Receptionist (Part-Time) Full Time

Lancaster, Lancashire
Persimmon Homes

From the commitment we pour into our homes, to the belief we bring to supporting amazing careers, a role at Persimmon is a springboard for Building Your New Possible. Discover new opportunities to grow, learn new skills and release your potential.

We’re Persimmon Homes, a FTSE 250 listed company and a leading UK house builder serving local communities across the UK and delivering around 10,000 homes a year. We have 29 operating businesses in England, Wales and Scotland, three house-building brands and three off-site manufacturing facilities.

We’re looking for people like you, and this could be your opportunity to start Building Your New Possible.

What is the role?

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Receptionist to work in our Lancashire office. This role typically report to the Technical PA.

The purpose of the role is to ensuring all paperwork in relation to Persimmon departments and regional offices are sorted and distributed effectively and efficiently.

You will be required to work Thursday & Friday’s (8:30 – 5) however, you will be required to cover holiday where required.

The role will include:

• General reception/switchboard duties including ensuring that reception area is presentable and visitors are dealt with quickly and efficiently.
• Receipt and co-ordination of deliveries to relevant departments ensuring that they are notified and to facilitate prompt collection.
• Responsibility for allocation, booking and co-ordination of meeting rooms, together with good organisational skills to ensure provision of required facilities including refreshments are dealt with timely, efficiently and seamlessly.
• To provide and perform general administration and secretarial support using own initiative and self motivation where necessary including utilisation of your good level of computer literacy and excellent typing skills thereby ensuring work is processed confidentially, accurately and to a high standard.
• Assist in reception cover over lunch breaks, holidays and when deemed necessary thereby maintaining first-rate telephone cover the highest standard of Customer care using excellent communication skills and resolving queries to a satisfactory conclusion.
• Responsible for Feedback of incoming emails through Persimmon Internet site, ensuring that queries are dealt with and replied to effectively, efficiently and professionally.
• General assistance as requested by the Senior Receptionist.

What we need from you?

• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Previous experience within an office environment
• Computer literate with experience of a number of different packages including Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Outlook
• Ability to be well organised, self-motivated with high attention to detail

What’s in it for you?

Salary and benefits package

• Competitive Salary (DOE)
• Pension
• Bonus

When you join us, the future is yours to explore. You can realise your full potential through industry-leading training and clearly signposted career paths. Persimmon is where hard graft and team spirit means real variety, satisfaction and rewards. A place where you can be at your best, and even go beyond what you thought you were capable of. If this sounds like the place for you, apply today and start Building Your New Possible.

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No Agencies please – Persimmon will not accept speculative CVs as a means of introduction

Persimmon is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

Our aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.