Receptionist

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

12/14/2024

Location: Stoke on Trent, ST1 5SH

Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00am-5.00pm, 40 hours per week

As a Receptionist for Novus, you are the face of our business to all incoming visitors at our Central Support office in Stoke on Trent. Your role sits within the wider team of Executive Assistant and PAs who support our Board of Directors and wider business and operations.

A customer centric role, sitting front of house, ensuring every interaction you have with clients, customers or visitors are of a high standard, and dealt with in a professional and efficient manner. Additionally you will be support the central services departments as a key point of contact to assist them with administrative duties, providing flexible and adaptable approach to the needs of the business and wider team.

Whats in it for you?

• Attractive salary & benefits to suit you
• 27 Days Hols & BH option to buy or sell holidays
• Company pension scheme up to 7.5%
• We also offer a; Discounted Healthcare Scheme, High street & lifestyle discounts including Taste card, a day paid volunteering per year, length of service awards, and more.
  
  

An outline of your responsibility as a Receptionist

• Responsible for the smooth running for front of house
• Handle all incoming calls and direct to correct department or team where required.
• Manage all travel and accommodation bookings for the business
• Oversee room bookings at the central support office and organise refreshments as required.
• Manage the department, including stationery, kitchen stocks, building suppliers, cleaner stocks.
• Reconciliation of credit card spend.
• Key holder responsible for the building opening/locking of reception.
• Promote the department for central admin resource, manage workload, implement best practice methods and provide an efficient service.
• Work closely with the PA and Exec team to support with highly confidential materials and assist the Directors where necessary.
• Support with the co-ordination of hospitality events, within budget.
• Manage the building facilities, problem solving repairs as required.
• Sort of incoming mail and distribute and prepare all outgoing post
  
  

About You

The successful Receptionist will be experienced in a similar role giving you the knowledge and understanding of the balance required within the role and the organisational skills to manage incoming visitors and day to day administration tasks. You will have a customer focused approach, excellent attention to detail, confident to problem solve in a customer facing environment and an enthusiastic attitude.

A Little Bit About Us

Novus Property Solutions is a dynamic, award-winning property maintenance, refurbishment, compliance, and decarbonisation specialist with more than 700 colleagues in 19 locations across Great Britain, providing a combination of local knowledge and national strength. We are a social and environmentally responsible family-owned business with a rich 127-year heritage, delivering a range of bespoke services and solutions to a wide variety of clients. Our vision is to be the leader in building and maintenance solutions, delivered with compassion and care for the communities in which we operate

At Novus Property Solutions we value people, and we are committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace that enables our people to bring their full selves to work. We understand for many reasons that people very rarely meet all the criteria laid out in the job advert, so, we encourage you to apply for the role even if you do not meet all the criteria or hold all the qualifications. You may be just who we are looking for to join our award-winning Property Maintenance company in this, or another role.