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Your New Job Title:Mandarin speaking Receptionist (Banking), London

The Skills You'll Need: Mandarin to native level, UK experience in Receptionist / Office Admin

Your New Salary: Up to £40k depending on experience

Job status: Permanent, 5 days in the office

Location: Central London

To be successful in this role our client has said it is essential that candidates:

• speak Mandarin to native level
• can type simplified Chinese
• have Receptionist and/or Office Admin experience in the UK
• have working experience in corporate environments
• are willing to work 5 days in the office

If that means this job isn’t a match for you please view our other vacancies for one that may be a better fit.

What You'll be Doing Each Day:

Receptionist:

• Providing an efficient and effective reception service always aware that this is a front line role giving a 'first impression’ of the Bank to visitors.
• Meeting and greeting clients and visitors;
• Ensuring reception area neat and tidy appearance at all times;
• Ensuring switchboard is covered at all times;
• Handle inbound calls and enquiries;
• Accurate message taking, providing information and general assistance;
• Meet and greet clients, occupiers, visitors and contractors to the building;
• Acting as first point of contact for day to day issues;
• Manage meeting room bookings and prepare meeting rooms for meetings;
• Processing incoming and outgoing international and domestic post;
• Signing for and distributing deliveries, controlling outgoing deliveries;
• Making bookings for travelling, taxi’s, couriers, lunches, venues, restaurants etc;
• Liaison with Building Management & Security, controlling onsite contractors;
• Ordering office supplies/stationary/kitchen supplies/Marketing supplies;
• Control of ordering and invoicing;
• Manage social gatherings like staff birthdays and organise refreshments;
• Any ad hoc duties which can reasonably be carried out without compromising reception service;
• Office facility repair liaison, coordinated with IT Manager.

Admin:

• Manage records of Admin expenditure, invoices, settlements and reconcile monthly, dealing with payment enquiries;
• Prepare meeting agendas and supporting materials for distribution;
• Prepare meeting minutes as requested;
• Sense checking of documents and announcements, where appropriate;
• General administrative duties, word processing, filing, faxing;
• Any other ad hoc administrative duties.

The Skills You'll Need to Succeed:

• Spoken Mandarin to native level and can type simplified Chinese
• Relevant Receptionist or Admin experience in the UK
• Working experience in corporate environments
• Willing to work 5 days in the office

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We would be grateful if you could send your CV as a Word document. If your application is successful, you will be contacted within 7 days. We regret that due to the high volume of applications we receive we cannot provide feedback on individual CVs. Please note that we can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in the UK and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation.

People First is committed to increasing diversity, and maintaining an inclusive workplace culture. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their ethnicity, race, gender, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, age, marital status or whether or not they have a disability.

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