Reception / Administrator

Salary: £26,000 per year

My client has been offering a wide range of high quality security services for over thirty years. From humble beginnings the business has expanded into one of the largest suppliers of security services in Essex, London and the rest of the home counties. They are holders of the Security Industry Authority (SIA) Approved Contractor Scheme (ACS). I am currently working in partnership with them to find a Full time Receptionist/Administrator to work at the company’s head office in Wickford (Monday to Friday 10am-6pm).

The successful candidate will provide clerical support and assist colleagues. You will be responsible for a wide variety of tasks including inputting information into the admin system, answering telephone enquiries, forwarding calls and messages, organizing and maintaining database/filing, liaising with colleagues and management, dealing with visitors, clients and suppliers in a sometimes busy reception. You will provide a high quality service, with an emphasis on efficiency and customer care in a fast paced working environment.

You will be computer literate with good word/excel numeracy, literacy and typing skills. You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to work as part of a team and unsupervised. A high level of accuracy and attention to detail is essential to help staff and clients feel welcome, as well as great customer services and interpersonal skills. The successful candidate will have previous reception/ admin experience. Previous experience within the Security Industry is not essential but would also be highly beneficial. This role may lead to a full-time position, 40 hours a week to the right candidate.

requirements

* Ability to deal with general administration in a neat and organised manner.

* Excellent communication skills both written and verbal

* Computer literate with experience of Microsoft Office, email and internet

* Ability to manager and prioritise own workload and without supervision

* Ability to liaise effectively with all members of team

* Friendly, welcoming and approachable

* Flexible

Salary: £26,000 per yearnegotiable Company bonus scheme, the potential of overtime company pension scheme, paid holiday

All vacancies advertised are based in the UK. It is unlawful to employ a person who does not have permission to live and work in the UK and we will therefore only consider applications from candidates who are eligible to work in the EU. We do try to reply to each application personally, however as you can appreciate we receive a high number of applications for each role we handle and it is not always possible to do this. Therefore if we do not contact you within seven days your application for this particular role has not been successful. However we have retained your CV and we will advise you of future roles that may be of interest. Fairford Associates operates as a specialist Employment Agency for the wider security industry introducing work-seekers to client employers for direct employment by those employers.