Receptionist & General Administrator

4 weeks ago


Abingdon, United Kingdom Abbott Laboratories Full time

**About Abbott**

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

**The Opportunity**

Abbott Toxicology (part of Abbott Rapid Diagnostics) is the biggest provider for Drug & Alcohol testing in the country and also provides occupational health services through 23 medical centres across the country.

We are looking for a **Receptionist & General Administrator** to join the Toxicology Business Unit in **Abingdon** (Oxfordshire) who will be the face of the site, being primarily responsible for welcoming of visitors, site administration and managing the site switchboard.

**What You’ll Do**

As a Receptionist & General Administrator you will be responsible for:

- Ensuring all visitors are greeted promptly and in a friendly manner and ‘booked in’ in line with the company’s processes
- Handling incoming and outgoing post including franking
- Raising purchase orders where required to, including regular stationary orders
- Managing the site pool car booking, including license checks
- Maintaining and circulating the company phone list
- General site admin such as ensuring the conference rooms are kept in a clean and tidy state and replenishing refreshments in these rooms
- General support to the site such as laminating, filing, catering orders, and supporting the customer operations team where needed
- Maintaining the facilities team inbox, supporting in prioritising the workload for the facilities team as well as supporting with the departments document management, and other duties as directed

**Required Qualifications**
- Degree qualified or equivalent work experience particularly in administratio
- Excellent administrative skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Ability to effectively manage and organise own workload
- Good IT skills
- Strong attention to detail

**Working at Abbott**

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to:

- Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
- A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
- A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.



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