Receptionist London
Job description
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Purple Jay Nursery is a London based day nursery with 4 locations across South East London. We are continuously growing and looking for innovative ways to develop.
RECEPTIONIST
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB
The Front Desk Receptionist will assist the management team to coordinate, oversee and successfully accomplish all Reception related operations.
The successful candidate will answer calls and book in viewings and appointments for all nurseries within our group. This will be coordinated with our nursery managers.
The Candidate will also support with office administration, as well as operations and marketing tasks for all nurseries within our group.
KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide a professional and warm reception service to all parents, children, and external agencies.
- Answer calls, emails, forms and control all sales enquiries including bookings.
- Add all sales and customer service information to our database/software.
- Contact parents as and when needed.
- Oversee access to the building for visitors, meetings, and viewings.
- Contribute to special events such as book fairs carried out by all nurseries.
- Help nursery managers create a welcoming environment for parents in their settings.
- These are the main duties but not limited too and will change from time to time.
PERSON SPECIFICATION
· Warm and welcoming
· Ideally 1 year experience as receptionist or sales
· Very good written and verbal communication skills
· Good IT skills
· Organised and self-disciplined
Working Schedule:
· Monday to Friday (9am - 5pm) + Saturday on occasion for special events
Based: Lambeth Nursery (may have to work from other sites occasionally all within 5 miles radius)
Our Company Values:
1. Transparency is the only way we can be trustworthy.
2. Keep it simple so all can understand and be included
3. Nature is great, we want to keep it that way!
4. Children’s wellbeing is paramount,Underperformance, Misconduct or Negligence is not tolerated.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: £25,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Childcare
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
Ability to commute/relocate:
- South East London: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: One location
