Receptionist

Receptionist

Hedge Fund in London is recruiting a new Receptionist for their highly prestigious firm. As their main front of house expert this vacancy would need a 1st Class & 5* customer service skills. As their ambassador creating that first impression, you would also be booking in lunches with the catering team, and carrying out diary management. This firm has excellent benefits offered including great Bonus and Private Health. Previous FOH receptionist experience from either a company, or a 4 or 5* Hotel, or ex-cabin crew experience welcome.

Reception Duties: 

• Overseeing the switchboard and being the firms ambassador for some incoming calls 
• Screening telephone calls and forwarding messages 
• Meeting and greeting in a warm, friendly manner to clients, staff and visitors 
• Utilising the meeting room calendar / meeting room software 
• Setting up conference calls
• Overseeing the catering team who are setting up/clearing meeting rooms ensuring that the cleaning teams have kept the space tidy at all times 
• Booking lunches, liaising with hospitality teams for drinks and lunches for guests 
• Keeping check on office supplies and ordering if necessary 
• General administration (photocopy, fax, scanning) 
• Sorting and distributing post daily and ordering couriers 
• Assisting PAs and Directors where possible 
• Booking Travel and Accomodation 
• Other ad hoc duties as requested from time to time 

Requirements:

• Previous FOH/Reception experience 
• Wonderful communication and administration skills 
• Able to successfully communicate at the highest level 
• Ability to prioritise and have attention to detail 
• Ability to work in a fast paced and challenging environment 
• Excellent telephone manner, well presented and polite 
• A team player 
• Knowledge of MS Office 

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CANDIDATES: PLEASE DO NOT COLD-CALL OUR OFFICE - Unfortunately we simply aren't able to take any calls unless the candidate has been asked to call us specifically. We simply don't have the personnel to assist with cold-calls.
We would love to get back to everyone however due the sheer volume of applications we will only be able to reply if we feel we can successfully place you in one of our corporate roles. Thank you so much for understanding. We will do our best with your application and thank you!