Job Title: Receptionist and Trainee HR Assistant
Location: London
Salary: Competitive
Job Type: Permanent, Full time
Dataquest is a leading Managed Service Provider, including IT, Cloud, Managed Print and Telecoms Solutions & UC.
We believe that people are at the heart of our success and strive to create an environment in which they can thrive. We encourage everyone to maintain a healthy work/life balance and strongly believe in investing in our employees’ futures.
The Role:
The Receptionist/Trainee HR Assistant ensures a smooth running of their office whilst having a development plan in place to develop and gain experience in HR, its processes, and procedures.
Key Duties:
- Answering incoming calls, directing information emails to the correct department
- Greeting and looking after visitors
- Diary management for meeting rooms, proactively addressing schedule clashes and arranging alternatives
- Provide general administrative support to HR Executive such as maintenance of HR systems, maintaining legal information, communicating changes
- Communicate new starter information via monthly people updates
- Active involvement in HR Projects
- Dealing with internal and External Post, arranging couriers as required
- Health & Safety – support the Group HR Director with Health & Safety at The Company
- Lead with Health & Safety testing e.g. PAT testing, arranging fire drills, emergency lights tests, and arranging annual fire extinguisher service
- Review and streamline current processes and procedures
- Responsible for their annual Environmental Survey, ensuring they retain their gold standard with the support of the HR Executive
- Support with the creation of presentations reports as required
- OM Management, maintaining a clear desk policy, ordering office supplies, and liaising with third party suppliers to ensure standards are upheld for a safe and clean working environment.
- Organise office events such as Charity/Healthy living/ fun at work
- Support directors with any admin tasks required
About you:
This role is for someone who has a keen interest in office management and HR, someone who is positive and cheerful, full of ideas whilst also having polished and professional approach.
Essential experience includes:
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and the ability to communicate with people at all levels
- Great organisational and administrative skills
- Outstanding customer-service in person and via telephone
- Health and Safety knowledge and understanding would be desirable
- Prioritising and time-management skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Ability to maintain discretion and confidentiality at all times
- Previous office management experience
- Looking to study CIPD – Dataquest are committed to investing in our employees and will support you in completing this qualification.
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