Receptionist

Proper Recruitment; Slough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Proper Recruitment is seeking a Front of House Receptionist for our office in London. You will manage the reception and meeting rooms, greet clients professionally, and handle calls and post while supporting a team of solicitors with essential admin tasks.

The role requires strong communication, organisational skills, and proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel. It is a busy, team-oriented environment with daily multitasking and client liaison.

Qualifications

• Previous administrative or customer service experience is required.
• GCSEs A*-C and A Levels; a 2:1 degree is desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the reception area and meeting rooms to keep the office running smoothly.
• Greet clients professionally and offer refreshments before meetings.
• Answer mainline calls and handle new enquiries.
• Carry out postal duties and basic admin support to solicitors.
• Use the Land Registry portal to create user accounts and request deeds.
• Prepare and post property deeds to clients.
• Archive closed client files using Excel and manage office supplies.
• Raise maintenance queries with suppliers or the Office Manager and liaise with IT support.

Skills

Administrative experience

Customer service

Microsoft Office

Communication skills

Education

GCSEs and A Levels

2:1 degree desirable

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

?NEW OPPORTUNITY

Role: Front of House Receptionist

Location: North London

Proper Recruitment have a fantastic front of house receptionist opportunity that has just come available in Crouch End, London for a successful law firm

Responsibilities

• Managing the reception area and meeting rooms to support a smooth running of the office.
• Greeting clients in a friendly, professional manner and offering them refreshments ahead of their meetings.
• Dealing with mainline calls and new enquiries.
• Carrying out the postal duties.
• Providing ad hoc administrative support to a team of solicitors; using our legal case management system to generate client invoices and record payments.
• Creating new user accounts and requesting deeds on the Land Registry portal.
• Preparing and posting property deeds to clients.
• Archiving closed client files using Microsoft Excel.
• Replenishing office supplies.
• Raising office maintenance queries to suppliers or the Office Manager as appropriate.
• Liaising with the IT Support team to resolve technical queries.

Qualifications

• Must have previous experience working in an administrative or customer service role.
• Must have A* - C grade GCSE’s and A Levels. A 2:1 degree is desirable but not essential.

Requirements

• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, organisational, and administrative skills.
• Be resourceful, proactive and apply initiative to problem solve.
• Able to confidently liaise with clients, third parties and suppliers.
• Pay attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Experienced at multi-tasking, dealing confidential documents, and taking responsibility for managing and effectively prioritising workload.
• Must thrive in a busy, team-oriented environment.

Salary

• Circa £26k- £29k ?

Tenure

• Full-Time Office Based Role