Receptionist

Location: Bedford

Salary: £23k - £24k DOE

Hours: Full Time & Office based / 9am-5.15pm Monday-Friday

Our legal client is looking for a bright, enthusiastic, and professional individual to join their Bedford team as Receptionist to assist with day-to-day client service and administration

Duties will include, but not limited to:

Telephone answering as part of a team, distributing calls and taking messages
Greeting and assisting clients and visitors to the office in a professional and helpful matter
Obtaining Client ID, scanning and verifying
Dealing with general enquiries either by telephone or face to face professionally and efficiently
Taking card payments over the phone or face to face
Dealing with incoming and outgoing post
Maintain electronic diaries & meeting room management
Prepare and deliver the banking
Ordering stationery and office supplies
Be responsible for creating a welcoming and friendly reception area
Be able to apply GDPR regulations
Other administrative duties to support the departments, such as opening and closing electronic matters on our Case Management System, scanning, ordering archived files
Candidates are required to have:

A previous background in reception. Experience of legal work is desirable, but not essential
Educated to GCSE levels 4-9 (A to C or higher equivalent qualifications accepted)
A positive, professional and approachable demeanour
Excellent work ethic, be happy and confident talking with a variety of people either face to face or on the telephone
Good base level of IT skills
Outstanding communication skills