Receptionist

We are looking for a Receptionist to join our awesome Client Services team in our newly refurbished Stratford-upon-Avon office hub. Click here to take a look!

This role is all about service excellence. We are looking for an enthusiastic people person who wants to do everything superbly well and where nothing is too much trouble. 

Your key duties will be:

• managing a busy reception, meeting and greeting visitors and clients
• providing catering to client meeting rooms
• organising meeting rooms and provisions for refreshments
• carrying out general administration duties
• organising couriers on request
• ensuring stock is maintained; to include monitoring and ordering of catering supplies
• liaising with internal clients and external clients to provide excellent client service
• answering and redirecting incoming calls

What we are looking for:

• a minimum of 6 months’ previous experience in a Receptionist role ideally gained within a professional services environment
• excellent communication skills, strong attention to detail and good organisational ability
• smart presentation
• enthusiasm to go the extra mile for internal and external clients
• a high degree of flexibility with regard to working hours
• a team player who wants to make a difference
• most importantly, to have a passion to deliver a truly excellent client service every time

How we work:

We embrace agile working and offer a blended approach to where and how we work.

We appreciate that people have different needs and preferences and we’re keen to be flexible, after all, we value what you do, not where you do it.

We have hubs in Birmingham, Leicester, London, Milton Keynes, Nottingham, Solihull, Stratford-upon-Avon and Sheffield. 

Due to the nature of this role it does require working on a shift basis from our Stratford office.

Working hours will be between the hours of 7.30am to 6.00pm Monday - Friday; working 37 hours in total per week.

Find out more about us…

It’s the people at Shakespeare Martineau that make us so special. By understanding what our people want, giving them the support they need, recognising everyone’s contribution and realising the unique power of teams, together we win.   As a firm we are focused on proactively building and developing diverse teams, bringing different backgrounds, personalities and perspectives together. We play to our strengths, pushing ourselves to be consistently better than yesterday and deliver amazing solutions for our clients. We empower our teams with a high degree of individual responsibility; we self-manage and encourage everyone to be responsible for their own learning, knowing it makes us even better at what we do!   

We believe in trusting our people to make the right decisions for themselves, from when and where you work, to how you dress; we focus on outputs. 

Want to find more about our amazing benefits?

Please be aware, for some vacancies, where we receive high numbers of applications we may need to bring the close date forward.

Due to the nature of the work undertaken, confirmation of employment will be subject to a variety of checks which will be carried out once an offer of employment is accepted. Details of the checks can be found here.

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Shakespeare Martineau is a committed equal opportunities employer. We seek to attract, develop and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. We value and respect individuality and encourage a culture within our business where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths and experiences. Everyone who either applies to or works for the firm is treated equally, regardless of their gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality, marital status, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.