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Receptionist & Office Assistant - Mandarin speaking preferred

People First
Posted a day ago, valid for 2 days
Location

London, Greater London EC1R 0WX

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a Receptionist & Office Assistant, requiring strong reception, customer service, and administrative skills.
  • Candidates should ideally have a degree and previous experience in a similar role, with Mandarin skills preferred.
  • The role involves managing reception duties, greeting visitors, handling phone calls, and providing general administrative support.
  • The salary for this position is competitive, and the working hours are from 9 AM to 5 PM with some flexibility required.
  • Applicants should be eligible to work in the UK and possess excellent communication and organizational skills.

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The Skills You'll Need: Reception/Customer Service and Admin skills, Mandarin skills are a bonus.

Your New Salary: Competitive

Office based.

Permanent

Start: ASAP

Woking hours: 9-5 with flexibility when required.

Reporting to Head of IT & Admin/HR Director

Receptionist & Office Assistant - What You'll be Doing:

The Receptionist/Office Assistant role is responsible for managing reception, greeting visitors, handling phone calls and providing general administrative support. This position requires excellent communication, organisational and multitasking skills.

  • Greet and welcome visitors in a professional and friendly manner;
  • Answer, screen and direct phone calls to appropriate personnel;
  • Handle incoming and outgoing mail, deliveries and couriers;
  • Maintain reception and shared areas (such as meeting room, kitchen, stationary room) tidy and presentable at all times;
  • Process expenses for office administration;
  • Order office supplies and ensure inventory is well-stocked;
  • Coordinate office maintenance, repairs and service requests;
  • Represent the Bank on the tenant meetings and feedback to the management team;
  • Book hotels and flight tickets for business trips;
  • Assist with itineraries for Head Office’s delegation or customer group;
  • Maintain training and development records;
  • Assist with recruitment administration activities;
  • Assist with onboarding new employees and interns, including collection of documentation and pre-employment checks;
  • Support event planning and coordination for company functions;
  • General administrative duties;
  • Ad-hoc tasks as required by line managers.

Receptionist & Office Assistant - The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

  • Degree level
  • Mandarin speaking preferred
  • Previous experience in a receptionist or administrative role preferred
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Have strong organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to multitask whilst maintain accuracy
  • Professional and courteous demeanor with strong customer service skills
  • Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.