Receptionist

Location: Balham
Application Deadline: 08 January 2023
Salary: £14,103.87 per annum
Region: Balham

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity to join Certitude as a Receptionist as we continue to grow as a Social Care provider in London.

Salary: £14,103.87 per annum (£10.82 per hour)
Hours: 25 hours
Job Type: Fixed Term - Part-Time (Maternity Cover - 1 Year)
Location: Balham
Shift Pattern: Monday - Friday - 12pm - 5pm

Benefits

- A stimulating work environment full of opportunities to learn and develop
- Annual leave + bank holidays & enrolment onto a pension scheme
- 24-hour Employee Assistance
- Paid Enhanced DBS
- Eye care vouchers & Perkbox (employee benefits platform for wellbeing and discounts)
- Travel season ticket loan & Cycle to Work Scheme (eligible after one year’s service)

About the role

As a Receptionist, you will be the organisation’s first point of contact for front of house services. You will be responsible for ensuring the reception is always presentable and tidy, greeting visitors/staff and co-ordinating front-desk activities. You will also be vigilant in ensuring the security of the building, as well as providing administrative support to other departments.

Duties will include:

- Greeting and welcoming guests and staff on entry
- Maintaining office security, providing building access and performing health & safety checks
- Ensuring visitors are directed to the appropriate person or department
- Answering, screening and forwarding all incoming calls and accurately relaying messages
- Receiving, sorting and distributing all outgoing and incoming post and deliveries
- Managing calendars and scheduling meetings

About you

To be a Receptionist at Certitude, the following are essential:

- 1+ years’ experience in a similar role
- Solid written and verbal communication skills
- Multitasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks
- Highly effective written and spoken communication skills, with different people from a variety of backgrounds
- Must be willing to be flexible on occasion due to business needs
- Willing to take care of your health and safety and that of other persons
- Intermediate Microsoft Office skills

About the Organisation

At the Certitude Group, we are proud of our history of supporting people with complex mental health needs and learning disabilities. We support more than 1,800 people across London through a diverse range of support services and believe in providing the right level of support, to enable individuals to flourish, contribute and live a good life.

We have high employee engagement and a strong commitment to people development from both our Board and Leadership Team. As a result, we can support people with mental health needs and learning disabilities to live the life they want to lead; happy, healthy, respected as equals and valued for their contribution within communities.

We aim to be the best social care employer in London and are proud of our reputation as a London employer - employing more than a 1,500 colleagues and volunteers with a turnover of £48m.

Our Values

- Working Together
- Continuously Improving
- Inspired by People
- Trustworthy & Dependable

Do you want to be a Receptionist at Certitude? Select the apply button shown, complete an application form and someone from the Recruitment Team will be in touch! If you have any questions, please email us.

All our posts are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure as well as a full employment history and employment references. We are committed to equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We reserve the right to close vacancies before the date stated when we have received sufficient applications from which to make a shortlist. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

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