Receptionist inManchester inManchester PUBLISHED 11 JUN 2024

Contract: Permanent, Part-Time (25 hours per week)

Salary: £15,600 - £17,557 per annum

Closing Date: Tuesday 25th June 2024


About Us


Centrepoint, the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, is looking for a Receptionist to join our Facilities Team based in Manchester.

We help vulnerable young people by giving them the practical and emotional support they need to find a job and live independently. Centrepoint provides homeless young people with accommodation; health support and life skills in order to get them back into education, training and employment. We want to end youth homelessness by 2 .

Together with our partners, we support over 16,000 young people each year.

Our Manchester Office requires a
Part time receptionist 08:30am-13:30pm hours daily Monday to Friday
(specific duties and Kpi(s) will be defined during induction
)

to include:

• Entry and welcome (signing in and out)
• Protection of staff , assets and visitors
• Monitoring and distribution of key fobs
• Information and direction
• Waiting and meeting area.
• Building checks to include monitoring of cleaning, H&S and Repairs/fault reporting
• Input and proactively manage all data to support the successful management of the reception and records appropriate to Facilities Management in the Manchester office and wider Northern region.
• Working closely with Property Compliance Officer, Administrator and Facilities Manager to assist the London office with scheduling property compliance surveys, checks and audits
• Create monthly reports to be delivered to the Head of Facilities, Building Safety & HSE
  
  

About You

• Effective communicator with natural ability to facilitate open and honest conversations.
• Able decision maker with a can do attitude.
• Respectful and empathetic, always considering the impact on our young people.
• Flexible, always adapting to changing needs.
• Proactive, always looking for creative ways of working.
• Previous experience in Reception or Administration role preferred
• Ability to manage own workload and work to deadlines.
• Experience of working in an organization providing customer facing services
  
  

Why join Centrepoint?


In return for your efforts you’ll receive a competitive salary, excellent training and development, and a host of staff benefits including:

• 25 days of annual leave per year, rising by one day per year to a maximum of 27 days
• Healthcare cash plan (Cover the costs of a wide range of medical treatment including Dental, Optical, Complementary and Alternative therapies).
• Private Medical insurance
• Income protection
• Employer pension contributions of 5%
• Access to Cycle 2 Work loan scheme
• An interest-free travel loan
  
  

At Centrepoint we challenge the discrimination within society that contributes to youth homelessness, and we are just as committed to fairness and equality within Centrepoint itself. We are passionate about ensuring all of our colleagues are made to feel included in the work we do and that we value the rich diversity within the organization.

We are an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications regardless of sex, gender, race, age, belief in any religion and none, gender identity, ethnic origin, class, sexuality, nationality, appearance, unrelated criminal activities, disability, responsibility for dependents, part time or shift workers, being HIV positive or living with AIDS, lived experience of homelessness or using young people’s services and any other matter which causes a person to be treated with injustice.

Centrepoint’s policy is to recruit, employ and promote people on the basis of their suitability for the work to be performed, and to this end, our aim is to ensure that all applicants, employees and volunteers receive equal treatment.

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to join our team as a Receptionist click
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