Receptionist / Switchboard
TribePost
- Kingston upon Thames
- £17,089 per year
- Permanent
- Part-time
Salary: £17,089 + Benefits
Contract: Part-time, permanent.
Hours: 25 hours per week – 12.00 to 5.30 – Monday to Friday.Receptionist / Switchboard – Benefits:
- Company pension
- life assurance scheme
- 25 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
- free parking
- training and uniform provided
- Free gym membership.
- Greet and assist visitors, students, and staff at reception, including checking IDs when necessary.
- Provide information, directions, and handle phone inquiries, forwarding messages as needed.
- Collaborate with Security and Campus Support during emergencies, following University procedures.
- Report incidents and support administrative tasks as needed.
- Ensure security of working area daily and maintain cleanliness for a professional appearance.
- Manage incoming calls, redirect when necessary, and provide basic information to callers.
- Report equipment faults promptly and undergo training for new equipment.
- Assist with general duties in the switchboard office as required.
- Teamwork – this job needs people who support colleagues when necessary and in times of staff holiday, sickness and absence
- Flexibility – the job involves working (from time to time) at the University’s different campuses
- Calm and patient manner and the ability to work under their own initiative
- A clear speaking voice
- Enjoyment of working with the public, students, staff and contractors
- Confidence, Self-Motivation and Initiative – the ability to tackle calmly any situation which occurs and to decide on one’s own the best way it can be dealt with
- Knowledge of methods of posting, and how mail is sorted efficiently
- Pleasant and confident manner
- Smart (uniformed) and well-presented
- Physically fit