Receptionist

at  Persimmon Homes

From the commitment we pour into our homes, to the belief we bring to supporting amazing careers, a role at Persimmon is a springboard for Building Your New Possible. Discover new opportunities to grow, learn new skills and release your potential.
We’re Persimmon Homes, a FTSE 100 listed company and a leading UK house builder serving local communities across the UK and delivering around 10,000 homes a year. We have 29 operating businesses in England, Wales and Scotland, three house-building brands and three off-site manufacturing facilities.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU?

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Previous experience within an office environment
• Computer literate with experience of several different packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook
• Ability to be well organised, self-motivated with high attention to detail

WHAT IS THE ROLE?

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced part time Receptionist to work in our Persimmon PLC office. This role typically reports to the Office Manager.
The purpose of the role is to ensure all paperwork in relation to Persimmon departments and regional offices are sorted and distributed effectively and efficiently.

THE ROLE WILL INCLUDE:

• General reception/switchboard duties including ensuring that reception area is presentable, and visitors are dealt with quickly and efficiently.
• Receipt and co-ordination of deliveries to relevant departments ensuring that they are notified and to facilitate prompt collection.
• Responsibility for allocation, booking and co-ordination of meeting rooms, together with good organisational skills to ensure provision of required facilities including refreshments are dealt with timely, efficiently and seamlessly.
• To provide and perform general administration and secretarial support using own initiative and self-motivation where necessary including utilisation of your good level of computer literacy and excellent typing skills thereby ensuring work is processed confidentially, accurately and to a high standard.
• Assist in reception cover over lunch breaks, holidays and when deemed necessary thereby maintaining first-rate telephone cover the highest standard of customer care using excellent communication skills and resolving queries to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Responsible for Feedback of incoming emails through Persimmon Internet site, ensuring that queries are dealt with and replied to effectively, efficiently and professionally.
• General assistance as requested by the Office Manager.