We are seeking Reception and Administrator to join our team in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.
Key responsibilities/Duties:
- Follow the strict procedures and policies of the firm
- Serves visitors by greeting, welcoming, and directing them appropriately
- Ensuring clients receive good customer service and Offering clients beverages while they wait for their meetings
- Notifies firm personnel of visitor arrival
- Taking payments from clients, in cash or visa card using card machines
- Maintains security and telecommunications system
- Booking and preparing meeting rooms
- Informs visitors by answering or referring inquiries
- Keeps a safe and clean reception area by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations
- Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed
- Answering and forwarding phone calls - saving new enquiries onto the phone log
- Operating a switchboard in a warm and confident manner
- Managing Calendar and meeting booking on a computerised meeting booking system
- Communication with clients, third parties, and office staff
- Liaising with the Paralegals and Solicitors on the telephone and face-to-face
- Dealing with office incoming and outgoing post
- Administration duties including, but not limited to, file opening, file closing, scheduling documents, scanning, photocopying, filing, sorting, distributing paperwork, assistance in preparation of court bundles, drafting basic letters/emails to clients and third parties
- Monitoring and managing general office email
- Responding to website and telephone enquiries
- Monitoring and ordering all necessary office and kitchen supplies
- Participate in any events organised by the firm
- Participate in all performance review meetings
- Responsibility for maintaining a record of own professional development
- Attend any training course provided by the firm
- Any other task that the firm may ask you to deal with such as attending court
Key Skills
- Competent with Microsoft Office Suite
- Customer Service skills
- Hands-on experience with office equipment (e.g. fax machines and printers)
- Be able to speak and write English fluently
- Preferred language skills such as English, Pashto, Farsi, Urdu and Dari languages
- Well-organised
- Friendly and polite
- Professional attitude and appearance
- Ability to be resourceful and proactive when issues arise
- Efficient
- Able to deal with difficult clients or customers
- Self-motivated
- Multitasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks