Reception and Office Administrator

Datacom; Canberra; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services provider located in Canberra is seeking a Reception and Office Administrator. The successful candidate will ensure the reception desk runs efficiently, provide customer service, manage office functions, and support the business. Required qualifications include a minimum of 2 years in office management and excellent communication skills. The company promotes a collegial environment with various perks including remote working options.

Benefits

Social events

Chill-out spaces

Remote working

Flexi-hours

Professional development courses

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years’ office management experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong administration and time management skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide efficient and professional customer service at the reception desk.
• Maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Provide tech support for internal meeting room technology.
• Assist with booking and organising events.
• Control emergencies and complete risk assessments.

Skills

Office management experience

Excellent communication skills

Time management skills

Microsoft Office skills

Relationship building skills

Job description

Our Why

Datacom works with organisations and communities across Australia and New Zealand to make a difference in people’s lives and help organisations use the power of tech to innovate and grow.

About the role (your why)

The Reception and Office Administrator is responsible for ensuring that the reception desk and front‑of‑house office functions run efficiently and effectively in support of the wider Datacom business. Working in a constantly evolving environment, you must be exceedingly well‑organised, flexible, and have experience in office management.

What you’ll do

• Providing efficient and professional customer service at the reception desk, including welcoming guests or clients, directing all incoming calls and managing visitor sign‑in
• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with key business stakeholders
• Understand and provide tech support of Datacom’s internal meeting room tech including teleconferences, videoconferences and Surface Hubs; printers and Visitor management system.
• Ad‑hoc administration assistance and support as requested by the functional team and other business units.
• Effective control of emergencies, incident reporting and completion of risk assessments, hazard reports.
• Assisting with booking and organising events for senior executives and general office events
• Collaborating with the broader team to analyse, provide recommendations and implement process improvements.

What you’ll bring

• Minimum 2 years’ office management experience
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Strong administration and time management skills and ability to solve critical problems in a timely manner
• Intermediate to advanced skills in the Microsoft suite of programs specifically Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, Word, Excel & Visio
• Strong relationship building skills with the ability to interact with a variety of stakeholders and team members

Why Datacom?

Datacom is one of Australia and New Zealand’s largest suppliers of Information Technology professional services. We have managed to maintain a dynamic, agile, small‑business feel that is often diluted in larger organisations of our size. It’s our people that give Datacom its unique culture and energy that you can feel from the moment you meet with us.

We care about our people and provide a range of perks such as social events, chill‑out spaces, remote working, flexi‑hours and professional development courses to name a few. You’ll have the opportunity to learn, develop your career, connect and bring your true self to work. You will be recognised and valued for your contributions and be able to do your work in a collegial, flat‑structured environment. We operate at the forefront of technology to help Australia and New Zealand’s largest enterprise organisations explore possibilities and solve their greatest challenges, so you will never run out of interesting new challenges and opportunities. We want Datacom to be an inclusive and welcoming workplace for everyone and take pride in the steps we have taken and continue to take to make our environment fun and friendly, and our people feel supported.

If you would like to know more and this sounds like you. Please apply online today! now!