Front of House Assistant

The Vacancy
We have an exciting new opportunity for a Front of House Assistant to join our Facilities team, based in Edinburgh on a 12 month FTC.

The role is full-time and will involve working Monday to Friday onsite.

What will your role look like?
You'll act as the first point of contact, providing professional reception services including greeting clients and staff, managing calls via Microsoft Teams, and coordinating visitor sign-in. Our Front of House team is responsible for maintaining meeting room schedules, handling booking taxis and couriers, managing stationery supplies, and ensuring catering and kitchen areas are clean and well-stocked. You'll be involved with supporting events with room setup and catering, overseeing deliveries and support calls, and assisting the Facilities Coordinator and Head of Facilities with various tasks.

This role follows a rotating weekly shift pattern of: 8am-4pm, 8.30am-4.30pm and 9.30am-5.30pm

To enjoy and succeed in this role, you will have:

• Strong efficiency and punctuality
• Confident & polite telephone manner
• A working knowledge of Microsoft Office
• Previous experience in a customer facing role would be advantageous
• Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written.
• Exceptional organisation and time management skills.
• Excellent team working skills, with the ability to work on own initiative.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively as a team.

We would also encourage applications from candidates who perhaps do not possess all the attributes and experience listed above but are competent with the majority and would be able to quickly develop the additional skills and experience required in post with our full support.

In Addition To a Competitive Salary, We Offer

• A flexible selection of employee benefits, so you can choose a package that best matches your lifestyle and needs.
• A collaborative and encouraging work environment where your thinking and ideas are encouraged.
• On site mental health and wellbeing assistance.
• A commitment to helping you develop both personally and professionally, with mentoring opportunities and access to our award-winning learning portal, Aspire.
• Regular social activities, in addition to three days paid volunteering leave each year and a day's leave to celebrate your birthday.
• Please note, we recruit on a rolling basis so early applications are recommended to avoid disappointment

About Us
Together, we've been building better futures for over 100 years. For our people, our clients and their people, our communities and the environment.

We thrive on tackling complex problems. And we believe those problems are best solved by diverse teams – diverse in skills, approaches and backgrounds. Our independence lets our people be themselves and think freely, while working in a collaborative, supportive environment. We love innovative, independent thinking and want everyone to share their ideas.

Working alongside employers, trustees and financial services institutions, we offer pensions, investments, benefits and risk consulting services, as well as data and technology solutions. With over 1000 employees and counting, we're one of the leading consultancies in our field and are proud to be recognised by numerous industry awards.

We're committed to developing our people and encourage everyone to carve out their own career path. We've many colleagues who started out in one team in the business and have ended up somewhere completely different, having had the chance to develop new skills and explore new passions.

We are continually working to improve our inclusive culture and employ diverse talent. We therefore welcome applications from people from all backgrounds, which includes but isn't limited to: age, disability, ethnic heritage, gender, marital or civil partnership status, neurodiversity, religion, sexual orientation, and socio-economic background.

Our hybrid working model offers the best of both worlds – home working as well as a fun, collaborative office environment - meaning flexible working patterns to accommodate individual needs. Find out more about our careers
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If you need any assistance in relation to a personal requirement, medical condition or neurological difference during our selection process then please let us know.

Together, we can make this the best job you'll ever have.

We Offer
Our culture

We live and breathe our four values – friendly, confident, partnering and straightforward – and genuinely care about out people, clients, community and the environment.

Job satisfaction

Every employee can genuinely make a difference and contribute towards achieving our purpose – together, building better futures. Whether that's helping our clients build more secure financial futures, using your 3 days volunteering or helping us reduce our carbon footprint.

Reward and wellbeing

We offer competitive salaries, a share of company profits and an award-winning benefits package. We also take your mental, physical, social and financial wellbeing seriously, both in and outside of work.

Flexible working

We trust our people to work in a pattern that suits their circumstances with a healthy balance of home and office working.

Latest technology

We use the most up-to-date technology and software to match our ground-breaking business solutions that make life easier for us and our clients.

Career development

There is no linear path – learning opportunities are plentiful and empower you to carve out your own career.