Receptionist - Interpersonnel UK Ltd : Job Details

Receptionist – Temporary

£12.42 per hour

Our client is seeking a receptionist to assist on an add hoc basis to cover holidays and sickness cover on their busy site.

Based on the needs of the business the hours of working will be 8.30am – 4.30pm between Monday to Friday on an add hoc basis. We are therefore looking for candidates that are open to add hoc cover to suit their work-life balances near to the East/West Malling area.

First booking will be Thursday 4th September for Training, and cover Friday 5th September 8.30am – 4.30pm.

Main job activities

• Answer all calls to the main reception, transferring the caller to the relevant person
• Meet and greet all visitors to site and inform the relevant person of their arrival
• Sort all incoming mail and courier deliveries to Reception, informing recipients
• Frank external mail for collection by Royal Mail, keep machine topped up and extract reports from the franking machine software
• Assist with administration tasks for Short Courses and Tours
• Operate intercom entrance gates
• Take payments for personal franked mail, tenants’ key fobs, products etc.
• Point of liaison in the event of fire / emergency
• Miscellaneous administration tasks e.g., filing, preparing visitor badges, data entry etc.
• General administration duties as required

Job Requirements and Person Specification

General Essential Elements:

• Excellent communication skills
• Smart appearance and professional manner
• Good customer service skills
• General office skills (keeping items in stock, labelling, filing etc.)

Special Skills

Essential Elements:

• Familiarity with pc-based systems
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook
• Ability to work unsupervised using own initiative and managing own workload
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to solve problems within area of work/knowledge
• Numerate
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Desirable Elements:

• Self-motivated with a calm and friendly disposition

Interpersonnel Recruitment is operating as an Employment Business for our client for this particular role. By applying you give consent for your data to be handled and processed under GDPR Legislation for the purpose of your current employment search.

We ask that all applicants already have Right to Work UK documentation in place and on file.

We are pleased to receive a significant number of applications for most roles advertised. We are therefore unable to respond to individual applicants unless shortlisted. If you have not been contacted within four weeks of the closing date you should assume you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

Interpersonnel is an equal opportunities employer. All our current vacancies are on our website.