Job Description
Position Summary
The Receptionist serves as a primary point of contact for clients, visitors, callers, and other individuals interacting with Roeschke Law. The position provides a welcoming and professional experience, directs communications appropriately, supports scheduling and document flow, and assists with the daily administrative needs of the office.
Core Competencies
- Professionalism: Creates a respectful and reliable first impression.
- Communication: Routes information and messages clearly and accurately.
- Organization: Coordinates schedules, documents, calls, and office needs.
- Client service: Responds with patience and appropriate urgency.
- Confidentiality: Protects sensitive client and firm information.
- Work Environment and Position Requirements
- Regularly operates a computer, telephone, and other standard office equipment and communicates with employees, clients, vendors, or other business contacts.
- Work requires sustained attention to detail, accurate data entry or documentation, and the ability to manage interruptions and competing priorities.
- Must be able to access, input, retrieve, and communicate information using the firm's designated systems, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Work may involve confidential, sensitive, medical, legal, personnel, or personally identifiable information.
- The position may require remaining in a stationary position for extended periods and moving within the office to access files, equipment, meetings, or shared work areas.
Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Parental Leave
- Hands on Training
- Mon-Fri Schedule
- Career Growth Opportunities
- Retirement Plan
Responsibilities
Essential Functions
The following duties represent the position's principal responsibilities. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform the essential functions.
- Greet clients, visitors, vendors, and other guests professionally and direct them appropriately.
- Answer, screen, and route incoming telephone calls accurately and efficiently.
- Respond to general inquiries within role scope and route legal or case-specific questions appropriately.
- Take and deliver complete, accurate, and timely messages.
- Schedule and coordinate appointments, meetings, and conference-room use as assigned.
- Maintain accurate calendars and communicate scheduling changes promptly.
- Receive, scan, file, organize, and distribute correspondence and documents according to procedure.
- Assist attorneys and staff with filing, data entry, document preparation, and other administrative assignments.
- Receive and coordinate mail, deliveries, and outgoing correspondence.
- Monitor office supplies and communicate replenishment, equipment, or facility needs.
- Maintain an organized, professional, and client-ready reception and common area.
- Protect confidential client, employee, legal, and firm information.
Requirements
Required Qualifications
- Experience in reception, customer service, office administration, contact-center, or a comparable public-facing role.
- Professional verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organization, multitasking, message-taking, and attention-to-detail skills.
- Ability to maintain composure and professionalism during difficult or high-volume interactions.
- Proficiency with telephone and standard office technology.
Preferred Qualifications
- Legal receptionist or law-firm experience.
- Experience with confidential client information and case-management systems.
- Bilingual English/Spanish communication skills.