Receptionist

Location:
- Headington (JR Hospital)- Category:
- Reception- Vacancy Type:
- Full-time (temporary)- Pay rate:
- £12.49 p/hr + Holiday Pay- Web advert- Vacancy ID: 16207- Are you great with people?- We are currently recruiting for a temporary Receptionist for an Oxford University department based in Headington.- Duties:
- Welcome visitors, providing general advice and directing them to the appropriate area
- Take incoming phone calls, answer basic queries and announcing or redirect them appropriately to departmental extensions
- Maintain the tidiness and organisation of the reception area ensuring a smart professional image at the first point of contact
- Update the computerised room booking system and Teams calendar, printing off and displaying/ circulating the next day’s events
- Sort outgoing mail for the University messenger, franking Royal Mail, and assisting staff in organising couriers as requested
- Receive and log deliveries and courier mail
- Book taxis, parking spaces and issue temporary parking permits
- Issue room keys and book and issue equipment as necessary

**Essential criteria**

**- **Experience of working in a reception or similar role**
- **Ability to take messages clearly and accurately both in person, on the telephone and in writing**:

- **Ability to work independently and also to know when to refer to others**:

- **Educated to GCSE level or equivalent