Position
Part‑time Receptionist
About the Role
The Receptionist role is key to ensuring safety controls and daily operations run smoothly. The role is to cover reception on Mondays and Tuesdays, however flexibility is needed to cover holidays and sickness absence where required.
Working pattern: Monday and Tuesday 8am - 4pm.
Responsibilities
- Act as a focal point for all day‑to‑day operations, contact and information
- Maintain security awareness and work alongside other members of the Security team
- Effectively deal with all enquiries and visitor interactions at the front desk and contact colleagues when visitors arrive
- Control access and egress
- Answer incoming calls or internal calls from both colleagues and visitors
- Receive and pass on mail deliveries to the relevant individuals
- Assist in meeting room bookings and scheduling
- Respond to alarms and act in accordance with emergency procedures
- Maintain all records related to reception duties
- Provide administration support for the Fulfilment Centre Leadership Team
- Perform ad‑hoc administration and support tasks, where required, to support the wider site
Qualifications
This is a super important role to our site, greeting all visitors and representing The Very Group as the first point of contact to those visiting our site. You will have prior experience working as a receptionist at a busy site, comfortable with handling multiple priorities and duties at one time.
- Excellent organisational skills
- Excellent communication skills
- Strong customer service and administration skills
- Highly motivated and willing to learn
- Attention to detail and accuracy on all aspects of the role are essential
Benefits
- Inclusive culture and environment
- LinkedIn Learning access
- Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk
- Matched pension up to 6%
Equal Opportunities
We’re building a culture of everyday inclusion, and welcome applications from anyone who believes they can do the job. We don’t discriminate based on age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. We want our recruitment process to be accessible to everyone. If you need reasonable adjustments to apply, interview, or perform a role, let us know via talentacquisition@theverygroup.com. We’ll be happy to support you.
We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Committed Employer and have nine brilliant colleague networks – including DAWN (Disability Awareness at Very) and Think (Neurodiversity at Very) – that are helping us make Very an even more inclusive place to work.
