<p><strong>Position: </strong>Project Assistant</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> Emeryville, CA</p><p><strong>Compensation:</strong> $24-$28/hour (DOE)</p><p><strong>Job Type:</strong> Contract</p><p><br></p><p><strong>About the Role</strong></p><p>We are seeking a highly organized Project Assistant to support project managers and cross-functional teams with the coordination, documentation, and administrative aspects of project delivery. This contract opportunity is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys keeping projects organized, and can effectively manage multiple priorities and deadlines. The Project Assistant will play a key role in maintaining project documentation, tracking schedules, supporting financial and reporting activities, and ensuring projects remain on track from initiation through completion. The ideal candidate is proactive, detail-oriented, and enjoys working collaboratively with internal teams, clients, vendors, and consultants.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Provide administrative and operational support to project managers, including maintaining project schedules, milestone trackers, action item logs, and project databases.</li><li>Coordinate meetings, prepare agendas, schedule attendees, document meeting notes, and follow up on outstanding tasks to support successful project execution.</li><li>Organize, maintain, and distribute project documentation, contracts, reports, correspondence, proposals, and other project-related materials.</li><li>Assist with project billing, invoice tracking, expense monitoring, consultant coordination, and other project administration activities to support financial accuracy.</li><li>Communicate with clients, vendors, consultants, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders to facilitate timely project updates, deliverables, approvals, and issue resolution.</li></ul>