atrium Alerts”). Atrium Alerts may be sent by email, phone, or text message. Your personal information will be safely stored within the Atrium Vertex databases. Atrium does not sell your personal information to third parties. Text message and data rates may apply. To OPT OUT of text messaging or to modify your communication preferences for Atrium Alerts at any time, please contact Atrium at a href="mailto:privacyadministrator@atriumstaff.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" rel="noopener"span style="color: #0462c1;"privacyadministrator@atriumstaff.com/span/a./span/pp style="margin: 0.1pt 4.45pt 0.0001pt 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"span style="font-style: normal;" /span/pp style="margin: 5pt 5.35pt 0.0001pt 5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"span style="font-style: normal;"If you do not agree with the Atrium Terms and Conditions, you can still complete your application for this position by emailing your resume to our team at a href="mailto:tempstaffing@vrtx.com" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" rel="noopener"span style="color: #0462c1;"tempstaffing@vrtx.com./span/a Please include the job title in the subject of your email./span/pp style="margin: 0.1pt 0in 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-style: italic;"span style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-style: normal;" /span/pp style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 5pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"strongNo C2C or Third-Party Vendors/strong/pdivdivdiv id="_com_1" class="msocomtxt" /div/div/div

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Posting ID: 1136248799 Posted: 2025-08-20 Job Title: Senior Administrative Assistant Contract