Front Desk & Admin Coordinator – Didcot, Mon–Fri 9–5

Berry Recruitment Group; Southmoor; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Berry Recruitment is seeking a committed and experienced Receptionist to support operations at a Didcot office in Oxfordshire. The role offers a salary of £24,479 per year and standard office hours.

You will handle incoming calls and visitors, manage the reception and meeting spaces, assist with administration and post, and help ensure a professional, welcoming environment for staff and clients.

Qualifications

• Quick learner
• Ability to work co-operatively with a wide variety of people
• Reliable, dependable, and willing to “pitch-in” at all times
• High degree of confidentiality
• High level of personal presentation

Responsibilities

• Respond to all incoming telephone calls, ensuring that these are answered promptly and directed to the right person.
• Receive all visitors to the branch, ensuring that their requirements are promptly dealt with and that they are given a favourable impression.
• Ensure visitors are entered into the visitor’s book.
• Maintain the reception, client waiting area and meeting rooms in a tidy manner to present a favourable first impression.
• Supervise the collection and delivery of incoming and outgoing mail, DX, and faxes to ensure prompt delivery.
• Daily collection and delivery of DX from depot.
• Taking delivery of office supplies and receiving deliveries for staff in the building.
• Provision of monthly data concerning the franking machines.
• Identification checks for clients, paying in of client monies, accepting payments for invoices and issuing receipts.
• Prompt logging and retrieving of deeds and wills.
• Administration by request including regular photocopying.
• Dealing with post.
• Scanning invoices and documents and manual filing.
• Assisting staff with day-to-day queries.
• Scanning of files for archiving.
• Help support fee earners with archiving files.
• Arranging service calls for repairs of office equipment.
• Maintaining first aid kits, accident books, posters, and roll calls.
• Maintain smooth operation and tidy appearance of the stationery stores.
• Regular and timely stationery orders.
• Regular and timely replenishment of kitchen supplies.
• Abiding by all company Health & Safety procedures.
• To carry out reasonable tasks that may be requested by their line manager.

Job description

Berry Recruitment is seeking a committed and experienced Receptionist to support operations at a Didcot office in Oxfordshire. The role offers a salary of £24,479 per year and standard office hours.

You will handle incoming calls and visitors, manage the reception and meeting spaces, assist with administration and post, and help ensure a professional, welcoming environment for staff and clients.