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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.
Were 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.
Were looking for people like you, and this could be your opportunity to start Building Your New Possible.
What is the role?
This is an exciting opportunity for two experienced part time Receptionists to work in our West Yorkshire office situated in Colton, Leeds. Hours of work will be approximately 20 hours per week, Mon to Fri.
The role will include:
- General reception/switchboard duties including maintaining first-rate telephone manner to the highest standard of customer care using excellent communication skills and resolving queries to a satisfactory conclusion.
- Ensuring that the reception area is presentable and visitors are dealt with quickly and efficiently.
- Ensure all incoming and outgoing mail is sorted and distributed effectively and efficiently.
- Receipt and co-ordination of deliveries to relevant departments ensuring that they are notified and to facilitate prompt collection.
- Responsibility for the stock levels and ordering of stationery for the office and our developments.
- Providing hot and cold beverages for visitors/meetings ensuring they 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.
- 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 Managing Directors PA.
What we need from you?
- Excellent telephone manner and professionalism
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Previous experience within a reception/office environment
- Computer literate with experience of a number of different packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook
- Ability to be well organised, self-motivated with high attention to detail
Whats in it for you?
Salary and benefits package
- Competitive Salary (DOE)
- Pension
- Bonus
When you join us, the futureis yours to explore. You can realise your full potential through industry-leading training and clearly signposted career paths. Persimmon iswhere hard graft and team spirit means real variety,satisfaction and rewards. A place where you can be at your best,andevengo beyond what you thought you were capable of. If this sounds like the place for you, apply today and start Building Your New Possible.
Persimmon are Proud Sponsors of Team GB
No Agencies please Persimmon will not accept speculative CVs as a means of introduction
Persimmon is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination.
Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
