Receptionist
Role Overview
The receptionist is the office's first point of contact and is responsible for welcoming visitors, managing reception, and supporting a professional front-office experience.
The role provides general administrative support, serves refreshments, and covers the Office Boy's in-office duties during leave or absence.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
The receptionist is the office's first point of contact and is responsible for welcoming visitors, managing reception, and supporting a professional front-office experience.
The role provides general administrative support, serves refreshments, and covers the Office Boy's in-office duties during leave or absence.
Front office and reception
- Welcome visitors and guests; answer and direct calls, direct visitors, and take messages.
- Serve tea, coffee, and refreshments during meetings.
- Coordinate building access, parking, and valet arrangements for guests and maintenance.
- Keep reception and guest areas clean and presentable; receive, sort, and distribute mail, couriers, and packages.
Administrative support
- Support the Office Manager and wider office team with photocopying, scanning, filing, and organizing electronic and paper documents.
- Assist with data entry and office records, meeting room bookings, room setup and refreshment, and preparations for meetings, internal events, and visits.
- Handle confidential information with discretion and assist with other matters as directed by the Director of the Chairman's Office.
Office Boy cover
- Support daily in-office duties and cover during the Office Boy's leave or absence.
- Clean workspaces, common areas, offices, and the kitchen, including washing dishes when required.
- Monitor and restock kitchen and office supplies, deliver files and documents to staff, and receive and store supplies.
Required qualifications
- High school diploma is required.
- At least two years of similar customer-facing or administrative experience is required; corporate office experience in the UAE is preferred.
- Professional-level written and spoken English and good knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint are required.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, multitasking, and prioritization skills are required.
- Discretion with confidential information, a professional telephone manner, and a proactive and flexible approach are required.
Preferred education
- A diploma or bachelor's degree in business administration, hospitality, or a related field is preferred.
Work arrangement
- The role includes in-office reception, guest service, and hands-on office duties.
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