Receptionist

Competitive Salary & Discretionary Performance Bonus & Holidays (Buy, Sell and Accrual Scheme) & Company Pension & Private Healthcare & Life Assurance & Benefits

With lots of exciting plans in the pipeline, there’s never been a better time to join Avant Homes, let us tell you why…

Avant Homes is a housebuilder operating in Scotland, the North East of England, across Yorkshire and the East and West Midlands, with eight regional offices employing over 600 people.

We have ambitious growth plans and are looking for passionate individuals to help us achieve them. Our mission is to provide affordable yet aspirational homes to our communities, ensuring that new homes are accessible and attainable for all with a product suitable for everyone.

Avant Homes are proud to employ local people across our developments and within our regional offices, teamwork is key to everything that we do.

We are looking for people who want to be a part of something special, so why not start the foundations and build your career with us today?

Due to continued success and future business growth, we have an exciting opportunity a for part time Receptionist to join our East Midlands team based in Nottingham.

The Role

Are you organised and outgoing, do you excel within a customer service driven environment? Do you want to be a part of a friendly, driven team? If yes then look no further, your next career could be with us!

Key duties and requirements

Joining our team as part time receptionist you will be responsible for but not limited to;

• Delivering an effective, pleasant, and engaging customer focused and professional first point of contact for all customers, suppliers, colleagues, and members of the public
• To effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders
• Assisting in the preparation of key status reports
• Supporting the effective administration of the business
• Maintaining business records and filing, archiving and data retrieval systems ensuring that information is stored and filed in line with departmental and data protection/security requirements
• Contributing to the development and improvement of defined administrative procedures
• Working as part of the wider administration and support team helping other administrative staff as required to ensure the delivery of a fully effective administration function for the business

Who are we looking for?

To be successful as our part time Receptionist, you will hold previous experience of working within a similar role.

You will be required to work Monday and Tuesday 9am to 5pm and Wednesday 9am - 1pm, a total of 20 hours per week.

As this role is a job share based on a part-time basis, you will be required to cover your colleagues’ holiday, so this will mean that on occasion, full time holiday cover will be required.

You must also possess;

• Excellent knowledge and application of Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Strong organisational skills
• Excellent communication skills as this is a customer facing role and will be the first point of contact for any internal and external visitors
• Ability to work under own initiative and manage time effectively
• Flexible and adaptable to changing requirements
• Good verbal and written communication
• A basic understanding of House building is desirable yet not essential

What will you get in return?

• Discretionary bonus
• Buy, sell and accrual holiday scheme
• Private Health care
• Company Pension
• Life Assurance
• Other Benefits including our exclusive Avant discount platform

If this sounds like you, join us and be a part of Avant’s future success!