Receptionist Walsall, England
Job description
About the Role:
At Your Coop, you will be part of business that puts people at the heart of everything they do. What makes us different?
The money you help us make is returned to our members and communities. We are a cooperative which means we share a third of our profits to our members and invest a third in our community support initiatives. In a profit-driven world, we are the difference.
We’re proud to be owned by our members, and we’d love to be owned by you.
As a Receptionist, you will:
- Oversee and collaborate with colleagues to maintain Waterfront compliance of
- Ensure all notice boards display the required up to date H&S posters and information
- Weekly Fire Alarm testing.
- Monthly Fire Safety checks
- Organise 6 monthly Fire Evacuations.
- Annual Fire Risk Assessment review
- Maintain annual colleague DSE Assessments and Fire Safety Training records and communicate reminders to colleagues for completion.
- Maintain required Site Health & Safety Risk assessment documents
- Answer all inbound calls within three rings, transferring callers to the appropriate colleagues.
- Issue colleague and visitor ID badges where required and arrange cancellation of ID Badges when colleagues leave.
- Maintain the office notice boards to ensure all information is accurate and up to date.
- Distribute incoming mail to the relevant colleagues/departments.
- Ensure all outgoing mail is ready for daily postal collections.
- Report any Waterfront property issues or faults to the relevant department
- Approve Boardroom booking requests
For more details about the role, please check the attached Job Description.
This role is part of a team based from our Head Office in Walsall.
Please see the below an indication of a timetable we are hoping to work towards, although dates are subject to change.
Closing date: 13th July 2023
First stage Interviews: w/c 17th July 2023
About You:
- Experience within an office and/or administrative role.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work under own initiative with minimal guidance.
- Confident in communicating with diverse groups of people across a wide range of roles.
- Effective prioritisation, planning and organising skills.
- Familiarisation with Microsoft Office programmes and good level of IT literacy
Why Join Us?
The cost-of-living crisis is putting pressure on us all. That's why we are now offering an enhanced discount rates to all Colleagues at Your Coop (valid until end of January 2024)
- 20% off Food shopping (usually 10% all year round rising to 20% on pay day events)
- Holidays for less with up to £500 off Travel
Other benefits:
• Up to 60% off Childcare fees
• Refer a Friend Scheme
• Paid time off for volunteering
• Colleague Support Fund
• GroceryAid Colleague Mental Health Support
• Ethical mobile and broadband deals
• Annual leave that grows with your career
• Full training and accredited development programmes
… and many more!
We look forward to hearing from you.
